Mr Moe Keshavarzi > Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP > Los Angeles, United States > Lawyer Profile

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
333 SOUTH HOPE STREET
FORTY-THIRD FLOOR
LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
CALIFORNIA
United States

Work Department

Business Trial

Position

Moe Keshavarzi is a partner in the Business Trial Practice Group in the firm’s Los Angeles office.

Moe is a trial and appellate litigator and represents healthcare entities and insurers in their most complex civil disputes. He also represents and counsels clients in connection with governmental investigations and regulatory enforcement actions. Moe’s experience also includes representing clients in litigation involving challenges to statutes and regulations on constitutional grounds.

In addition to his healthcare practice, Moe represents clients in class actions involving allegations of unfair competition and false advertising.

In addition to representing clients in litigation, Moe also advises clients on a wide range of issues, including compliance with state and federal laws applicable to health plans and insurers such as the Knox-Keene Act and the Affordable Care Act.

Moe is actively involved in pro bono work and impact litigation and serves on the boards of directors of Public Counsel and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. Moe was honored with the ACLU’s 2020 Youth Justice Award for his work as ACLU Southern California’s co-counsel in connection with Sigma Beta XI v. County of Riverside, which successfully challenged the constitutionality of Riverside’s Youth Accountability Team program and its school-to-prison pipeline for discriminating against students, with a disproportionate impact on Black and Latinx youth.

Education

J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 2002, cum laudeOrder of the Coif

B.A., San Diego State University, 1999

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Healthcare > Health insurers

Praised by clients for its ‘wealth of deep understanding‘, the California-based practice at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP handles a broad array of mandates, including the taxation of health plans and disputes concerning out-of-network reimbursement. Eric Klein leads the team, utilizing his longstanding transactional experience to advise clients on joint ventures and M&A. Lynsey Mitchel is a regulatory specialist when it comes to HMO-related issues under the California Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act, while Moe Keshavarzi routinely acts for health plans in class actions and disputes concerning unfair competition. W0rking out of the Washington DC office, Christine Clements is known for her broad knowledge of HIPAA compliance issues and both state and federal managed healthcare government contract programs.