Bakari Ziegler focuses his litigation practice on representing clients in all manner of cases, including business and contract disputes and government investigations. Bakari is a skilled litigator who is equally adept in both federal and California state court. He is evenly comfortable representing clients pursuing or defending against multimillion-dollar claims, bolstered by his experience drafting many complaints and dispositive motions. Bakari also has experience in California state court, where he has successfully argued discovery motion and taken depositions.
Bakari Ziegler first joined Morgan Lewis in 2019 as a 1L Diversity Fellow and returned to Morgan Lewis for his 2L summer. In law school, Bakari had the honor of being the only 2L selected to the prestigious Berkeley Law Death Penalty Clinic through which students represent clients on death row across the country. Prior to law school, Bakari attended UC Santa Barbara where he was a member of the school’s NCAA Division 1 track team and was selected as a delegate to represent UC Santa Barbara at the University of California Student Association Congress.