Dorisa Shahmirzai

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Dorisa Shahmirzai is a litigator with emphasis on government contracts, business litigation, and constitutional challenges to federal and state statutes. She defends public entities and private clients in civil rights, and general liability. Her practice includes defending constitutional violation claims of excessive force, false arrest, and unlawful seizures, as well as claims of negligence, and dangerous condition of public property. She is honing her skills as a trial attorney.

She also has a wealth of experience in entertainment and technology-based transactions, including intellectual property acquisitions and licensing strategies for entertainment, high technology and life science clients.

Dorisa clerked with San Francisco Superior Court, Law and Motion. She spent a year at Clifford Chance in Spain. She has also served as adjunct faculty at UCLA extension, teaching a course on negotiating deals in media and entertainment. She has authored articles on Copyrights at LA Lawyer Magazine and been selected in the Super Lawyers Rising Star list. Dorisa is currently serving as the City of Los Angeles Region 3 Representative in areas of clean energy and sustainability via public forums.

Co-Author, Four Fair Factors, Los Angeles Lawyer, February 2016

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California
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, Central District of California

Community Involvement

Region 3 Representative, Sunland Tujunga Neighborhood Council
- Sustainability Liaison
Region Representative Liaison, City of Los Angeles
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Panel Attorney, California Lawyers for the Arts

Education

J.D., University of California, Davis
M.S., Harvard University
B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology and Neurobiology, University of California, Berkeley

Honors

Super Lawyers® Rising Star distinction in Technology Transactions, Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property, 2015-2017