Admitted: 1995, California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School: Whittier College, J.D.
Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA); State Bar of California; American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
Biography: EXPERIENCE: Immigration Attorney; Teacher, Immigration Law, Los Angeles City College; Intern, Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law; Extern, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Co-Counsel, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); Researcher, Various United Nations Agencies, Geneva, Switzerland. Volunteer Work: Los Angeles County Bar Association; Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights; El Salvadoran and Guatemalan Consulates Community Outreach, SGI-USA, Amnesty International; KCRW; Special Olympics.
Born: Tehran, Iran
Languages: Spanish and Farsi
Cases: Taslimi v. Holder (9th Cir. 2010), Case No. 05-71006.