Paris Etemadi Scott, Esq.

Legal Director

San Jose Center

Paris Etemadi Scott has over 11 years of experience as an attorney with a focus on immigration law and international human rights. Before joining Pars Equality Center, Paris worked as an immigration attorney at the Law Offices of Daniel Shanfield, Immigration Defense,PC,where she managed extensive family immigration and complex removal defense cases. Her focus on human rights law expands to the Asian continent where she worked with refugees at Christian Action NGO in Hong Kong, representing refugees in their resettlement claims before the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Prior to her immigration practice, Paris worked for the law firm of Bullivant Houser Bailey in San Francisco where she litigated insurance and complex commercial matters. Her passion for litigation and advocacy was fueled by a full-time externship at the U.S. District Court of Northern California. She partly attributes her successful law career to her previous professional experience as a Systems Analyst and IT Project Director with multinational companies in Europe and America.

Paris is a graduate of Golden Gate University School of Law (J.D. with Honors) and The University of Maryland (B.S., Honors in Computer Science).

Associations and Memberships include:

• State Bar of California

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

• U.S. District Court for the Ninth Circuit of California

• American Immigration Lawyers Association

Paris is fluent in Persian and French. As an immigrant herself, she zealously advocates on behalf of her clients and passionately strives to relieve their plight.