EDUCATION:

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio 

Juris Doctor, May, 1998 

Top 5% Magna Cum Laude

Honors: James C. Connell Award for Outstanding Student in Criminal Law; 
CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Outstanding Student in Evidence, 
Family Law, Trial Advocacy, Real Estate Law & Comparative Law.

Activities: Editor, Cleveland State Law Review; Staff Editor, The Gavel, 
Law Student Newspaper; Treasurer, Criminal Law Society 

University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio; Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, June, 1993 
Honors: Political Science National Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha 
 
Whitmer High School, 1985-1989
Trouble Maker! 

Principal, Smaili Legal Services, Inc.- Private Practice, Spring 2002 - Current  
 
In-House Counsel
California Surgical Institute, Inc.
Beverly Hills, California, June, 2006 through January, 2009

The Office of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, Cleveland, Ohio 
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Fall, 2000-Spring 2002 
General Felony Unit
 
The Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, 
Assistant Attorney General, Fall, 1998 - 2000
Corrections Litigation/Civil Rights/Habeas Corpus Units 

Messerman & Messerman Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio 
Law Clerk, Summer, 1996 - Summer, 1998 
Criminal Defense Focus

Professor Dena Davis
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Research Assistant Summer, 1996 - Spring, 1997 
  
Professor David F. Forte 
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Research Assistant, Summer, 1996 - Fall, 1997 
 
MEMBERSHIPS
 
Admitted to the Ohio Bar, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Northern District of Ohio, & Southern District of Ohio; 
Member of the Columbus Bar Association's Lawyer's for Justice Program/Pro Bono Work; Member of Executive 
Office For Immigration Review Pro Bono; Member Catholic Charities Pro Bono; Member American Immigration
Lawyers Association; Member American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee; Member Ohio Bar Association;  
California Bar Association; Ohio State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Orange County Bar; Los Angeles 
Bar Association; California Bar Criminal Law Section; Cuyahoga County Bar Association; Cleveland Bar Association; 
Columbus Bar Association.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Angeles County Bar; California Bar Criminal Law Section; Cuyahoga County Bar Association; Cleveland BarAssociation; Columbus Bar Association.
 
Admitted to the Ohio Bar, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Northern District of Ohio, & Southern District of Ohio; Member of the Columbus Bar Association's Lawyer's for Justice Program/Pro Bono Work; Member of Executive Office For Immigration Review Pro Bono; Member Catholic Charities Pro Bono; Member American Immigration Lawyers Association; Member American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee; Member Ohio Bar Association.