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    ATTORNEY SEEPAN PARSEGHIAN INVITED TO SPEAK AT STANFORD FOR THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION

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    April 14, 2015 Tuesday

    Snell & Wilmer Attorney Seepan Parseghian Invited to Speak at Stanford
    for the Armenian Genocide Centennial Commemoration 13 April 2015

    Snell & Wilmer attorney 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.

    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 feder al 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 in ternational 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 Sept
    ember 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 prosecut e 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
    t he 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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    http://www.swlaw.com/assets/pdf/news/2015/04/13/SnellWilmerAttorneySeepanParseghianInvitedToSpeakA tStanfordForTheArmenianGenocideCentennialCommemora tion.pdf

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