FARHANG & MEDCOFF, P.L.L.C
Partner/Owner

Telephone:
      (520) 790-5433 x2
      (520) 790-5736 fax

Email:
     afarhang@fmazlaw.com

Practice Areas
     Labor and Employment Law
     Commercial Litigation
     Personal Injury Defense

Ali Farhang practices in the areas of labor and employment law; commercial litigation and personal injury defense.  Mr. Farhang has litigated a wide variety of employment law claims arising under various aspects of Title VII, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Arizona Civil Rights Act.  Mr. Farhang has also handled numerous matters for management clients seeking to enforce covenants not to compete and regularly advises clients regarding compliance issues with respect to all of the state and federal laws mentioned above.

Representative Cases
      •    Morningthunder v. Augusta Resource Corp., 2008 WL 2555110, Ariz.App. Div.
           2 (June 16, 2008)

      •    Article published in December 2005 issue of Arizona Attorney "Non-Compete
           Agreements With Step-Down Provisions: Will Arizona Courts Enforce Them?"
           cited as authority in Compass Bank v. Hartley, 430 F.Supp.2d 973
           (D. Ariz. 2006)

      •    First Magnus Financial Corp. v. Summit Mortgage, L.L.C., 2006 WL 2418918,
           W.D.Mo. (August 21, 2006)

      •    Industrial Claims Appeals Office v. Orth, 1998 Colo. LEXIS 623 (Sept. 14,
           1998)

Articles and Presentations
      •    Non-Compete Agreements With Step-Down Provisions: Will Arizona Courts
           Enforce Them? (with Ray K. Harris, Fennemore Craig, P.C.), Arizona Attorney
           (December 2005)

      •    Liability of Lawyers to Non-Clients: Is Colorado in Store for a Change Co-
           Authored, Colorado Bar Association (1999)

      •    For the Defense, Defense Research Institute Magazine

      •    Marlin M. Volz, How Arbitration Works, Topic Author (6th ed. 2001)

      •    "Employers' Rights and Obligations Under the Uniformed Services
           Employment and Reemployment Rights Act" Presentation at the 2006 Arizona
           State Bar Employment Section Fall Seminar

      •    "Non-Competition Agreements" Presentation at the Arizona State Bar
           Convention, 2005

Admissions
      •    Arizona, 1999

      •    Colorado, 1997

      •    U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1998

      •    Tohono O'Odham Nation Courts, 2005

Education and Honors
      •    B.A., University of Arizona, 1993

      •    J.D., University of Denver, College of Law, 1997

      •    Recipient of “40 Under 40 Award”, 2006, from Tucson Business Edge Magazine

Professional and Community Activities
      •    Chair, Employment and Labor Law Continuing Legal Education Section, State
           Bar of Arizona

      •    Member, Executive Council, Labor and Employment Section, State Bar of
           Arizona

      •    Member, Nominating Committee, Pima County Bar Association

      •    Member, State Bar of Colorado

      •    Member, Young Lawyers Division, Arizona Defense Lawyers Association

      •    Chairman, Arizona State Bar Fall Employment Seminar, 2005 and 2006

      •    Member, Arizona Minority Bar Association

      •    Tucson Attorney Representative, United States District Court, District of
           Arizona, Federal Bar Technology Committee

      •    Board Member, Metropolitan YMCA

      •    Member, Fiesta Bowl Committee

      •    Member, Morris K. Udall Inn of Court

      •    Recipient, Tucson Business Edge 40 Under 40 Award, 2006

      •    University of Arizona Law College Student Mentor, 2006

      •    Appointed by Governor Napolitano to Commission for Post Secondary
           Education, 2008