Mike Rafi
About Mike Rafi
Mike Rafi is a personal injury attorney, legal commentator, and the founder of Rafi Law Firm, based in Atlanta, Georgia. His legal commentary videos have been watched more than a billion times, making him one of the most recognized lawyers in the country. He takes depositions, writes briefs, tries cases, and represents people and families in serious injury and wrongful death cases across the country. Since founding the firm in 2015, Mike and his team have recovered more than $200 million for clients, not by taking every case available, but by doing serious work on every case taken. Mike graduated with honors from Furman University, where he served as captain of the Mock Trial Team and worked for U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham. He later worked for Fox News Channel in New York City and Cox Broadcasting's Washington, D.C. bureau. He earned his law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he was named Outstanding Mock Trial Advocate of his graduating class, the most decorated advocate in the school's history. He was inducted into the National Order of the Barristers and the Lumpkin Inn of Court, and won the Ralph J. Beaird Closing Argument Competition and the Talmadge Moot Court Competition. Before founding Rafi Law Firm, Mike began his legal career at an international defense firm with over 600 attorneys, where he defended large companies in personal injury and commercial litigation. That experience on both sides of litigation shaped how he approaches every case. He has served as President of the DeKalb County Bar Association, on the board of the Atlanta Bar Association's Small Firm Section, and has testified before the Georgia House of Representatives on tort reform. He received the Distinguished Leader Award from Law.com and has been recognized by Super Lawyers, Atlanta Magazine, and Georgia Trend's Legal Elite.
Notable case results
A federal jury awarded $3,858,548, including $2 million in punitive damages, after finding Eastwyck Village apartment complex liable for the death of tenant Tijuana Frazier, who was struck by a stray bullet that penetrated her bedroom wall while she slept.
Mike Rafi secured a $3.1 million settlement for the estate of Cynthia Louise Feijoo, a 61-year-old Albany, Georgia woman who died after her wheelchair was not properly secured in a medical transport van, with discovery exposing the transport company's false claim that she had been properly restrained.
A Fulton County jury awarded $1,718,367 in total damages after finding a southwest Atlanta convenience store 66% responsible for a shooting that left a sleeping passenger with an abdominal gunshot wound.
Mike Rafi secured a $1.6 million presuit settlement for a 69-year-old builder and jazz journalist who suffered a fractured skull and lasting neurological damage after an SUV driver reversed out of a driveway and struck him on a Decatur sidewalk while he was walking his dog.
A Gwinnett County jury awarded $1.5 million to a car-crash plaintiff represented by Mike Rafi and Alex Brown, but Judge Ronda S. Colvin vacated the verdict because Rafi had posted videos before trial discussing the case, prompting national legal-press coverage; the matter later settled.
Confidential wrongful death settlement (2024)
For client injured in apartment complex parking lot with $600,000 in medical bills (2023)
Confidential wrongful death settlement (2024)
For client shot in apartment complex parking lot after being followed through broken security gate (2023)
Confidential settlement for injured client (2020)
For wheelchair-bound client injured when transport van driver failed to properly secure her wheelchair (2023)
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
