Snell & Wilmer's Seepan Parseghian to Speak at Stanford's Armenian Genocide Centennial Commemoration

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - April 13, 2015 - PRLog -- Snell & Wilmer attorney Seepan Parseghian (http://www.swlaw.com/attorneys/seepan_parseghian) has been invited by the Stanford University Global Studies Program to speak on a panel on the occasion of the Armenian Genocide Centennial Commemoration (https://sgs.stanford.edu/centenary-armenian-genocide). Parseghian, an attorney in the firm’s Los Angeles office, was chosen as a Stanford alum specifically to discuss the impact of the genocide on him as a Diaspora Armenian. He also was selected for his legal experience at the UN Rwanda Genocide Tribunal and his knowledge of possible legal avenues for reparations and reconciliation. The panel discussion, titled “The Meaning of the Armenian Genocide for the Diaspora,” will take place at the Stanford Humanities Center on April 20, 2015 at 4 p.m.

At Snell & Wilmer, Parseghian’s practice is concentrated in intellectual property litigation, commercial litigation and real estate litigation in state and federal court. He represents both large and small businesses in intellectual property and other litigation matters including trademarks, trade secrets, patent, unfair competition, breach of contract, fraud and various business torts. Parseghian has an active international human rights pro bono practice, having filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court regarding insurance claims of genocide survivors, and having served as a supervising attorney for the USC Law School Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project in a refuge settlement matter. He also served as an official observer on behalf of the Pacific Council on International Policy at the Military Commission in Guantanamo Bay, which is tasked with prosecuting those detainees charged with crimes related to the September 11, 2001, and USS Cole terrorist attacks.

Prior to joining the firm, Parseghian worked in Arusha, Tanzania for President and Judge Khalida Rachid Khan of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which was established to prosecute persons responsible for the 1994 Rwandan genocide. He assisted in several historical trials, including the multi-accused case of Bizimungu, et al., by conducting research and helping to draft judgments and decisions. Parseghian also aided the Office of the President in its formulation of Tribunal policy in Rwanda, East Africa and the UN. He received his J.D. from University of Southern California Gould School of Law and his B.A. from Stanford University.

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