“We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Mairone with U.S. Embassy employees at the Oral Argument before the Supreme Court, 24 February 2020. Opati et al. v. Republic of Sudan et al

Human Rights and Counterterrorism Lawsuits

MM~LAW represents over 19,000 victims of international terrorist attacks, chemical weapons attacks, weaponization of mass rape and sexual assault, human trafficking and exploitation constituting modern slavery, torture, genocide and other crimes against humanity. We target the criminal transnational enterprises, corporations and international banks that seek to profit by illegally supporting terrorists and warlords, redirecting the money used to support and profit from international terrorism, trafficking and slavery, torture and jus cogen norm violations, to compensate the victims of the crimes enabled by these defendants. In short, to hold the financiers, profiteers, aiders and abettors and co-conspirators accountable to, and compensate, the victims and survivors.

While MM~LAW represents exclusively victims of international terrorism and the crimes noted above, in order to prosecute numerous lawsuits, MM~LAW has reached out to other, top-tier, trial lawyers, to jointly represent our clients with MM~LAW, in one or more lawsuits.  Over 20 law firms have joined the network created by MM~LAW. 

MM~LAW’s clients come from over 26 countries. Just as international terrorists and transnational criminal enterprises span the globe, without limitations to any one specific territory or jurisdiction, MM~LAW represents victims without limitations on any territory or jurisdiction.  The horrible harms inflicted upon MM~LAW’s clients are caused, not merely by violations of the laws of any State but result from violations of the laws and norms of all humanity. 

Law continues to evolve, and just as business, enterprise, and perpetrators of international crimes are neither bound by, nor respect national boundaries, law, and the practice of law, must evolve, anchored by two cardinal principles, the right of every person to effective access to justice, and the equality of all humans, irrespective of any of the artificial classifications societies create, such as race, religion (or lack thereof), gender, age, nationality, language, wealth (or lack thereof) and all other “classifications” of humans.  A corollary arising from the foregoing principles is that no person, state, entity or organization is above the law, nor possessing “privileges and immunities” in derogation of jus cogen norms.

All client engagements are made on a strict contingent, success-fee basis. All litigation costs are funded by MM~LAW and partner law firms.

OCTOBER 7 ATROCITIES CASES

Estate of Kedem Siman Tov et at. V. United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1:24-cv-04765

Liat Atzili et al. v. United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1:25-cv-05677

Yisrael Weiser et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1:24-cv-03224

Additional lawsuits to be filed in the United States and in Israel

KHOBAR TOWERS BOMBING CASES

Glenn Christie et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran et al., United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1:19-cv-01289

Ambassador Jonathan Gration et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran et al., United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1:21-cv-01859

Kevin St. John et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran et al., United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1:23-cv-02333

4th Khobar Towers bombing survivors’ lawsuit under preparation

OPERATION IRAQ FREEDOM- IRAQ WAR FUND CASES

O’Sullivan et al. v. Deutsch Bank et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1:17-cv-08709

Tevera et al. v. Deutsch Bank et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1:18-cv-07312

Holladay et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran et al., United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1:17-cv-00915

Fishbeck et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran et al., United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1:18-cv-02248

Williams et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran et al., United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1:18-cv-02425

Solorio et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran et al., United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1:23-cv-02660

UNITED STATES EMBASSY BOMBINGS CASES

Wamai et al. v. Republic of Sudan et al., United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1:08-cv-01349

Amduso et al. v. Republic of Sudan et al., United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1:08-cv-01361

Onsongo et al. v. Republic of Sudan et al., United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1:08-cv-01380

Opati et al. v. Republic of Sudan et al., United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1:12-cv-01224

Katana et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, United States District Court for the District of Columbia,  1:19-cv-02068

Ratemo et al. v. . Islamic Republic of Iran, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1:19-cv-02067

Ambassador Bushnell et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1:22-cv-00646

HALABJA CHEMICAL WEAPONS CASE

Luqman Abdulqadir Mohammed et al. v. TUI A.G.(formerly known as Preussag A.G.) et al., Civil District Court for the Governorate of Sulaimani, Kurdish Region, Republic of Iraq

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM LAWSUITS

Cabrara et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran United States Distrct Court District Court of Columbia 1:19-cv-03835

Cabrara et al. v. Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp. United States District Court District of Columbia 1:19-cv-3833

Brown et al. v. National Bank of Pakistan United States District Court Southern District of New York 1:19-cv-11876

Wildman et al. v. Deutsche Bank AG United States District Court Eastern District of New York 1:21-cv-04400

ROCKET ATTACKS ON U.S. BASES

INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ATTACKS

Almog et al. v. Arab Bank Plc United States District Court Eastern District of the New York 1:04-cv-05564

Vashbien et al. v. Arab Bank Plc Jerusalem District Court, no. 12-72879-19

Henkin et al. v. Kuveyt Turk Katilim Bankasi, United States District Court Eastern District 1:19-cv-05394

Henkin et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran United States District Court District of Columbia 1:19-cv-01184

Almog et al. v. Lafarge S.A. United States District Court Eastern District of New York 1:24-cv-01043

Cain-Baarbe et al. v. Syrian Arab Republic United States District Court Eastern District of North Carolina 5:20-cv-230

Schmitz et al. v. Ericsson Inc. et al. United States District Court Distrct of Columbia 1:22-cv-02317

Butler et al. v. Syrian Arab Republic United States District Court District of Columbia 1:24-cv-03587

HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAWSUITS

GOLD STAR AND VETERAN FAMILIES’ LAWSUITS

Operation Iraqi Freedom Lawsuits

Operation Enduring Freedom Lawsuits

Khobar Towers Bombing Lawsuits

Rocket Attacks on U.S. Bases in the Middle East Lawsuits