Arash Aramesh

Arash Ari Aramesh (born April 19, 1984) is an American lawyer, entrepreneur, political commentator, and national security and foreign policy analyst. Aramesh is known for his appearances on CNN, Fox News, BBC News, MSNBC, and Sky News. A California native, Aramesh resides in Houston, Texas where he practices law.

Education

Aramesh attended the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley, Aramesh earned two bachelor degrees, one in Political Science and another in Middle Eastern Studies. Aramesh undertook studying Arabic literature while mastering the Persian language in an effort to become fluent in critical languages of the Middle East.

After graduating from UC Berkeley, Aramesh attended the London School of Economics and Political Science. Aramesh graduated from LSE with a master of science degree with merit in Comparative Politics and Conflict Studies. Following graduation, he moved to Washington, D.C., to work at The Century Foundation as an Associate of the Iran Program.

Next, he attended Stanford Law School, where he served as Member Editor and Article Selection Committee Member of the Stanford Journal of International Law. While at Stanford, he worked as a teaching assistant to former Secretary of Defense, William Perry, and former Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sig Hecker. He also was a director of Stanford Law School's Afghanistan Legal Education Project.

Career

Prior to practicing law, Aramesh co-founded a physician placement company. He practiced at the litigation firm Yetter Coleman in Texas and, after two years, returned to California and joined Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.

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External links

• Arash Aramesh on Twitter
• Arash Aramesh on Youtube

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