Immigration & Nationality Law Certified Specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization in San Francisco's Jackson Square Historic District (next to the Financial District), practicing U.S. Immigration and Nationality law with an emphasis on family immigration and asylum since 1999. Member of 1) American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) NorCal and its Advisory Council as SF Citizenship & Immigration Services Co-Liaison & Celebrate America Writing Contest Committee , 2) Jewish Community Relations Council's Public Policy Committee and 3) Iranian American Bar Association NorCal Chapter. Formerly served as AILA NorCal Liaison to San Francisco Custom & Border Protection, Immigration Court and Asylum Office and on Unauthorized Practice of Immigration Law Committee. A volunteer mentor attorney on asylum and other immigration issues to AILA and non-immigration attorneys and law students and speaker at different organizations regarding asylum law and practice and other immigration issues. J.D. with International Law concentration from UC Hastings (1999) and B.A. in Political Science and Near Eastern Studies from UC Berkeley (1996).