Tom Ajamie
Tom Ajamie is an American lawyer, author and philanthropist, and is the founder of the law firm Ajamie LLP. He has handled a number of high-profile cases, including groundbreaking securities and financial cases, cross-border litigation, business contract disputes and employment issues. Tom has won two of the largest awards ever handed down by an arbitration panel for investors, including a $429.5 million award. He has also won a record $112 million civil RICO jury verdict - the largest in United States history.
Tom is regularly invited to give legal analysis by news media outlets including ABC, CNN, CNBC, NPR and BBC, and his work has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The American Lawyer. He is the co-author of the book Financial Serial Killers: Inside the World of Wall Street Money Hustlers, Swindlers, and Con Men. His work in exposing disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein is featured in the instant New York Times bestseller She Said, by Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. His work on behalf of investors in the Bre-X gold scandal is featured in the book Fools' Gold: the Making of a Global Market Fraud, by Brian Hutchinson.
Tom created and maintains a scholarship endowment at Arizona State University. The Ajamie Scholarship Fund awards scholarships to students who support societal diversity initiatives. Ajamie is a premier benefactor of the Sundance Institute, serves on the board of trustees for the Houston Grand Opera, and supports many other organizations in the arts, including amfAR, Andrea Bocelli Foundation, Elton John Aids Foundation, MusiCares, Musician Treatment Foundation, Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, and Tribeca Film Institute.
Tom is regularly invited to give legal analysis by news media outlets including ABC, CNN, CNBC, NPR and BBC, and his work has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The American Lawyer. He is the co-author of the book Financial Serial Killers: Inside the World of Wall Street Money Hustlers, Swindlers, and Con Men. His work in exposing disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein is featured in the instant New York Times bestseller She Said, by Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. His work on behalf of investors in the Bre-X gold scandal is featured in the book Fools' Gold: the Making of a Global Market Fraud, by Brian Hutchinson.
Tom created and maintains a scholarship endowment at Arizona State University. The Ajamie Scholarship Fund awards scholarships to students who support societal diversity initiatives. Ajamie is a premier benefactor of the Sundance Institute, serves on the board of trustees for the Houston Grand Opera, and supports many other organizations in the arts, including amfAR, Andrea Bocelli Foundation, Elton John Aids Foundation, MusiCares, Musician Treatment Foundation, Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, and Tribeca Film Institute.