We recently connected with Omid Rejali and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Omid thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Almost every entrepreneur we know has considered donating a portion of their revenue to an organization or cause – how did you make the decision of whether to donate? We’d love to hear the backstory if you’re open to sharing the details

I believe life is about giving. I am a strong believer in a quote from Ruth Bather Ginsburg: “To make life a little better for people less fortunate than you. That’s what I think a meaningful life is. One lives not just for oneself, but for one’s community.”

And so we give back a percentage of our profit back to the community every year. We do this in a number of ways, one if by giving to the Rejali Foundation. I am a mental health survivor and consider myself to be very blessed. I created the Rejali foundation to help individuals who suffer from mental health to be able to get the treatment that they need and to bring more awareness around the issue.

We also give back by helping our community in a number of other ways such as sponsoring events, and helping individuals in need in our community.

Omid, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

My name is Omid Rejali. I was born in Houston, Tx, lived in Tehran, Iran for 10 years and moved back to the states on my own at the age of 17 to attend college.

Becoming a trial lawyer was ingrained in me as a kid. My dad had a case back when we used to live in Texas, and so naturally I would hear about the lawyer and how good he was. So, I wanted to be like him. Later in my life, I would always hear how he’d help everyone around him and was a pillar in his community and had this big big firm. So, naturally as I grew in my business I wanted to be more like him so I could make my dad proud.

We are a personal injury trial firm. Our core values include 1) being dedicated to the cause of justice no matter what it takes; 2) Hardworking; 3) Treating everyone with respect; 4) Giving back to the community; 5) Giving a voice to those who don’t have one and 6) Collaboration.

We believe our core purpose is to fight injustice no matter what it takes. To change existing laws to make sure they conform to our times. To promote truth, integrity and honesty and, to protect the most vulnerable in our community against bad actors.

What sets us apart is our willingness to try cases to juries. Insurance companies know that we have done so in the past and we will do it again, if that is whats required to get our clients fully compensated.

I am most proud of the team I am developing. An organization is as good as its team members. We work with the BEST because that’s what our clients deserve.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

Wanting to do everything on my own.

The backstory behind this is in childhood. As a kid, since my father was mostly absent I felt I had to do everything on my own. So, as I grew up I tended to do the same thing.

I am slowly unlearning that and realizing that to be able to go far and to fulfill my purpose in life I need to have a team. Trusting is still something I struggle with. But I am working on it.

Can you open up about a time when you had a really close call with the business?

As a trial firm not having cash flow or hitting rock bottom happens often.

Particularly I believe in 2017, when I had only been in business for approximately three years I lost a case and it took me two years to recover from it. That’s because I had expended a lot of money on the case on credit cards believing that we had a good chance at winning, only to lose.

It was a good lesson to learn early on. I have to admit, I still take big risks on cases and causes I find important because I think it is my responsibility as a trial lawyer to do so when there is an opportunity to change not only an individual’s life, but also when the case has much larger implications for other people similarly situated. This particular case was against the University of California San Diego for disability discrimination.
That being said, I am getting better at evaluating cases and being able to identify which cases need to be tried and which one’s should not. As much as we like to try cases, some cases are not worth trying. I would much rather waive our fee and have the client get some money, than to take a case to trial and potentially have the client not only owe the other side their costs but also be stuck with a number of medical bills.

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