Through his teachings as a speaker and organizer of events in the legal community, Abbas Hadjian shares his expertise on cultural family law.

Partial list of Teachings, Speaking Events, and Publications

SCFLAIOC: (Organizer) Criminal Conviction Impacting Family Law Cases (01/20).
Long Beach Bar association/ Family Law Section: Introduction to the Cultural Litigation (01/20)
SCFLAIOC: (Organizer) Collision of Family Law with Dependency Court (02/20).
SCFLAIOC: (Organizer) Immigration Issues Impacting California Family Law (11/19).
SCFLAIOC: (Organizer) State of Dept. 2: Policies of Family Law Practice (10/19).
SFVBA: Introduction to the Cultural Litigation (09/19).
LACBA/IALA (Organizer), Cultural Competency in Family Practice (07/19).
SCFLAIOC: (Organizer) Meeting with Family Law Judges Night (06/19).
SCFLAIOC: (Organizer) Family Law and Evidence Code (05/19).
LACBA: 51th Annual Family Law Symposium (05/19).
SCFLAIOC: (Organizer) Family Law Contempt vs. Other Enforcement Methods (04/19).
SCFLAIOC: (Organizer) 7 Decades of California Family Law Practice Development (03/19).
SCFLAIOC: (Organizer) Legal Research Technique with Garret Dailey (02/19).
SCFLAIOC: (Organizer) 4 Decades of Appellate Practice with Honey Amado (01/19).
SCFLAIOC: (Organizer) Tax and Family Law (11/18).
SCFLAIOC: (Organizer) Policy Issues Impacting Family law Practice (10/18).
LACBA (Symposium Panelist), Cultural Diversity, Making Invisible, Visible (May 2019).
LACBA/IALA (Organizer), Cultural Competency in Family Practice: Pitfalls and Sinkholes (July 2018).
UCLA, Iranian Studies, Domestic Violence in Current Iranian Families (June 2018).
State Bar of California, Moderator, Webinar on Expert Testimony in Family Law litigation (December 2017).
LACBA/IALA (Organizer), Cultural Competency in Family Practice: Cultural Gridlock (July 2017)
State Bar of California, Moderator, Webinar on Expert Testimony in Family Law custody litigation (July 2017)
State Bar of California, Moderator, Webinar on Family Code Presumptions (June 2017)
State Bar of California, Moderator, Webinar on Expert Testimony in Family Law custody litigation (April 2017)
State Bar of California, Moderator, Webinar on Divorcing Immigrants (April 2017)
State Bar of California, Moderator, Webinar on Family Law Transmutation (March 2017)
State Bar of California, Moderator, Webinar on Cultural Competency, Life After Divorce, Global Experience (Feb. 2017)
State Bar of California, Moderator, Webinar on Wishes of Child in C&V, with Hon.T. Staffel, Santa Maria (Jan. 2017)
State Bar of California, Moderator, Webinar on New Statutes, with Hon. James M. Mize, Sacramento (Jan. 2017)
State Bar of California, Moderator, Webinar on Cultural Competency , Marital Rights and Duties (Dec. 2016)
State Bar of California, Moderator, Webinar on Date of Separation, with Hon. Thomas T. Lewis, Los Angeles (Dec. 2016)
State Bar of California, Moderator, Webinar on Cultural Competency, Marriage Law and Procedure (Nov. 2016)
State Bar of California, Moderator, Webiar on Use of Dissmaster, with R.J. Anfuso, CPA (Nov. 2016)
State Bar of California, Moderator, Webinar on Cultural Competency, Premarital Issues (Oct. 2016)
State Bar of California, Annual Meeting, Cultural Competency Beyond Basics (September, 2016)
State Bar of California, Moderator, Webinar on Cultural Competency, Judicial Perspective, Hon. Juhas, Hon. Hayashi (Sept. 2016)
LACBA/IALA (Organizer), Cultural Competency in Family Practice: Global Issues, California Experience (July 2016)
State Bar of California: Moderator, Demystifying Dependency Court Procedure, Hon. D.Z. Zeidler (June 2016)
State Bar of California: Moderator, Webinar on International Custody Litigation, Judge Maren E. Nelson (May 2016)
UCLA Extension, Farsi Immersion Program, Iranians in Diaspora (February-March 2016)
Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB): Webinar, Impact of Religion on Family Law Issues (January 2016)
State Bar of California: Webinar (Moderator), Old Business, New Laws (January 2016)
State Bar of California: Webinar (Moderator), Life After Davis (December 2015)
Southern California Family Law American Inn of Court (SCFLAIC), Issues Across 3 Continents (November 2015)
UCLA Extension, Farsi Immersion Program, Iran’s 6000 Years of Cultural/Historical Development (September 2015)
State Bar of California: Webinar, Effect of Religion on Family Law Litigation (August 2015).
LACBA/IALA (Panelist), Cultural Competency in Family Practice: The New Frontiers of Divorce (July 2015).
Sherman Oaks Study Groups, Cultural Competency in Family Practice: Scope and Application (May 2015).
State Bar of California: Webinar, Discovery and Appraisal of Property in Foreign Jurisdictions (Feb. 2015).
State Bar of California: Webinar, Cultural Competency in Domestic Violence (December 2014).
LACBA/IALA (Panelist), Cultural Competency in Family Practice: Serving Two Legal Masters (July 2014)
Collaborative Practice Californian, Celebration 9, Plenary Speaker (April 2014)
LACBA (Panelist), International Discovery and Evidence (March 2014)
International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Weblog/Writing), Children of Sharia (November 2013)
LACBA (Panelist), Child Custody Colloquium, Examining our Perceptions of what is “normal” (October 2013)
State Bar of California (Family Law News/Writing), Children of Sharia (September, 2013)
LACBA/IALA (Panelist), Cultural Competency in Family Practice: Piercing the Veil of Culture (July 2013)
LACBA/Los Angles Lawyer (Magazine/Writing), Children of Sharia (April 2013)
International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Panelist), Divorce & Religion, panel member (Jan. 2013)
LACBA (Panelist), Minor Counsel Training, Diversity & Cultural Difference (October 2012)
Pro family Group (Psychologists) of Los Angeles (Panelist), Marriage Enemy No. 1, in Farsi (October 2012)
IALA (Panelist), Foreign Marriage and Divorces, MCLE Program (August 2012)
Iranian Psychological Association of America (IPAA) (Panelist) Cultural Complexities in Family Law Matters (June 2012)
LACBA (Panelist), Family Law-Bankruptcy Cross-Over, MCLE Program (March 2012)
AFCC (Panelist), Annual Conference, Cultural Complexities in Family Law Matters (February 2012)
San Fernando Valley Bar association (Panelist), Cultural Complexities in FL Matters (2011)
AFCC (Panelist), Annual Conference, Florida, Cultural Complexities in Family Law Matters (2011)
AFCCs (Panelist), California, Annual Conference, Cultural Complexities in Family Law Matters (2011)
Collaborative Divorce Solution of Orange County (Panelist), Cultural Complexities in Family Law Matters (2011)
Judcial Council of California, AOC (Panelist), Statewide Education Institute, Family Dispute Resolution (2011)
Iranian American Lawyers Association (IALA) (Panelist), Fundamentals of Family Law, MCLE Program (2011)
Collaborative Divorce Solution of Orange County (Panelist), Cultural Complexities in Family Law Matters (2010)
Collaborative Practice California (Panelist), Annual Conference, San Francisco, Cultural Complexities in Family Law Matters, (2010)
The Southern California Family Law American Inn of the Court(Panelist), Cultural Complexities in Family Law Matters (2010)
The Southern California Family Law American Inn of the Court(Panelist), Imputation of Income, Using Discovery Tools (2010)
Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law association (Panelist), Cultural Complexities in Family Law Matters (2009)
Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law association (Panelist), Cultural Complexities in Family Law Matters (2008)
Weekly live radio (Speaker), KIRN 670 AM, Fridays With Abbas Hadjian, in Farsi, (2011 to present)
Divorce In California (Book) self-help in Farsi on dissolution and legal separation in California (2001).
Weekly television program (Speaker), Jam-E-Jam program, in Farsi (1988 to 2010).
Weekly live television (Speaker), Los Angeles International Channel (1992-1998).
Articles and reports in various Iranian publications (1959 to present).

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