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License

State	Status	Acquired	Updated
CA	Active	2002	11/06/2021

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Avvo Contributions

Legal answers	28
Legal guides	3

Awards

Award name	Grantor	Date Granted
Certificate of Recognition	City of Los Angeles	2018
Top 100 Trial Lawyers	The National Trail Lawyers	2017
Client's Choice	Avvo	2017
Top 100 Trial Lawyers	The National Trial Lawyers	2016
Preeminent 5.0 out of 5	Martindale-Hubbell	2015

work experience

Title	Company name	Duration
Owner	Law Offices of Arash Hashemi	2002 - Present
Instructor	Everest College	2015 - 2015
Contract Attorney	California Parole Advocacy Program	2005 - 2013
General Counsel	Import Auto Plaza, Inc.	2003 - 2017

associations

Association name	Position name	Duration
Los Angeles County Criminal Courts Bar Association	Secretary	2020 - Present
Mesereau Free Legal Clinic	Volunteer Attorney	2015 - Present
California Association of Parole Defense Attorneys	Member	N/A
American Bar Association	Member	N/A
Los Angeles County Bar Association	Member	N/A

Beverly Hills Bar Association	Member	N/A
San Fernando Valley Bar Association	Member	N/A
Century City Bar Association	Member	N/A
California Public Defenders Association	Member	N/A
Iranian American Bar Association	Member	N/A
Los Angeles County Criminal Courts Bar Association	Treasurer	2019 - 2020
Los Angeles County Criminal Courts Bar Association	Board Member	2017 - 2019
Iranian American Lawyers Association	Board of Directors	2014 - 2016

publications

Publication name	Title	Date
Daily Journal	The First Step Act is an Imperfect First Step	2020
Daily Journal	Although the System is Broken, Newsom’s Move Isn’t the Answer	2019
Daily Journal	A Flimsy Reason to Deny the Right to Free Exercise of Religion	2019
Daily Journal	Kellen Winslow Jr. Sexual Assault Trial: A Defense Attorney’s Take	2019
Daily Journal	Bill Walks Back Tough-On-Crim Policies	2018

Portfolio Media (Law360)	Trump And Cohen: What Lawyers Can Learn	2018
Law Offices of Arash Hashemi	Drug Crimes & Penalties In California	2016
Law Offices of Arash Hashemi	Arrested For A Crime. Now What?	2016

education

School name	Degree	Graduated
University of La Verne College of Law	JD - Juris Doctor	2001
California State University Northridge	BA - Bachelor of Arts	1998

speaking engagements

Conference name	Title	Date
FIRST FRIDAY LUNCH: Duties of an Attorney Who Does Not Practice Criminal Law to Clients with a Criminal Law Issue.	Ethical duties to a client with a criminal law issue	2018
Mesreau Free Legalc Clinic Public Lecture	California Drug Laws	2017
How Culture Comes Into Play During the Prosecution & Defense of a Criminal Case	Crime & Culture	2015

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