Dr-Entezari

Dr. Shirin O. ENTEZARI

After completing requirements for a L.L.B. at the National University of Iran Law Center in

Tehran, Iran, Dr. Entezari completed a Masters in Comparative Law at Georgetown

University Law Center in Washington, D.C. specializing in international trade and business

law. Thereafter, she completed the International Private Law Program at The Hague and

also attained a J.D. degree from Kent College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Entezari is

admitted to the bars of Iran, Washington, D.C. and Illinois.

Prior to establishing her law firm in Washington, D.C. and subsequently in Tehran Iran, Dr.

Entezari was an associate with the law firm of Baker & McKenzie in Chicago, Illinois. She also

co-founded a law firm in Iran, Dr. Kordestani & Associates, to deal with international

corporate and financial matters, and assisted Powers & Hall, a Boston-based corporate law

firm, in establishing their Washington, D.C. office. In these various capacities, Dr. Entezari

advised U.S., European and Asian companies on legal matters involving the Middle East and

Central Asia.

In addition to her law practice, Dr. Entezari was an adjunct professor of law at George

Washington University National Law Center, where she taught Near East and Middle

East Law (Islamic Law). She is the Past Vice- Chair of the Middle Eastern Law

Committee of the American Bar Association, and a member of the panels of the

International Chamber of Commerce, the German Institution of Arbitration, the

American Arbitration Association, the London Court of International Arbitration, the

Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration, and the Korean

Commercial Arbitration Board. She was on the advisory board of the Journal of

International Law and Practice of the Detroit College of Law and served on the Board of

Governors of the Washington Foreign Law Society. She has also written articles for

International Business Lawyers, The Middle East Executive Reporter, and Russian and

Commonwealth Business Law Report, Journal of International Arbitration, and Caspian

Crossroads, on such topics as the Islamization of Iran's banking system, the Joint Stock

Company Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Iranian Arbitration Proceedings, and

Regional Economic Developments in the Middle East and Central Asia (ECO). Dr.

Entezari is a frequent speaker on various legal topics including doing business in Iran,

international arbitration, export control law, and legal issues concerning Iran,

Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan.

Dr. Entezari is fluent in Farsi, Azeri, and English.