Teachings, Speaking Events, and Publications

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).

To inquire about involving Abbas Hadjian at upcoming speaking events, contact us by phone.