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Complete Resumé of Abbas Hadjian

ABBAS HADJIAN, ESQ.

EXPERT WITNESS:
  • Iranian Civil, Contract & Family Law and Procedure
  • Consultation
  • Document Review
  • Deposition
  • Trial
Overview

Practice History: Legal

Practice History: Administrative

Practice History: Journalism

Public Appearances

Education, Degrees

Associations and Affiliations

Mr. Hadjian was born, educated and lived in Iran until 1980. Between 1959 and 1968 Mr. Hadjian was a professional journalist in Iran, with positions including editor, writer, reporter, translator and commentator in major Iranian publications and news agencies. His profession a journalist required and helped Mr. Hadjian's foundational understanding of the Iranian legal, social, economical and political structure. Between 1962 and 1966, Mr. Hadjian attended the School of Law, Political Science and Economics in Tehran University. Among others, he received courses in Iranian Constitution, Civil, Family and Probate law, furthering his understanding of the legal, social, economic and political infrastructure of his native country.

Upon graduation. Mr. Hadjian became a political appointee in the Office of the Governor General, Iranian Southern Ports and Islands (Persian Gulf), where he acted as a ranking civil officer in the region until 1978, the year of the Iranian Revolution. As deputy to the Governor General in social and economic affairs, Mr. Hadjian relied heavily on his legal studies and implemented them in real life situations. In 1975, Harvard University accepted him to the renowned Edward S. Mason Program for Public Development on full scholarship, acknowledging five years of Mr. Hadjian's services in developing the Persian Gulf region as one year of post-graduate studies. He was awarded a Masters Degree in Public Administration.

After Harvard, Mr. Hadjian returned to the Persian Gulf region and along with other duties, founded the Free University of Iran, Bandar Abbas Branch, to which he was appointed the first president. During this period, Mr. Hadjian acted mostly as Acting-Governor General in independent projects. In 1980, Mr. Hadjian emigrated to California and resumed his legal studies in the San Fernando Valley College of Law (now LaVerne University, San Fernando Valley campus). During law school he was employed by the college as the assistant librarian and was trained to assist law students in online legal research. After graduation, Mr. Hadjian created the Pleading and Discovery Center, a research and document producing/responding center for the legal profession. In 1988, Mr. Hadjian became a member of the State Bar of California.

Since emigrating from Iran, Mr. Hadjian has remained in continuous contact with the Iranian law and legal community through his former friends and associates. He has received and reviewed new additions to Iranian laws under the republican system. His access and expert knowledge of Iranian law and procedure is one of the sources of reference for many Americans and Iranians in the United States. As an attorney, Mr. Hadjian has devoted a substantial part of his practice to educate the Farsi- speaking community via public media such as television, radio, news magazines and live conferences, in understanding the American legal system as compared to the Iranian legal system.



PRACTICE HISTORY: LEGAL
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Los Angeles County Municipal Court, Judge Pro Tem
1995-Present
  • Volunteer services
  • Small Claims, Land-lord Tenant

Law Offices of Abbas Hadjian , Sherman Oaks, California
1988-Present
  • Sole practitioner
  • Family
  • law, business transaction and litigation, and personal injury
  • State and Federal Courts
  • Associate offices in Southern and Northern California
  • Affiliates practitioners in Sacramento, San Diego and Tehran (Iran)
  • Over 5000 clients
  • Over 10,000 consultations
  • Civil Mediation, Arbitration and Trials
Pleading and Discovery Center, Northridge, California
1982-1986
  • Research, investigation and document production0
  • Serving legal community, San Fernando Valley
  • Library and online legal/data research
  • Claims investigation
  • Preparation and response to Pleading documents
  • Preparation and implementation of the Discovery plan
  • Preparation and response to the Discovery documents
San Fernando Valley College of Law, North Hills, California
1982-1986
  • Assistant Law Librarian
  • Maintaining and updating over 70,000 law books and treatises
  • Online research for students


PRACTICE HISTORY: ADMINISTRATIVE
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Hafiz International, Tehran, Iran.
1979-1980
  • CEO private import/export company
  • Qualifications and duties included knowledge to and application of Iranian
          Civil, Business Commerce laws and regulations

Free University of Bandar Abbas, Founder/President
1977-1979
  • Private fund raiser to build the university
  • President, overseeing Administrative and Scholastic activities
  • Funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education
  • Qualifications and duties included knowledge and application of Iranian
          Civil, Business and Labor laws and regulations

Office of the Governor General, Southern Ports and Islands (Persian Gulf State), Iran
1976-1978

  • Acting Governor-General
  • Permanent Exhibition of Industrial Development, Bandar Abbas, Iran funded by the Iranian Exhibitions Authorities, Department of Commerce
  • Hormoz Island Development Authority, Bandar Abbas, Iran funded by the office of Her Majesty, Empress Farah Pahlavi
  • Youth Organization Authority, Bandar Abbas, Iran funded by the Office of Iranian Prime Minister
  • Center for Earthquake Relief, Bandar Abbas Iran, a Multi-Departmental Authority, Funded by various governmental departments
  • Qualifications included knowledge to the Iranian Civil, Business and Administrative laws and regulations
  • Duties mandated application of Iranian Civil, Business and Administrative laws and regulations
Office of the Governor General, Southern Ports and Islands (Persian Gulf State), Iran
1968-1978
  • Assistant to the Governor General
  • Consultant in Economic and Social Plans
  • In charge of the Governor's office budget, staff training, protocol and press
  • Qualifications included knowledge to the Iranian Civil, Business and Administrative laws and regulations
  • Duties mandated application of Iranian Civil, Business and Administrative laws and regulations
  • Funded by the Office of the Prime Minister and the State Department


PRACTICE HISTORY: JOURNALISM
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Keyhan Publications, Iran
1961-1968
  • Contributing Editor, Ketabe Saal (Almanac) 1967-1968
  • Contributing Editor, Zan -e-Rooz (Women's Daily) Iran's most prominent women's weekly 1965-1968
  • Keyhan Daily, Iran's most prominent daily newspaper: Assistant Editor in Chief 1966-1968
  • City Editor 1965-1966
  • Investigative-Reporter 1962-1965
  • Interpreter, Ketab-e-Hafteh (Weekly Book) 1961-1962

Other Publications, Iran
1959-1962
  • Tehran Illustrated (Tehran Mossavar)
  • Omid-e-Iran
  • Khousheh
  • Ettelaaat

Pars, Iranian Official News Agency, Iran
1962-1963
  • News Editor


PUBLIC APPEARANCES
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Television, International Channel, Los Angeles
1992-1998
  • Weekly appearance, International Channel
  • Live legal Q&A in Farsi
  • Broadcast nationwide, over 100,000 viewers
Television, Jam-e-Jam
  • The Farsi speaking television station of Los Angeles
  • Regular commentator on legal issues


EDUCATION, DEGREES
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Post-Graduate Studies MCLE courses
1988-Present
  • In excess of 12 units, annually
  • Civil, Criminal, State and Federal Law and Procedure

Graduate studies, Legal
1982-1986
  • San Fernando Valley College of Law, North Hills, California
  • Included courses in Family Law and Community Property.
  • Juris Doctor. Special Award for best grade in Immigration Law.

Graduate studies, Economics and Public Administration
1975-1976
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in association with The Harvard School of Economics, The Kennedy School of Government, The Edward S. Mason Program for Public Development, The Harvard Institute for International Development
  • Masters Degree in Public Administration
  • Two year course completed in one year
  • One of 21 participants in the program from 17 countries, selection based on individual qualifications by Harvard University

Graduate studies, Economics and Statistics
1975
  • School of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
  • Part of the The Edward S. Mason Program for Public Development Program of Harvard.
Undergraduate studies, Tehran University, Iran
1962-1965
  • School of Law, Political and Economic Sciences
  • Included courses in Iranian Civil Code and Procedure, including Family law and Probate.


ASSOCIATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
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Bar and Bench:
  • State Bar of California
  • Federal Courts, Central and Eastern District
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • American-Iranian Bar Association

Other Professional Groups:
  • Syndicate of Iranian Writers and Broadcasters, United States
  • Syndicate of Iranian Journalists



The Law Offices of Abbas Hadjian
15250 Ventura Blvd. Suite 500    Sherman Oaks, CA 91403    (818) 783-3330
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