Meet Our Team
Arash Yasrebi
Founder and Attorney at Law
Arash is licensed to practice in California Courts, Federal Courts, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Arash has extensive experience in a wide range of practice areas including Real Estate Litigation, Personal Injury, Transactional Law, Law of Contracts, Formation of Limited Liability Corporations, Divorce and Marital Agreements, Estate Planning, Petroleum Contract Negotiations, Sanctions Laws and Office Foreign Asset Control. However, his passion and main focus are the Immigration and Nationality Laws.
Arash is a familiar face at most California detention centers, where immigrants are commonly held. Arash's personal belief is that the criminalization of the efforts of men and women who simply want to create better lives for their children is severely unAmerican. Consequently, Arash also appears frequently before the San Francisco Immigration Court and is in frequent correspondence with the San Francisco Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Field Office, and the San Francisco Asylum Office. He has also argued cases before the Chicago Immigration Court and does not hesitate to get behind the wheel or on a plane in pursuit of justice for his clients.
Arash feels a deep connection to all immigrants, and especially to the undocumented immigrants with whom he shares a similar story due to the fact that he himself came to America at the age of 15, speaking no English, and having jumped through all kinds of hoops over a 12-year period before finally becoming a U.S. Citizen. Not only does Arash understand the immigrant experience in America, he has lived and continues to live the life of an immigrant every single day.
Noushin Mahdavi
Paralegal
Noushin Mahdavi is our operations manager. She is a first-generation immigrant from Iran. She obtained her bachelor's and master's degrees in Organic Chemistry from the Isfahan University of Technology. She used to teach and researched in the field of Organic Chemistry at the Isfahan University of Technology for several years. She synthesized some chemicals for the first time in the lab, and also in manufacturing grade.
She started working, studying, and searching in the field of immigration law in 2013, and since then she has been involved with all immigration policies.
She is responsible for all of the USCIS cases and NVC cases. She supervises the preparation team to ensure all cases are completed and submitted properly in a timely manner. All of the prepared cases are ending to her for final review prior to filing before USCIS or NVC. All of the correspondence with NVC, and the United States embassies around the world is directed by her. She is passionate about our client's success in their immigration endeavors. Her goal here at the firm is to curate success for our employees, clients, and our business as a whole.
Melika Alaei
Melika was born and raised in Iran, and immigrated to the US when she was 17 years old. As an immigrant herself, she has experienced the immigration procedures firsthand. She studied Data Science at UC Davis. Moving forward, she realized working with immigrants and helping them in any way possible would make her happy, and she decided to change her field to immigration. She is currently working on a 4-year law office study program to become a legal professional. With the opportunities that she has received, she continues assisting immigrants and their family in all ways possible. At Yasrebi Law, she works as a legal assistant, communicates with clients, manage interviews, and handles administrative duties for 10 locations.
Ali Mahdavy
As a legal assistant, Ali has been a crucial member of Yasrebi law, for a year and a half. Ali is working to receive his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering while simultaneously planning to take the bar exam. As an immigrant himself, he is understanding of how important it is to have an expert law firm that would bring both professional and personal help to each client. Ali conducts legal research, drafts legal briefs, and prepares court documents, ensuring that all necessary documentation is accurate and filed on time.
Blake Harrison
Blake has successfully represented hundreds of clients with various types of immigration cases, including investment, family, employment, humanitarian, and naturalization-based applications. Blake earned his bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee where he concentrated his studies in international business. After working for a Fortune 500 company, he obtained a Juris Doctor and a Master of Business Administration from West Virginia University and a Master of Laws focused on immigration law from Golden Gate University located in San Francisco, California.
Blake concentrates his practice exclusively on immigration law and has more than ten years of experience representing people from around the world seeking to obtain immigration benefits in the United States.
Nicolas Jurado
Nicolas is a First-Generation Brazilian immigrant to the U.S., who feels a great passion for immigration because of the challenges he faced during his immigration process. As our firm’s expert legal assistant, He has dedicated his career to helping individuals navigate the complexities of the U.S. immigration system. Nicolas obtained his business and management degree from ETec, Brazil, and manages the day-to-day operations of the legal team in our Oakland Office. Nicolas assists with the preparation of immigration forms, gathering supporting documents, and communicating with clients regarding the status of their cases.
Daniel Gonzalez Rivas
Daniel was born to immigrant parents from Mexico and encountered many struggles due to the culture and language barriers. Daniel graduated from San Francisco State University in 2020, obtaining a Bachelor's in Latina/o Studies and a Minor in Race and Resistance Studies. Daniel interned at an Immigration Law firm for 6 months in 2018 and has been working in the field as a legal assistant since 2020. As a legal assistant in Yasrebi Law, Daniel prepares cases pertaining to U-visa, Asylum, and I-601A as well as helps assist in our Oakland office’s day-to-day operations.