Lawyer Monthly Magazine - September 2019 Edition

Cover Feature By Ramin Younessi, Law Offices of Ramin R. Younessi 13 SEP 2019 | WWW.LAWYER-MONTHLY.COM What motivates you in your role? I enjoy advocating for those who cannot speak for themselves. I truly enjoy working with other professionals within the firm, collaborating and strategizing on a winning strategy for each case. Employment matters are highly factual and often a detailed analysis and proper evaluation is necessary to achieve the right results. I love to teach and to mentor and in my position as the leader of the firm, I enjoy training my attorneys. I believe my strength is being a strong negotiator, and this is something that I genuinely enjoy on a day to day basis. Why did you pick the legal sphere? When I first immigrated to the US, I worked in many minimum wage jobs, such as fast food, gas station, delivery driver, and was both personally subjected to and witnessed others whose rights were abused. The ability to represent the little guy and make sure that their rights are protected, provides a sense of gratification that I did not experience while practicing different areas of law. Do you have a mantra or mo to you live by when it comes to helping your clients? My guiding principles in my practice are summed up in the following two quotes, “Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue” from the book of Deuteronomy and “For Every Wrong There Is a Remedy” and old maxim of the law Codified in California Civil Code. What has been your biggest achievement in the past 12 months? The biggest achievement on a day to day basis, is consistently delivering good results whether by the way of settlement or judgment for our clients and the gratification of knowing having changed your clients of life by providing them some financial security. A few months back, an association representing some employers filed a lawsuit against the State of California alleging that unfair application of certain provisions of the labor code, within the lawsuit, they attempted to demonize a group of “the 30 most aggressive” Plaintiff’s firm; my firm had the devious honor to be named number one on the list. I pride myself and our firm and as having been recognized as the most aggressive Plaintiff attorney. This brought, a certain notoriety to Younessi law amongst the Plaintiff’s bar. This resulted in dozens and dozens of referrals from other firms. LM MY GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN MY PRACTICE ARE SUMMED UP IN THE FOLLOWING TWO QUOTES, “JUSTICE, JUSTICE YOU SHALL PURSUE” AND “FOR EVERY WRONG THERE IS A REMEDY” About Ramin Younessi: