Ajamie worked as a trial lawyer at the law firm
Baker Botts. During his tenure there, he successfully defended the second largest funeral and cemetery services company against a $4 billion hostile takeover bid by that industry’s largest company, SCI.[2] In 1997, he left Baker Botts and founded the firm which is now known as Ajamie LLP.[3]
In 2001, a
New York Stock Exchange panel levied a $429 million fine, the largest in history at the time, against
PaineWebber broker Enrique Perusquia.[4] on behalf of Ajamie's clients.[5]
In 2006, a New York Stock Exchange arbitration panel returned a $14.5 million penalty, the third largest ever at the time, against
Prudential Equity Group on behalf of his clients.[6]
In 2010, he won the largest civil
RICO jury verdict in United States history,[7] on behalf of his client
ADT Security Services.[8]
Ajamie served as outside counsel for the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee.[9] He and his firm handled all compliance issues during the nearly two years leading up to
Super Bowl LI in 2017[10]
In 2020, his clients were awarded a $79 million settlement following a class action lawsuit against
Wells Fargo & Company in federal court.[11]
In 2010, He and Bruce Kelly wrote the book Financial Serial Killers: Inside the World of Wall Street Money Hustlers, Swindlers, and Con Men.[12] The second edition of Financial Serial Killers was released in paperback in 2014.[13]
After members of the amfAR board had shared the report with the
New York attorney general and members of the press, Ajamie was contacted by New York Times writers
Jodi Kantor and
Megan Twohey. In October 2017, Twohey and Kantor published their sexual misconduct piece on Weinstein.[16] Ajamie’s Weinstein investigation is also featured in their New York Times bestseller She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement.[17]
Philanthropy
Ajamie started a scholarship fund in 2002 at his alma mater,
Arizona State University, for students who support diversity initiatives.[1] The Ajamie Scholarship Fund awards $8,000 per qualifying student to multiple students per semester.[18]
Ajamie is also a board member of the Houston Grand Opera.[19]