Tahmeena I. Ahmed

professional bio

Tahmeena Ahmed is Bradford & Barthel's Chief Client Relations Officer (CCRO/CMO), and a Senior Equity partner. She has served as the firm’s Executive Managing Partner for Client Relations since 2012. In that role, she leads the firm's 4-person Account Assistance management team, who helps ensure that all of Bradford & Barthel’s services meet the firm’s highest standards, thereby achieving total client satisfaction goals. The team’s abilities have been sharpened by assisting over 350 clients with a multi-level portfolio of resources.

Ms. Ahmed has also developed and oversees for each client a dedicated team of Attorney Account Managers (AAM) that interfaces with clients at all levels, including claim adjusters, supervisors, branch/claims managers, brokers, reinsurance and employers. AAMs assist clients assigned to them with a plethora of issues, including attorney panels, attorney-file assignments, file reviews and troubleshooting.

Ms. Ahmed received her Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Psychology as a member of the Honors College at the University of Illinois, Chicago. She then enrolled at California Western School of Law in San Diego where she earned an American Jurisprudence Award in Torts, an Academic Achievement Award in Employment Law, and her Juris Doctorate in 1992. After passing the Bar, she practiced entertainment, civil, and bankruptcy law. In 1994, she joined Johnston & Auerbach as an in-house worker’s compensation defense counsel for Fremont Compensation Insurance Company.

Over the next four years, she aggressively litigated thousands of cases, focusing on Fremont’s “zero tolerance fraud policy." In July 1998, she brought that experience and expertise to Bradford & Barthel and in December, 2000 was named Managing Attorney for the Tarzana office. She was promoted to Partner in April 2002.

During her 12-year tenure as Managing Attorney, the Tarzana office flourished, growing from 2 to 24 attorneys, making it one of the largest and most experienced in the firm. Leaving behind the day-to-day operations of managing Tarzana in 2012, she was named Executive Managing Partner, Client Relations, bringing global B&B oversight to her role.

With over three decades of successful litigation experience, Ms. Ahmed is sought out by clients for her negotiation skills and her creative approaches to resolution. She has expanded her practice of workers’ compensation defense to include Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) via mediations and arbitrations dealing with Collective Bargaining Agreements and Carve-Out programs.

Ms. Ahmed was invited to be part of the UCLA 2019 Lean In – Women’s Leadership conference as a panelists within the session "Women In Law," where she inspired a diverse community of approximately 100 female university students.

Ms. Ahmed has also presented and joined panelists at Pepperdine Law School to impart mentorship advice. As part of her duties as a newly elected Board of Director for the Alumni Association at California Western School of Law (CWSL), Ms. Ahmed takes part in mentorship activities and other special projects as directed by the Board.

Ms. Ahmed is a Certified Specialist, Workers’ Compensation Section, State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. She became a Statewide Arbitrator effective July 26, 2007. She is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Central District of California and the Supreme Court of the State of California.

Ms. Ahmed loves devoting time to her two daughters, Alina and Henna, and her pro bono work. She also indulges in her well practiced arts of travel and shopping. She is fluent in Hindi, Urdu and Spanish, and has enough fluency to order from a French menu. She can also read and write Arabic.

Outstanding Achievements

• March 1, 2012 – In re: Robert Flores

Education & Memberships

1993 California Western School of Law
Juris Doctor
American Jurisprudence Award in Employment Law
American Jurisprudence Award in Torts (II)
Robert L. Fish Legal Skills Award

1989 University of Illinois at Chicago
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology, Honors College)

2007 Certified as Statewide Arbitrator
2007 Certified Specialist, Workers Compensation Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
1993 U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, American Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association
1993 State Bar of California, Member Workers’ Compensation Section