Paris E Scott

Paris Etemadi Scott is an Attorney at the Law Offices of Daniel Shanfield in San Jose, California. She has over 5 years of experience as a litigation attorney with a recent focus on immigration law and international human rights. Before joining her current practice, Paris worked as a Pro Bono attorney at The Bay Area Legal Aid Society and managed her own Immigration Law practice. Her focus on human rights law expands to the Asian continent where she worked with refugees at Christian Action NGO in Hong Kong, representing refugees in their resettlement claims before the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Prior to her immigration practice, Paris worked for the law firm of Bullivant Houser Bailey in San Francisco, California where she litigated insurance and complex commercial matters. Her passion for litigation and advocacy was fueled by a full-time externship at the U.S. District Court of Northern California. She partly attributes her successful law career to her previous professional experience as a Systems Analyst and IT Project Director with multinational companies in Europe and America.

Paris is a graduate of Golden Gate University School of Law (J.D. with Honors) and The University of Maryland (B.S., Honors in Computer Science).

Associations and Memberships include:

• State Bar of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Ninth Circuit of California
• American Immigration Lawyers Association

Paris is fluent in French and Farsi. As an immigrant herself, she zealously advocates on behalf of her clients and passionately strives to relieve their plight.