Girardi Prosecutor Moghaddas Leaves Federal Post to Join Edelson

Nov. 12, 2024, 10:10 PM UTC

Ali Moghaddas, the federal prosecutor who helped secure the conviction of plaintiff lawyer Thomas V. Girardi, is joining Chicago-founded law firm Edelson PC.

Moghaddas spent the past five years in the US Attorney’s Office in the Central District of California. He joined the firm, which specializes in plaintiff litigation, as a partner Tuesday.

“Ali’s shown that he has the skills to secure wins in high-stakes cases,” Edelson partner Eli Wade-Scott said. “That’s what our trial team does.”

Moghaddas as an assistant US attorney in August helped convict Girardi of four counts of wire fraud in the US District Court of ...

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