• Won a comprehensive preliminary injunction in federal court on behalf of a major data company that needed a prompt and technologically complex return of confidential consumer data from an uncooperative former subcontractor.
• Part of the Bondurant Mixson trial team that successfully defended a major airline client before the International Centre for Dispute Resolution in a two-week arbitration and won more than $40 million on its counterclaims.
• Currently representing Common Cause, several members of the U.S. House of Representatives, and potential DREAM Act beneficiaries in a suit challenging Rule XXII of the Rules of the U.S. Senate (referred to as "the Senate filibuster rule"). See Common Cause v. Biden, No. 1:12-cv-00775 (D.D.C. May 14, 2012).
• Successfully argued for and won dismissal of RICO, fraud, Lanham Act, and unfair competition claims brought against a software company in federal court
• Won resentencing and release of a federal inmate in a pro bono habeas representation. See United States v. Brown, No. 2:02-00045 (N.D. Ga. Jun. 3, 2010).
• Part of the Bondurant Mixson team retained as trial counsel following the denial of summary judgment to represent a former N.B.A. No. 1 draft pick in a race discrimination jury trial in federal court.
• Won reversal of a district court’s dismissal of an inmate’s habeas petition in a case where the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit appointed Mr. Ghali to address a complex procedural issue related to the exhaustion of federal habeas remedies. See Hafez v. Frazier, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 18651 (11th Cir. Sep. 8, 2011).

Professional Activities

Fellow, Truman National Security Project

Advisory Board Member, Glenn Pelham Foundation

Member, L.E.A.D. Atlanta Class of 2010

Barrister, Lamar Inn of Court

Board Member, Atlanta Council for Younger Lawyers

Member, Lawyers Club of Atlanta

Georgia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Leadership Academy