Michael Rafi

Mike Rafi’s videos have been watched more than a billion times. He is one of the most recognized lawyers in the world — and there is a good chance he was in court yesterday.

He is a plaintiff’s personal injury lawyer and the founder of Rafi Law Firm. He takes depositions, writes briefs, tries cases, and represents people and families in serious injury and wrongful death cases across the country. The videos are real because the work is real. Since founding the firm, Mike and his team have recovered more than $200 million for their clients — not by taking every case they can get, but by doing serious work on every case they take. Mike has no interest in being the biggest personal injury firm in the world — he would never hire a firm like that if he were injured.

Mike is as involved in the legal community as he is in his own cases. He speaks at national conferences, contributes to legal publications, and mentors law students. He has served as President of the DeKalb County, Georgia Bar Association, sat on the board of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Small Firm Section, and testified before the Georgia House of Representatives on tort reform.

He graduated from Furman University and the University of Georgia School of Law, where he competed on the national mock trial and moot court teams, was named Outstanding Mock Trial Advocate of his class, and was inducted into the National Order of the Barristers and the Lumpkin Inn of Court. He graduated as the most decorated advocate in the school’s history.

Outside the courtroom, Mike lives in Atlanta with his wife Ashley, their four kids, and their two dogs. Ashley is a teacher, and together they host the Married to the Law podcast — a behind the scenes look at what it actually means to practice law, be married to a lawyer, and navigate all of it as a family. They talk about real issues and what matters to them, which is pretty much how they do everything else too. Their kids range from toddlers to middle school, and all four have developed a habit of making unscheduled appearances in his videos — which his audience has decided they are very much here for.