Jared A. Veliz, Esq.

Jared helps clients navigate complex legal situations with wisdom, empathy, and fierce representation.

Biography

Jared helps clients navigate their complex legal situations, and helps them through what is often a most vulnerable and precarious time in their lives. All too often, people find themselves harmed, discriminated against, violated or taken advantage of by a person or business with more resources or more power. In these situations, people often feel helpless and find themselves without any obvious recourse to right the wrongs done to them. Jared and Walker Law are committed to standing up for clients who find themselves in these and similar situations. Jared has the experience and tools to serve as fierce advocate, to ensure that his clients be made whole, and to ensure that wrongs they’ve suffered do not go ignored or uncorrected. Jared’s expertise is in the law, but he also seeks to develop a comprehensive understanding of his clients’ circumstances and their needs. Developing this comprehensive understanding allows for Jared to step into his clients’ shoes, and to better communicate his clients’ story to the judge and jury. Additionally, Jared fundamentally believes that his constant pursuit of a greater understanding and empathy breeds wisdom, facilitates personal and professional growth, and results in better and more creative solutions.

Jared Veliz is a seasoned litigator with significant experience in federal and state courts at both the lower court and appellate court levels. Jared has experience in federal courts across the country, including in California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Delaware, Massachusetts, Florida and New York. The first eight years of Jared’s practice centered on cases involving large multi-national corporations in high stakes and “bet the company” lawsuits, often litigating alongside or against the most prestigious law firms in the country. Jared has helped clients obtain great results, including settlements ranging from five to nine figures.

Results & Representative Cases

• Won $4.1 million verdict, including punitive damages, for wrongful termination of and retaliation against our client in response to our client’s opposition to owner’s sexual harassment of another employee and the owner’s attempted financial fraud. Verdict is one of the largest single-plaintiff employment verdicts in San Diego history. Qiu v. Three Rivers Provider Network, Inc., San Diego Superior Court
• Won motion for disqualification of opposing counsel, which forced settlement for client on favorable terms. The arguments Jared put forward resulted in new California Law, which clarified the circumstances in which lawyers having knowledge of person’s confidential and privileged information may take part in lawsuits against that person. Portions of the brief Jared wrote are cited in appellate court opinion. Acacia Patent Acquisition, LLC v. Superior Court, (2015) 234 Cal. App. 4th 1091.
• Won disqualification of opposing party’s designated expert in arbitration related to Acacia Patent Acquisition, LLC v. Superior Court, (2015) 234 Cal. App. 4th 1091. Disqualification prevented opposing party from establishing necessary elements of their case, and resulted in a quick and favorable settlement for Jared’s client.
• Won case political asylum in the United States on behalf of transgender client, who was citizen of Mexico. Client had suffered sexual assault & harassment and physical and mental abuse at the hands of Mexican state and national officials on the basis of her sexuality and gender identity.
• Helped obtain dozens of five to seven-figure settlements against companies that involving claims of retaliation, negligence, wrongful termination, bad faith insurance practices, personal injury, patent and copyright infringement.
• Worked with trial team that obtained nine-figure award against medical device company for violation of client’s patents and failures to pay client royalties owed to it.
• Helped numerous clients enjoin companies who have stolen clients’ proprietary product source code, confidential information, and trade secrets and then used that information to form a competing company.
• Represented clients against makers and hosts of fraudulent websites that seek to scam consumers into providing money and sensitive financial information to what they believe are legitimate businesses.

Memberships + Accolades