ROYA ROHANI ____________
ATTORNEY AT LAW
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA 92780
Tel: 949-***-****
Fax: 949-***-****
Email: *********@***.***
EDUCATION
**** - **** ******* ***** UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW, Fullerton, CA
Juris Doctor Degree, cum laude
Class Standing: 4 out of 75
Law Review, fall 1996
Awards Received
American Jurisprudence Award: Property
American Jurisprudence Award: Criminal Law
Director’s Scholarship
University Honor Roll Award
1976 - 1980 THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington D.C.
B.S. Technology of Management in Computer systems Application
EMPLOYMENT
6/2009- ROYA ROHANI, ESQ., TUSTIN, CA
PRESENT ATTORNEY. Solo General Practitioner. Civil and Contract litigation. Responsibilities include, drafting pleadings, plan and implement discovery, trial preparation and trials. Review, prepare and revise existing client’s contracts and agreements. Prepare non disclosure, confidentiality and other business and domestic relation agreements and documents.
Estate Planning, Bankruptcy and reorganization services representing debtors. Practice includes meet with clients and draft trusts and drafting restatements or amendments to the existing trusts. Representing creditors in adversary actions. Experienced in MicrosoftWord and WordPerfect
6/2007-6/2009 PARSA LAW GROUP, Costa Mesa, CA
Associate Attorney. Duties included; training and mentoring Bankruptcy Department’s staff and junior attorneys, educating them about the process, rules and procedures in regards to the Debtor’s side of the proceedings; consultation and evaluation of clients’ estate to advise and strategize options under Federal Laws of Bankruptcy; Prepare and file debtor’s petitions and schedules for chapter 7 and 13 Bankruptcy clients using Collier Top Form and Best Case Software; Draft and Prepare documents and file Motions to strip junior liens, Oppositions Adversary actions and all other necessary documents for litigation proceedings in Federal Courts of Bankruptcy.
9/2006-5/2007 ESTATE SERVICES GROUP, INC., Manhattan Beach, CA
Regional Sales Manager. Duties include:
• Supervision and conducting estate planning seminars for Kinecta Federal Credit Union’s Trust and Estate services in Los Angeles and Orange County.
• Consultation with members to finalize their proper Estate Plan
• Coordination of duties of Kinecta’s financial advisors and trust documents prepared by the Estate Services Group.
6/2005-6/2006 COHEN AND BURNETT / LEGACY ANALYTICS, McLean, VA
Trust Administrator. As an integral part of an estate administration team (including the probate attorneys, financial advisors and wealth management accountants):
• Drafted and prepared Trusts and Estate Administration documents. Administrated decedent’s estate in probate or in personal trusts, agency and custody accounts and delegated trust and life insurance trust agreements.
• Supervised the process and completion of taking inventory, accounting, Filings of federal and state Estate Tax of complex Estate Administration cases.
• Supervised the review and follow up actions related to a portfolio of life insurance trusts and handled a number of administrative trusts and probate estates.
1997 – 2005 LAW OFFICE OF ROYA ROHANI, Newport Beach, CA
Attorney. Solo Practitioner in the field of Estate Planning, Trust Administration and Asset Protection, with extensive experience in public relations and communication with clients of different ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Consulted and drafted revocable and irrevocable living trusts, incorporations for limited liability companies and partnerships.
• Administrated decedents’ estate settlement, including the disposition of personal and tangible property, gathering of financial assets, coordination of residuary distributions and the estate tax and fiduciary income tax reporting.
• Communicated with the trustees, financial advisers and financial intermediaries.
• Drafted and prepared buy-sell, prenuptial and post-marital agreements.
1996-1997 ORANGE COUNTY HARBOR MUNICIPAL COURT, Newport Beach, CA
Law Clerk.
• Maintained the Law and Motion calendar of Judge Margaret R. Anderson.
• Researched and drafted legal memoranda under intense time pressures.
• Mastered efficient research skills.
MEMBERSHIPS
Admitted to The State Bar of California in 1997.
Newport Beach Harbor Attorneys.
LANGUAGES
Bilingual in English and Farsi. Literate in French and Lingual in Spanish.