Mauni Jalali

Mauni is an associate in Quinn Emanuel's Los Angeles office. He joined the firm in 2024. His practice focuses on constitutional law, antitrust, and government regulation. Prior to joining the firm, Mauni worked on the Senate Judiciary Committee (Dems) and was a law clerk for the Honorable John C. Coughenour.

Mauni has developed expertise in administrative law matters, government regulation, and plaintiff-side antitrust, with particular emphasis on cases involving big tech, big agriculture, big pharma, and ticketing services. He has worked on investment risk analysis due to presidential impoundments, SEC securities actions, and assessing APA challenges to FTC rulemaking. His recent work includes drafting appellate briefing on nationwide injunctions protecting thousands of international students across the United States from visa revocation, handling AEA deportation cases in court, and filing briefing in administrative law matters regarding childhood separation at the border.

He maintains an active pro bono practice, representing clients in immigration deportation proceedings and students facing evictions, and authoring a Fourth Circuit amici brief supporting impact litigation for foster children in West Virginia.

He is actively involved in his community, spending time with progressive grassroots organizations. He is a graduate of Yale Law School, where he worked at the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel and served as research assistant to Bruce Ackerman. He received his undergraduate degree in War Studies and Philosophy from King's College, London.