Thomas Ajamie (born June 25, 1960) is an American lawyer and the founder of the law firm Ajamie LLP.
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Born | Thomas R. Ajamie June 25, 1960 |
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Occupation | Lawyer |
Title | Managing partner and founder of Ajamie LLP |
Board member of | Houston Grand Opera |
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Ajamie studied political science and foreign languages at Arizona State University. He subsequently attended the University of Notre Dame for law school. [1]
Ajamie worked as a trial lawyer at the law firm Baker Botts. During his tenure there, he successfully defended the second largest funeral and cemetery services company against a $4 billion hostile takeover bid by that industry’s largest company, SCI. [2] In 1997, he left Baker Botts and founded the firm which is now known as Ajamie LLP. [3]
In 2010, He and Bruce Kelly wrote the book Financial Serial Killers: Inside the World of Wall Street Money Hustlers, Swindlers, and Con Men. [12] The second edition of Financial Serial Killers was released in paperback in 2014. [13]
In 2016 amfAR’s board retained Ajamie to investigate a suspicious financial transaction involving Harvey Weinstein. [14] Weinstein hired lawyer David Boies and law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, as well as Israeli firm Black Cube to block the investigation. [15]
After members of the amfAR board had shared the report with the New York attorney general and members of the press, Ajamie was contacted by New York Times writers Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. In October 2017, Twohey and Kantor published their sexual misconduct piece on Weinstein. [16] Ajamie’s Weinstein investigation is also featured in their New York Times bestseller She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement. [17]
Ajamie started a scholarship fund in 2002 at his alma mater, Arizona State University, for students who support diversity initiatives. [1] The Ajamie Scholarship Fund awards $8,000 per qualifying student to multiple students per semester. [18] Ajamie is also a board member of the Houston Grand Opera. [19]
Thomas Ajamie (born June 25, 1960) is an American lawyer and the founder of the law firm Ajamie LLP.
Tom Ajamie | |
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Born | Thomas R. Ajamie June 25, 1960 |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Title | Managing partner and founder of Ajamie LLP |
Board member of | Houston Grand Opera |
Website |
www |
Ajamie studied political science and foreign languages at Arizona State University. He subsequently attended the University of Notre Dame for law school. [1]
Ajamie worked as a trial lawyer at the law firm Baker Botts. During his tenure there, he successfully defended the second largest funeral and cemetery services company against a $4 billion hostile takeover bid by that industry’s largest company, SCI. [2] In 1997, he left Baker Botts and founded the firm which is now known as Ajamie LLP. [3]
In 2010, He and Bruce Kelly wrote the book Financial Serial Killers: Inside the World of Wall Street Money Hustlers, Swindlers, and Con Men. [12] The second edition of Financial Serial Killers was released in paperback in 2014. [13]
In 2016 amfAR’s board retained Ajamie to investigate a suspicious financial transaction involving Harvey Weinstein. [14] Weinstein hired lawyer David Boies and law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, as well as Israeli firm Black Cube to block the investigation. [15]
After members of the amfAR board had shared the report with the New York attorney general and members of the press, Ajamie was contacted by New York Times writers Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. In October 2017, Twohey and Kantor published their sexual misconduct piece on Weinstein. [16] Ajamie’s Weinstein investigation is also featured in their New York Times bestseller She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement. [17]
Ajamie started a scholarship fund in 2002 at his alma mater, Arizona State University, for students who support diversity initiatives. [1] The Ajamie Scholarship Fund awards $8,000 per qualifying student to multiple students per semester. [18] Ajamie is also a board member of the Houston Grand Opera. [19]