Michael Moradzadeh

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Michael Moradzadeh (born December 13, 1979) is the CEO of international law firm Rimon Law P.C. He established the firm in 2008 with COO Yaacov Silberman.

Rimon Law P.C.

Rimon P.C. is a law firm in the United States, Israel, Europe, and China that specializes in corporate law, litigation, financial services, private client services, life sciences, intellectual property, and tax law. The firm has 20 locations across the U.S., Israel, Europe, and China. Rimon is an "alternative" law firm, combining cloud computing, efficient office space, and a distributed workforce.

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Background and early life

Moradzadeh is a native of Silicon Valley. Technology was part of his life from an early age. He began taking apart computers to increase their capabilities at age 13. He built his first website at age 15, when he started his first online company called EZ Webmall. [1]

Silicon Valley Region in California, United States

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Moradzadeh attended University of California, Berkeley where he earned a B.A. with Departmental and General Honors. He graduated in three years and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a J.D. from Columbia University, also with Honors. At Columbia, he was the editor of the Columbia Journal of European Law and the Assistant Editor of the Columbia Journal of International Affairs. [2]

University of California, Berkeley Public university in California, USA

The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university in Berkeley, California. It was founded in 1868 and serves as the flagship campus of the ten campuses of the University of California. Berkeley has since grown to instruct over 40,000 students in approximately 350 undergraduate and graduate degree programs covering numerous disciplines.

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The Phi Beta Kappa Society (ΦΒΚ) is the oldest academic honor society in the United States, and is often described as its most prestigious honor society, due to its long history and academic selectivity. Phi Beta Kappa aims to promote and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences, and to induct the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at American colleges and universities. It was founded at the College of William and Mary on December 5, 1776 as the first collegiate Greek-letter fraternity and was among the earliest collegiate fraternal societies.

Columbia University Private Ivy League research university in New York City

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At the beginning of his career, Moradzadeh worked with startups Napster and Check Point Software. He began his legal career at the United States Attorney's Office in San Francisco and then as an associate with Ropes & Gray. [1]

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Rimon, P.C.

Moradzadeh developed the idea for Rimon Law P.C. with Ropes & Gray transactional associate Yaacov Silberman. They aspired to create a firm with less bureaucracy and pomp. They left Ropes & Gray to start Rimon in 2008 [3] . During the initial development of Rimon, Moradzadeh and Silberman lived and worked together in San Francisco's Sunset District.

Ropes & Gray

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San Francisco Consolidated city-county in California, US

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Moradzadeh and Silberman have presented at Harvard Law School [4] and Stanford Law School [5] on the changing landscape of the legal industry.

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Stanford Law School graduate school of Stanford University, California, U.S

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Other Work

Moradzadeh is General Counsel of Open Perception, "an internationally renowned group of expert scientists and engineers, working together to solve complicated 3D perception problems." [6]

Personal life

Moradzadeh married his wife Nomi Moradzadeh in 2010 in a traditional Jewish wedding. [7] [8] [9] The couple has three children.

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References

  1. 1 2 Journal, ABA. "Moradzadeh and Silberman Maintain High-Tech, No-Pomp Practice". abajournal.com. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Michael Moradzadeh - Rimon PC". rimonlaw.com. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Abramowitz, Zach. "Will All Law Firms Eventually Go Virtual?". AbovetheLaw. AbovetheLaw. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Convergence: Growing Dissatisfaction with the Law Firm Model and the Rise of Alternatives - Harvard CLP". harvard.edu. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qg_jmyFNAw
  6. ↑ Perception, Open. "Open Perception - Home of the Point Cloud Library (PCL)". openperception.org. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  7. ↑ admin. "Three rabbis, two lovebirds — and now one baby girl - j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California". jweekly.com. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  8. ↑ https://rimonlaw.com/events/iran-at-a-political-crossroads
  9. ↑ http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/moradzadeh_and_silberman_pairing_and_paring
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