Kamal Ghali: Former Federal Prosecutor. Award-Winning Trial Lawyer. Elite Courtroom Litigator.
Business Disputes, Investigations, Trials, and Appeals.
Aggressive. Trial Ready. Experienced.
Kamal Ghali is a former federal prosecutor, a nationally recognized trial lawyer, and a trusted counselor who represents business executives and companies in a broad range of business disputes, investigations, and other sensitive matters.
Credentials
Kamal Ghali is a former federal prosecutor, a highly-experienced commercial litigator and trial lawyer, and a co-founder of Chaiken Ghali, LLP, a Chambers-ranked business litigation and white-collar investigations firm. He is a former partner at Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP.
He holds a J.D., magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, from the University of Michigan Law School, where he served as a Note Editor on the Michigan Law Review. He has a B.A. from Emory University, magna cum laude, where he was President of the Alben W. Barkley Forum Debate Team and ranked as a member of the top two-person debate team of the decade (2000-2010).
Based in Atlanta, Kamal previously served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the Hon. Frank M. Hull, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
What Others Say
Kamal Ghali is a nationally recognized trial lawyer and strategic advisor, recognized for his expertise in commercial litigation, complex arbitrations, government investigations, trials, appeals, and cybersecurity issues. Consistently ranked in Chambers USA and Best Lawyers in America, Kamal is described as a “brilliant attorney” with a “commanding presence in the courtroom,” a “great legal strategist who anticipates all sides of a case,” and “an excellent trial lawyer” who is “sharp and quick on his feet” (Chambers).
Recognized for his “fantastic ability to explain complex legal and technology-related topics” (Chambers), Kamal has successfully litigated multi-billion-dollar contract disputes, racketeering (RICO) claims, fiduciary duty cases, intellectual property matters, and numerous partnership break-ups and corporate ownership fights.
“He is a brilliant attorney who combines legal brilliance with a practical approach, which threads the needle in bringing the right strategy to very complicated cases.”
— Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
Big Wins
Kamal has secured major wins, settlements, and successful outcomes in a wide range of business cases.
Trial Win: Successfully represented a major airline carrier in an arbitration involving a billion-dollar contract dispute. Confidential settlement following a two-week trial and successful prosecution of counterclaims.
Trial Win: First-chaired a two-week federal jury trial against three corporate executives charged with bribing public officials in DeKalb County and Georgia World Congress Center.
Trial Win: Co-prosecuted a five-week federal jury trial against three corporate executives accused of fraud involving over $600 million dollars in foreign currency sales.
Trial Win: First-chaired a five-day arbitration trial against the world’s largest online brokerage in a complex fiduciary duty dispute. Achieved a complete trial victory including an award of punitive damages and attorney fees.
Major Settlement: Successfully represented one of the nation’s top power companies as a plaintiff in a multi-billion dollar dispute over the ownership of two nuclear power plant units.
Major Settlement: Settled one of the largest military contracting fraud cases in U.S. history, alleging fraud in connection with U.S. Department of Defense contracts.
Major Settlement: Resolved a significant U.S. Department of Justice national security investigation involving federal grants through a negotiated plea that involved no prison time and less than a month of probation.
Complete Dismissal: Successfully defended one of the world’s largest online media platforms in a civil breach of contract and fraud case in federal court in Georgia. Secured dismissal of all claims.
Complete Dismissal: Successfully defended a major real estate company facing civil RICO and fraud claims. Secured complete dismissal of the complaint and prevailed on a Rule 11 sanctions motion.
Complete Dismissal: Successfully represented an individual charged in a complex wire fraud and money laundering case charged by the U.S. Department of Justice. Secured a complete dismissal of all charges.
Practice Areas
Strategic counsel across a range of complex legal areas
High-Profile Commercial & Business Litigation
Kamal provides exceptional representation in high-stakes business disputes involving complex contract claims, fiduciary duty claims, fraud claims, and civil racketeering (RICO) allegations. He has successfully litigated multi-billion-dollar cases and has particular experience litigating business ownership fights, LLC-member disputes, shareholder lawsuits, and other litigation and arbitrations involving complex issues of corporate control.
White-Collar Defense
Kamal draws on his experience as a former federal prosecutor to defend executives and businesses against allegations of fraud, bribery, and regulatory violations. As a defense lawyer, he has quietly obtained numerous declinations of prosecution, without any negative media publicity or reputational harm to his clients.
Cybersecurity & Intellectual Property Litigation
Recognized for his “particular expertise” in cybercrime issues (Chambers) and litigation involving complex technologies and intellectual property, Kamal advises clients facing trade secret theft litigation and other related matters. A former DOJ cybercrime prosecutor, he has successfully helped clients, including law firms and investors, respond to significant data theft events and recover funds stolen by malicious hackers.
Appeals and Post-Trial Litigation
Kamal has successfully first-chaired numerous appeals and achieved appellate victories on matters involving challenges to jury verdicts, summary judgment orders, the appointment of receivers, criminal sentencing issues, the scope of federal corruption statutes, and the confirmation of arbitration awards.
The Best Lawyers in America (2022–2025): Recognized for excellence in business litigation, white-collar defense, and intellectual property litigation matters.
Chambers USA (2021–2025): Ranked among America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and recognized for his trial skills and courtroom presence.
Georgia Super Lawyers (2024-2025): Recognized as one of the top lawyers in Georgia for business litigation and white-collar defense.
Commendation from RIAA and FBI (2019): Recognized for excellence in one of the largest intellectual property crime prosecutions in U.S. Department of Justice history.
Kamal has obtained numerous awards and recognitions for his outstanding work and high-profile wins in a wide range of cases.
Awards & Recognitions
FBI Director’s Commendation for Excellence (2018): Awarded by Christopher A. Wray for outstanding performance in a three-week securities fraud jury trial.
Director’s Award for Superior Performance (2017): Honored by the U.S. Department of Justice for co-leading the widely-reported SpyEye cybercrime prosecution, which involved nearly $1 billion in losses worldwide.
U.S. Attorney Award (2017): Recognized by the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia for integrity and excellence in co-prosecuting a high-profile public corruption case against a member of the Georgia General Assembly.
Media & Case Matters
Kamal Ghali’s work, as both a federal prosecutor and an attorney in private practice, has been widely covered in numerous media outlets, and he is frequently asked to comment on a range of legal issues including business litigation, white-collar investigations, trials, appeals, fraud litigation, and international cybersecurity matters.
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