Our first Spotlight Series event will be held on April 29, 2020 at 12:30 pm PST and will feature Todd Gallinger, managing partner of Gallinger Law.  For over 12 years, Attorney Todd Gallinger has been working with the Muslims in America on Estate Planning and other transactional issues incorporating Islamic Legal tradition.

Our second Spotlight Series event will be held on May 6, 2020 at 12:30 pm PST and will feature Usama Kahf, partner at Fisher Phillips. Mr. Kahf will address the significant and growing impact that COVID-19 has had on the workplace.

We look forward to our third MBASC Practice Spotlight Series event, held this coming Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 12:30 pm PST, featuring Owais Qazi and Afsha Randera. Owais Qazi Owais Qazi has been practicing immigration law for close to 15 years. His focus has been on business immigration, which includes employment and investment immigration to the United States. Over the years, he has represented hundreds of corporate and individual clients in their pursuit of E-2, H1B, labor certification, and employment based immigration petitions such as EB1 extraordinary ability applicants, advanced degree professionals (EB2), and skilled workers (EB3). Afsha Randera Afsha Randera is [...]

We are excited to continue with our fourth MBASC Practice Spotlight Series event, coming up Wednesday, June 24th at 12:30 p.m.  The event will feature a panel of four highly qualified and experienced attorney members who will address a range of topics regarding their experience as in-house lawyers working at top companies throughout Southern California and the role of diversity in corporate legal departments.  We are pleased to be joined by: Sarah Aleem, Senior Counsel, TikTok Mustafa El-Farra, VP, Assistant General Counsel, Advantage Solutions Haniya Masud, Counsel, Hulu Hadeer Soliman, Staff Counsel, CHOC Children’s The panel will be moderated by Ahmed Ibrahim, founding [...]

Salam MBASC community, We are excited to continue with our fifth MBASC Practice Spotlight Series event, coming up Wednesday, July 22nd at 12:00 p.m.  The event will feature highly qualified and experienced  attorneys who will address a range of topics regarding their experience as Muslim women in the legal field.  We are pleased to be joined by: Lubabah Abdullah, Executive Director of CAIR-Houston Farah Bhatti, Shareholder, Buchalter Amna Chaudhary, Law Clerk, US Bankruptcy Court The panel will be moderated by MBASC Student Rep, Sarah Shahatto. Everyone is welcome to attend. This event will take place via Zoom.  Register in advance here After registering, [...]

  Salam MBASC community, We are excited to continue with our Social Justice Series events, this time focusing on prison outreach, coming up Tuesday, September 29 at 12:00 p.m.  The event will feature prison outreach activists and will include personal experiences with the prison system.  We are pleased to be joined by: Amin Eshaiker, Program Manager Link Outside KingDawud Burgess, CEO Many Brilliant Minds. Yolanda Burgess, Broker/Owner Platinum Partners Realty. The panel will be moderated by MBASC Board member and Criminal Defense Attorney, Imran Syed. This event will take place via Zoom.  Register in advance here: After registering, you will receive a confirmation [...]