Haitham Edward Ballout - San Mateo, CA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California, 1989
    Doctor of Jurisprudence
  • Cambridge University Faculty Board of Law The Old Schools, Cambridge, England
    Honors: Summer Program, Comparative Law

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Siena, Siena, Italy, 1989
    Honors: Summer, European Economic Community Law
  • San Jose State University, San Jose, California, 1982
    B.S.Eng., Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Past Positions

• San Francisco City & County Human Rights Commission Task Force to Redraft Constitution, Member

References

• Vitner's Distributors

• Chicago Title Insurance

Languages

• Arabic

• French

Classes and Seminars

• Guest Speaker, Golden Gate University School of Law, 1992 - 1995

Representative Clients

• California Consolidated Leasing, Inc.

• Chicago Title Insurance Co.

Representative Cases

• Karam v. State of California
  • Citation: C92-4480-WHO
  • Court: Northern U.S. District
  • Year: 1994
• Aoun v. Moualem
  • Citation: H-118180-1
  • Court: Alameda Superior Court
  • Year: 1993
• Elias v. Bank of America
  • Citation: 971530
  • Court: San Francisco Superior Ct
• Fadi v. Exxon Corporation
  • Citation: 754674
  • Court: Santa Clara Superior Ct
• Chicago Title Insurance Company v. Coury et al
  • Citation: 90761
  • Court: Maricopa Superior Ct, AZ
• Sparks v. United States of America
  • Court: Northern U.S. District Ct

Published Works

Articles

• How the Immigration Law Affects Lebanese, Kuwaitis, and Liberians in the United States, Beirut Times, Los Angeles, California, October 10-17, No. 267, 1991
  
• Our Heritage, New York, New York, Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter, 1992
  

Bar Admissions

• California, 1990
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1990

Other Affiliations

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1980 - 1993 (Member)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association, 1991 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association, 1989 - Present (Member)
• California Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Lebanese American Association (Vice President)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta