Raha Moshiri

is on a sabbatical.

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Legal Advice
Law
Political Science
International relations
Administration of justice
Criminal Law
Compliance
Human rights
Litigation

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Raha Moshiri

  • 1 Jahr und 11 Monate, März 2021 - Jan. 2023

    Associate Attorney, Global Arbitration, Trade and Advocacy Practice Group

    SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

    - Junior associate export controls + sanctions - Advising semiconductor industry client on export controls and ITAR - facilitating a merger of a Singapore-based company by analyzing applicability of comprehensive sanctions programs - Assisting cross-border litigation under NAFTA - Supporting an appeal to countervailing duty issued - Publishing client alerts, 2021 National Defense Authorization Act + the Nordstream 2 sanctions - Memoranda and translating Spanish-language documents - Translator in depositions

  • 4 Monate, Mai 2020 - Aug. 2020

    Sidley Austin Pro Bono Fellow

    CAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS COALITION

    - Successful writ of habeas corpus and writ of mandamus petitions for 8 U.S.C. § 1226 and § 1231 detainees in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia - Assisted research, comments, and litigation in response to proposed regulations - Memorandum identifying issues for appeal in the Fourth Circuit - Practice advisory following the successful Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition v. Trump case in the District Court for the District of Columbia - Client services in English and in Spanish.

  • 3 Monate, Mai 2019 - Juli 2019

    Summer Associate

    SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

    - Research and memorandums, client letters, and sections of briefs in areas of international arbitration and international trade, including the issues of moral damages in arbitration and the use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs - Defensive asylum case: Writing interview questions, drafting witness statements, compiling country conditions report in Spanish-language materials Writing a brief on the 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A) requirement

  • 3 Monate, Sep. 2018 - Nov. 2018

    Law Clerk

    Office of Foreign Litigation and Office of International Judicial Assistance

    - Researched and contributed litigation strategy in the highest court of an African State; - Successful supplemental brief for the federal District Court of Nevada; processed and responded to requests for discovery in compliance with the Hague Evidence Convention and 28 U.S.C. § 1782 - Wrote several research memorandums, including an in-depth assignment on the novel issue of adjudicatory jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 - Translated evidence, court documents, and phone calls.

  • 2 Monate, Juni 2018 - Juli 2018

    Summer Associate

    WIENER SOTO CAPARRÓS

    - Wrote, reviewed, and translated transnational contracts and investigations in English and in Spanish - Assisted on strategy in an investor arbitration case; observed M&A, labor, investigation, arbitration, and litigation proceedings; learned about the Argentine civil code and procedure - Presented in Spanish to the firm, other local firms, and members of the Embassy on issues in U.S. law.

  • 4 Monate, März 2018 - Juni 2018

    Spring Intern

    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

    - Wrote an internal legal memorandum describing the several foreign legal systems in which the Office operates and the importance of incorporating them in policy design; researched and advised on ways to more effectively interface with the economic chiefs at embassies - Monitored and translated Spanish-language news and social media; researched and drafted issue briefs and joined in presenting them to outgoing ambassadors; represented the Office in a town hall with Secretary Pompeo.

Ausbildung von Raha Moshiri

  • 5 Jahre und 2 Monate, Apr. 2015 - Mai 2020

    O’Neill Human Rights Institute Associate

    GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER

    O’Neill Human Rights Institute Associate; Teaching Fellow: International Law, Human Rights, & Effective Advocacy; Food Research & Action Center Anti-Hunger Advocate

  • 5 Jahre und 2 Monate, Apr. 2015 - Mai 2020

    Science in Foreign Service (M.S.F.S.)

    GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE

    Journal: Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (Section Editor, Law and Ethics; Senior Editor, Forum) Activities: Teaching Fellow: International Humanitarian Crises; SFS-CALS Language Partnership (Founder)

  • 2 Jahre und 3 Monate, Jan. 2013 - März 2015

    Political Science/International Relations

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

    magna cum laude, Honors: University Honors, Provost’s Honors, Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society

Sprachen

  • Englisch

    Muttersprache

  • Spanisch

    Fließend

  • Farsi

    Grundlagen

  • Französisch

    Grundlagen

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