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.
Sarah Renovato
Office Assistant
Sarah is our awesome Office Assistant who works tirelessly to help schedule and confirm appointments, maintain our Social Media pages, and assist Arash in conducting management tasks.
Sarah is a fluent Spanish speaker. She helps with interpretations for Spanish speaking clients, and some document translations.
Julie Torralba
Legal Intern
Julie is our Legal Intern and a first-generation immigrant from Mexico. She's a fluent Spanish speaker and supports our lawyers in various capacities such as inputting client intake forms and translating documents.
Lee Ratner
Attorney of counsel
Lee is a graduate of New York Law School who is admitted to the New York Bar. He is an experienced immigration lawyer with over a decade of experience. Since he started practicing immigration law in 2007, Lee Ratner has represented immigrants through out the United States. He has practiced in diverse areas of immigration law including asylum, cancellation of removal, adjustment of status, naturalization, and criminal immigration. If you find yourself facing an Immigration Judge, Lee is the lawyer you want to have on your side.
Leila Sharif
Office Manager
Leila manages the daily operations and administrative functions of our office. She ensures clients receive timely updates on their cases, handles our billing, calendar, mail & email correspondence, and updates our active client lists.
Noushin Mahdavi
Paralegal
Noushin specializes on preparing Green Card, Naturalization, and Asylum Applications. She handles the entire preparation process of cases in her area of specialty. She manages the progress of case preparation and application filing from completing the forms using client intakes to assembling the final application package with clients' direct evidence and biographical documents.