Overview

Amir Alimehri is a litigation attorney in Holland & Knight's New York office. Mr. Alimehri handles a wide range of matters in federal and state courts around the country, with a focus on commercial disputes, complex class action litigation, white collar criminal defense and investigations, life sciences business disputes and product liability.

Mr. Alimehri has particular experience with New York and New Jersey federal and state court matters. His current and former matters range from consumer class actions to various types of commercial disputes to internal investigations and white collar defense of entities and individuals faced with government investigational subpoenas or investigations of consumer law violations.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Alimehri was a litigator at boutique complex class action law firms in New York, primarily litigating antitrust, commodities fraud, securities and consumer class actions. Previously, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable (Chief Judge) Sallyanne Floria of the Superior Court of New Jersey in Essex County and interned for federal district court judges. Mr. Alimehri was also an honor's intern with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Enforcement in New York, and he interned with an in-house legal department of a global pharmaceutical company.

In addition, Mr. Alimehri earned a certificate in Corporate and Business Law from Rutgers Law School's Center for Corporate Law and Governance. He also has a certificate in Alternative Investments from Harvard Business School Online.

Mr. Alimehri is interested and active in diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. He currently serves as a court-appointed committee member on the Essex Vicinage Advisory Committee on Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement, and is a founding board member of the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group Alumni Association. He is also conversationally fluent in Farsi.

Credentials

Education
  • Rutgers Law School, J.D.
  • St. John's University, B.S.
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Honors & Awards
  • Rising Star, New York Super Lawyers magazine, 2023

Publications

News