LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Mohammed, Shamaileh & Tabahi, LLC, Elmwood Park and Glenview, Illinois Principal Partner 5/1/2017-Present

• Specialize primarily in personal injury and taxi medallion matters (including medallion loans and medallion licensure transfers)
• Go-to counsel for multiple individuals and businesses in the Chicagoland area
• Go-to expert for media outlets on Chicago taxi industry

Perkins Coie LLP, Chicago, Illinois
Litigation Associate 5/1/2012 – 4/30/2017,  Summer Associate Summer 2011

• Litigation experience in multiple areas of substantive law, including business, employment, data security, patent and intellectual property • Experience in nearly all stages of litigation, including drafting and responding to pleadings, discovery requests and motions, and dispositive motions, depositions and trial preparation • Member of teams that successfully prosecuted or favorably settled employment TROs and contract claims
• Counsel companies on issues arising under FLSA, WARN and other employment regulations
• Valued member of Perkins Coie’s nationally renowned Data Privacy and Compliance Subgroup, including responding to subpoenas, petitions to unmask anonymous internet users, and drafting oppositions to motions to compel for clients including Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Sprint
• Member of two trial teams—in an unfair competition and patent case—that secured multimillion-dollar jury verdicts; research and draft motions in limine, designate deposition testimony and complete other trial-related tasks for same
• Oversee three large-scale e-discovery document review projects involving up to seven discovery attorneys in a Title VII discrimination case by a chief financial officer at a private university, a trade dress litigation and a patent litigation
• Multiple contributions to increase firm profile, including attending minority job fairs, conducting in-office interviews, and speaking on law school and undergraduate campuses regarding the practice of law Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s Office, Chicago, Illinois Law Clerk, Special Litigation Bureau Summer 2010 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois Extern for the Honorable Ronald A. Guzmán Summer 2009

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Adjunct Professor Spring 2017-2018

• Teach Introduction to Law Seminar
• Speaker at pre-law events on getting into law school and practice of law

Northridge Preparatory School, Niles, Illinois Middle School Head Basketball Coach 2005 and 2007 and 2019

• Winning percentage >.500 in almost every season, including multiple playoff appearances
• Led team to a 15-1 regular season in 2007, tied for the best record in school history

Varsity Assistant Cross Country (XC)/Track Coach 2004-2009

• Led XC team to 3 Conference and 3 Regional Championships, and advanced to State Finals three times
• Recipient of the “Conference Cross Country Coach of the Year” award in 2006

EDUCATION

Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, December 2011 Cumulative GPA: 3.82/4.00 Rank: 1/40 First-year GPA: 3.91/4.00 Rank: 1/101

• CALI Award for the highest grade in (1) Legal Writing I, (2) Legal Writing II, (3) Law and Poverty, and (4) Advocacy
• Editor for the Loyola Law Journal and Executive Board Editor for the Loyola International Law Review
• Legal Writing Tutor

Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology, summa cum laude, May 2008 Cumulative GPA: 3.91/4.00 Major GPA: 4.00/4.00

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

• Selected to the Illinois “Rising Stars” list by Super Lawyers for six consecutive years (2016-2021)
• Featured in Loyola University Chicago School of Law’s Alumni Spotlight for work with taxi medallion owners, 2018
• Featured in the New York Times, WTTW, Chicago Tribune, ABC7, WGN, NPR Radio, Chicago Crain’s Business and NewsNation, among other media outlets, as a leading authority on the taxi medallion industry
• Featured by Houston Chronicle for niche legal practice representing Muslims obtain State, Federal and Islamically compliant estate plans (2019) • Recipient of the Domestic Violence Legal Clinic’s (DVLC) Champion of Justice Award, 2016
• Honoree in Lawyers of Color’s Second Annual “Hot List,” 2014
• Recipient of Chicago Volunteer Legal Services’ (CVLS) Distinguished Service Award, 2014 LEADERSHIP
• Board Member, Global Executive Council Services (nonprofit connecting minority-owned businesses), 2018-present
• National Conference Programming Co-Chair for National Association of Muslim Lawyers (NAML), 2017
• Junior Board Member for Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS), 2016-2017
• Vice President of Community Relations for the South Asian Bar Association (SABA), 2016
• Chair of the Subcommittee for In-House and Big-Law Muslim Attorneys, Chicago Muslim Bar Association, 2016

PUBLICATIONS

• Articles in the Chicago Dispatcher (cab industry newspaper) explaining taxi medallion owners’ legal rights
• PECA 2015: A Critical Analysis of Pakistan’s Proposed Cybercrime Bill, 15 UCLA J. ISLAMIC & NEAR E.L. 71 (2016)
• U.S. Halal Food Regulations…Are You Up to Speed? FOOD NAVIGATOR-USA.COM (April 11, 2016)
• Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way: How to Draft a State- and Sharia-Compliant Will, CBA RECORD (Sept. 2015)
• Extracting Lessons from Illinois’ 2010 Special Election Fiasco: A Closer Look at the Seventh Circuit’s Decision in Judge v. Quinn and the Special Election Requirement of the Seventeenth Amendment, 32 N. ILL. U. L. REV. 295 (2012) (More publications available upon request)

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Co-Presenter, National CLE webinar titled Fundamentals of Islamic Estate Planning for Lawyers, Clear Law Institute (2018)
• Co-Presenter, National CLE webinar titled Protecting Your Business Advantage: Intellectual Property for Business Professionals and Non-IP Lawyers, Clear Law Institute (2017)
• Co-Presenter, National CLE webinar titled Litigation Practice & Strategy: Initiating Civil Litigation, AudioSolutionz (2016)
• Panelist, Brand “U”: Building Your Professional Identity, Jumpstart Preview and Preparation Program, Sponsored by the Chicago Consortium of Law School Diversity Professionals (2016) (More speaking engagements available upon request) LICENSURES • Illinois (2012)
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2012) and the Central District of Illinois (2014)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Passed Illinois Property and Casualty Insurance Examinations (2022)
• Trained mediator (Northwestern University School of Professional Studies), 2018

RATE

• $295/hr