Zehra Jafri

Associate

Languages spoken
English | Urdu | Spanish | Hindi | Punjabi

About Zehra

Zehra Jafri is a trial lawyer in our San Francisco office and a member of the Litigation Practice Group. She has advised clients ranging from sole proprietors to Fortune 100 companies on matters involving commercial litigation, with a particular focus on the automotive industry.

Zehra also handles complex intellectual property matters. Her work has involved legal and technical expertise in patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, contracts, products liability and commercial litigation spaces including electric vehicles (EV) and charging.

Her work as a trial team member includes developing and implementing multifaceted discovery strategies, managing technical engineering experts and fact witnesses, as well as drafting dispositive motions and trial briefs.

She previously served as a judicial intern for Judge Consuelo B. Marshall in the Central District of California.

Experience

  • Represented a cybersecurity company in high-stakes litigation, obtaining a US$151.5 million judgment.

  • Represented a software company in high-stakes litigation, obtaining a US$17 million judgment.

Credentials

Education
  • University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, J.D., 2022
  • Cornell University, B.S., 2019
Admissions
  • California, 2022
Courts
  • U.S. Ct. of App., Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Dist. Ct., N. Dist. of California
  • U.S. Dist. Ct., C. Dist. of California
  • U.S. Dist. Ct., E. Dist. of California
  • U.S. Dist. Ct., S. Dist. of California
Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, American Bar Association

  • Member, South Asian Legal Defense Fund

Recognitions

  • Runners-up Honors in Litigation Daily’s Litigator of the Week column on February 2, 2024.

Expertise

Services
Litigation

Publications & Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker/panelist, “Roads to Big Law,” National Muslim Law Students Association, February 8, 2025.

  • Panelist, “Private Practice,” Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, UC Davis School of Law, October 2, 2024.

  • Author, “Tips on Professionalism for Budding Gen Z Law Students from a Gen Z Attorney,” American Bar Association Litigation Newsletter, June 13, 2023.

  • Author, “One Sari, Three Different Ways to Drape It: Trademarks, Religion, Language, and Morality in Post-Colonial India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh,” UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal, January 2023.