Faisal Zubairi

Faisal is the head of Dorsey’s Southern California office and a partner in the Trial Group who focuses on complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters.

Faisal represents a variety of clients, including healthcare providers and biomedical companies, banks and other financial institutions, airlines and other aviation clients, technology and other companies in high stakes matters. Faisal is a key member of the firm’s Healthcare and Banking Practice Groups, and also serves as the head of the Aviation Practice Group at Dorsey & Whitney LLP. He also serves on the board of and volunteers as pro bono counsel for several non-profit organizations.

In addition to being a member of the California, New York and New Jersey bars, Faisal is also a member of the London Court of International Arbitration and is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. He also represents clients in arbitral fora across the world, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague (PCA), and the American Arbitration Association (AAA).

Faisal has also served on the board of and as pro bono counsel for several non-profit organizations. Faisal co-led Dorsey’s representation of several individuals challenging the constitutionality of their non-unanimous jury convictions through the Promise for Justice Initiative Jim Crow Juries Project.

Prior to joining the Southern California office of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Faisal worked on the East Coast for K&L Gates LLP.

Recent Litigation Success

• Falck Northern California Corp. v. SG Collaborative LLC, 25 F. 4th 763 (9th Cir. 2022), Obtained the dismissal of an appeal challenging the Court’s denial of an anti-SLAPP motion in conjunction with a business interference and contractual dispute on behalf of plaintiff emergency medical provider.
• General and Vascular Surgery of Long Island et al. v. Paul Millsap, Brooklyn NETS, et al., New York Supreme Court, Nassau County, Case No. 612659/2021 (Mar. 16, 2022).  Obtained dismissal of all claims against defendant financial institution in relation to NBA salary futures investments.
• Liberty City Movie LLC v. U.S. Bank, N.A., 824 Fed. Appx. 505 (9th Cir. 2020). Obtained dismissal and appellate court decision affirming dismissal of all claims in relation to a complex film financing arrangement.
• Page v. Minnesota Life Insurance Company, et. al., United States District Court for the Central District of California, Case No. 18-cv-01208-AG-KES (Mar. 11, 2019). Obtained dismissal of all claims against defendant IRA Custodian on jurisdictional grounds.
• Randolph Roth IRA v. GoldStar Trust Company, et. al., Superior Court of California, Madera County, Case No. MCV069874 (June 27, 2019). Obtained dismissal of class action claims brought against defendant indenture trustee by bondholders, and secured the cancellation of the underlying indenture of trust agreements in a related bankruptcy court proceeding.
• AmeriCare MedServices, Inc. v. City of Anaheim and Care Ambulance Service, Inc., Case No. 17-55565 (9th Cir., Aug. 27, 2018). Obtained dismissal and appellate court decision affirming dismissal of all claims against the private party defendant in eight related antitrust actions seeking $31 million in damages.
• London Court of International Arbitration. Obtained a substantial arbitration award from the London Court of International Arbitration in a confidential aircraft leasing dispute on behalf of an international airline client who originally started off as the respondent.
• Stereoscope, LLC v. U.S. Bank Nat. Ass’n, et al., Case No. 15-55370 (9th Cir., Jan. 12, 2017). Obtained dismissal and appellate court decision affirming dismissal of claims seeking nearly $10 million in damages in an important decision that affirms the limited nature of duties owed by an escrow agent.
• Virtualpoint, Inc. v. Poarch Band of Creek Indians and National Arbitration Forum, Inc., 15CV02025 (C.D. Cal., June 6, 2016). Obtained the dismissal of all claims asserted against the National Arbitration Forum in the first holding of its kind that extends the doctrine of arbitral immunity to Uniform Domain-Name Registration Disputes.
• Sanho Corporation v. Wooblue, Inc., et al., Alameda County Superior Court of California Case No. RG13668105 (Nov. 27, 2014). Obtained summary judgment on behalf of the defendants entirely disposing of all claims in a dispute regarding an innovative consumer electronics device.