Neda Saghafi

Neda Saghafi is an attorney at Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP and an integral member of the Firm's sexual abuse litigation team. Neda is a fierce advocate for survivors of sexual abuse and empowers survivors to tell their stories using a client-centered philosophy that places the individual at the heart of every matter. Prior to joining the Firm, Neda's experience included working in product liability matters related to pharmaceutical and biologics products, representing students in Title IX actions, and engaging in pro bono work including securing state predicate orders for special immigrant juvenile status, ensuring the confidentiality of a non-party witness in a sexual abuse matter, and serving as co-counsel with the ACLU of Louisiana in a federal civil rights action. Neda was a policy intern at the United Nations in the Ending Violence Against Women section and has worked alongside agencies advocating for survivors of trafficking and intimate partner violence. She is a Teach for America alumna, and a former advisory committee member for LifeBridge Health's Center for Hope.

After earning her Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, Neda clerked for one of seven judges on Maryland's highest court, and was published in the Northeast University Law Review (The American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man: Using a Human Rights Framework to Deconstruct Systemic Police Misconduct Against Low-Income Women of Color, 10 NE.U.L.Rev. 502 (2018)). She graduated with her B.S. in Business Administration, B.A. in Psychology, and a minor in Global Poverty and Practice from the University of California, Berkeley and received her Master's in Education from Johns Hopkins University. Licensed to practice in multiple jurisdictions, including California, New York, the District of Columbia, and Maryland, Neda is fluent in Farsi and a member of numerous legal organizations including the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the Beverly Hills Bar Association.