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Jamal Muhammad is Counsel at Park Lawless & Tremonti and is an accomplished trial lawyer. Throughout Jamal’s legal career, which spans both private practice and public service, he has established a reputation for being tenacious, strategic, and efficient. Jamal earned that reputation both in the courtroom and the corporate boardroom.
During his tenure as a Trial Attorney for Federal Defenders of San Diego, Jamal was known for innovative legal strategies. For example, he was able to use the directives of one federal law enforcement agency against another to secure the dismissal of a case where his client was apprehended with contraband strapped to his body and allegedly confessed. Jamal and other attorneys in the district were thereafter able to obtain dismissals in hundreds of criminal cases due to Jamal’s pioneering strategy.
In private practice, Jamal has secured millions of dollars in damages, defended clients in class-action lawsuits, and helped clients testify before government agencies and committees. Furthermore, in addition to the investigations he led at the Federal Defenders’ Office, he has also led and participated in civil investigations involving derivative shareholder litigation, sexual harassment, wire fraud, mail fraud, honest services fraud, and violations of environmental regulations.
At Park Lawless & Tremonti, Jamal represents General Motors, American Honda Motor Co., and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in Song-Beverly Warranty cases, including those where consumers allege fraud and unfair business competition under Business and Professions Code section 17200. He handles all aspects of these cases, from initial pleadings through trial.
Jamal earned his Juris Doctor from Howard University School of Law here he was a member of the Howard Huver L. Brown Trial Advocacy Team and his Bachelor of Arts from Knox College.
Served as first chair in numerous trials.
Won a $2.2 million verdict and more than $500,000 in attorneys’ fees on behalf of a financial institution in a breach of contract action.
Helped secure a $14 million settlement from the city and county for violations of the client’s civil rights.
Won the dismissal of a federal felony with prejudice on the eve of trial after strategically forcing the government to make an error fatal to its case.
Won a not guilty verdict on three counts of felony aggravated battery where the alleged victim suffered and had scars from multiple stabs and slashes, and the client was uninjured.
Won a mistrial on a two-count federal felony indictment; won a not guilty verdict on count one retrial, and then won dismissal with prejudice of count two after further investigation before the third trial uncovered Brady material the government had failed to produce.
Secured a victory in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Successfully led an internal investigation for a Fortune 5 company, involving a rogue employee whose conduct potentially threatened the company’s ability to participate in a government program worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Successfully led an investigation of a school board’s and school district superintendent’s decision not to fire a principal accused of sexual harassment.
Helped lead an internal investigation of alleged violations of the Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board regulations for a major automobile engine manufacturer.
Represented a food company’s Vice President of Science and Regulatory Affairs in front of the Federal Trade Commission related to the food company’s claims about the asserted benefits of the product.
Represented and helped prepare an oil company’s executives for interviews with federal and state investigators and various governmental entities investigating the Deepwater Horizon disaster and oil spill.
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