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About Uzair Saleem

Uzair Saleem is a partner and Head of Mass Tort practice at Adamson Ahdoot LLP. With more than a decade of practice, he has focused on mass tort litigation, including utility-caused wildfire cases (2017-2019), and has experience in employment law, real estate, and personal injury litigation, with multiple bench and jury trials to verdict.

Saleem earned his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Davis School of Law, where he was Intraschool Negotiations Champion, a National Mock Trial Team Member, and a Moot Court participant. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from UC Davis, graduating in the top 5% of his class with Dean's List recognition. He completed law school at age 25 and is admitted to the California State Bar.

In the PG&E utility bankruptcy, Saleem held a court-appointed leadership role representing thousands of fire victims; the case settled for $13.5 billion. He also held a leadership position in the National Prescription Opiate litigation - a $30 billion case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He has secured numerous seven- and eight-figure settlements for clients. Saleem is bilingual in English and Urdu.

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Education

University of California, Davis
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Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California

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