Hozaifa Y. Cassubhai

hozaifa@baileyduquette.com
T.: +1 908.315.0253
M.: +1 206.225.2250
New Jersey, Seattle

Hozaifa focuses his practice in civil and complex commercial litigation, serving clients bi-coastally primarily in the Tri-State and the Pacific Northwest. He has litigated cases in arbitration forums and state and federal courts across the country, including through judgment, verdict, and appeal..

With training in Big Law and as a federal district court law clerk - combined with experiences as a special deputy prosecutor and in-house general counsel - Hozaifa brings versatility, tenacious advocacy, and pragmatic counsel to each engagement.

Hozaifa's litigation matters have covered a wide range of commercial and employment topics. Representative subject matters include:

  • Contract / commercial disputes

  • Corporate governance / fiduciary issues

  • Shareholder / partnership disputes

  • Lanham Act / unfair competition claims

  • Consumer fraud

  • Copyright and trademark disputes

  • Trade secret and non-compete issues

  • Discrimination and wrongful termination

  • Defamation / business disparagement

  • Professional malpractice actions

Hozaifa oversees the firm’s Westfield (NJ) and Seattle offices. In that capacity, Hozaifa is regularly called upon to serve as local counsel in state and federal courts of the States of New Jersey and Washington.

Outside of litigation, Hozaifa serves as a strategic advisor to emerging businesses and family-owned companies, and executives and Boards rely on him to find innovative ways to help manage risk and meet objectives.

Hozaifa has served as a Fellow of the WSBA’s Washington Leadership Institute, which recognizes and trains the next generation of civic and bar leaders.  He devotes significant time to public interest matters and pro bono work, and, among other service, he currently serves as an Executive Board Member of the South Asian Bar Association of New Jersey.

Before joining Bailey Duquette, Hozaifa practiced at the Seattle office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and at litigation boutiques on both coasts. Hozaifa’s background also includes tracking trials for Courtroom Television (Court TV) and producing for the Law & Crime Network.

In law school, Hozaifa served as the Note & Comment Editor of the Law Review. He was inducted into the National Order of Barristers for oral advocacy and, upon graduation, named his class’s Faculty Scholar and Student Speaker.

Hozaifa has been named a 2024 NJBiz Leader in the Law Honoree as well as a Thomson Reuters “Super Lawyer” (2019-2024) and "Rising Star" (2014-2018) for business litigation. (Note: No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. A description of the selection methodology is available here.)

Education 

Seattle University School of Law (J.D. magna cum laude)
Boston College, (B.A., History)

Bar Admission

Washington
New Jersey

Clerkship

The Hon. Benjamin H. Settle, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington (Tacoma)

Other Languages

English
Urdu
Gujarati
Arabic (reading/writing proficiency)