EDUCATION

Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California

Juris Doctor:  May 1996

EXPERIENCE

            Law Offices of Ally Bolour, Los Angeles, California

Sole Practitioner  (Fall 1998 – Present);  Practice exclusively dedicated to Immigration Law – Business and Family Immigration;

 

Escandari, Bolour & Jansezian, Beverly Hills, California

Partner  (Fall 1996 – Fall 1998);  Director of the Immigration Law Department; Preparation of Contracts and Partnership Agreements; Establishment of Corporations and LLC/LLPs;

 

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy, P.C., Los Angeles, California

Law Clerk  (Spring 1996); Preparation of H, L, O, and E visas and labor certificate petitions; researched legal issues; assisted in preparation of appellate briefs for the 9th Circuit and the Board of Immigration Appeals.

 

            Public Counsel, Los Angeles, California

Volunteer Intern (Spring 1996); Assisted Neils Frenzen in representation of aliens in deportation proceedings.

 

LANGUAGES

Fluent Farsi (Persian)

 

MEMBERSHIPS

California State Bar; Admitted:  December 1996

American Immigration Lawyers Association;

-                      Gay and Lesbian Interest Section;

-                      Congressional Liaison for Southern California;

Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Association;

Los Angeles County Bar Association;

Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center;

Human Rights Campaign;

EQCA (Equality California)

AIDS Project Los Angeles;

HOMAN (LGBT Iranian group based in Los Angeles)

            Board Member:  International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)

            Former Board Member of Immigration Equality, Los Angeles Chapter;

            Former Chair, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Immigration Law Section 1999/2000

Volunteer Attorney, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, 2000 - Present

Dean's List:  Fall/Spring 1993/94 

American Jurisprudence Award:  Constitutional Law II

Exceptional Achievement Award:  Immigration Law

 

Sorbonne Institute on International & Comparative Law, Paris, France

Summer 1994

 

California State University, Fresno, California

Master of Business Administration, May 1990

 

California State University, Fresno, California

Bachelor of Sciences, Business Administration, May 1984