ATTORNEY SEEPAN PARSEGHIAN INVITED TO SPEAK AT STANFORD FOR THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION

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April 14, 2015 Tuesday

Snell & Wilmer Attorney Seepan Parseghian Invited to Speak at Stanford
for the Armenian Genocide Centennial Commemoration 13 April 2015

Snell & Wilmer attorney Seepan Parseghian has been invited by the
Stanford University Global Studies Program to speak on a panel on
the occasion of the Armenian Genocide Centennial Commemoration.

Parseghian, an attorney in the firm's Los Angeles office, was chosen
as a Stanford alum specifically to discuss the impact of the genocide
on him as a Diaspora Armenian. He also was selected for his legal
experience at the UN Rwanda Genocide Tribunal and his knowledge
of possible legal avenues for reparations and reconciliation. The
panel discussion, titled "The Meaning of the Armenian Genocide for
the Diaspora," will take place at the Stanford Humanities Center on
April 20, 2015 at 4 p.m.

At Snell & Wilmer, Parseghian's practice is concentrated in
intellectual property litigation, commercial litigation and real estate
litigation in state and feder al court. He represents both large and
small businesses in intellectual property and other litigation matters
including trademarks, trade secrets, patent, unfair competition,
breach of contract, fraud and various business torts.

Parseghian has an active in ternational human rights pro bono practice,
having filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court regarding
insurance claims of genocide survivors, and having served as a
supervising attorney for the USC Law School Iraqi Refugee Assistance
Project in a refuge settlement matter. He also served as an official
observer on behalf of the Pacific Council on International Policy
at the Military Commission in Guantanamo Bay, which is tasked with
prosecuting those detainees charged with crimes related to the Sept
ember 11, 2001, and USS Cole terrorist attacks.

Prior to joining the firm, Parseghian worked in Arusha, Tanzania
for President and Judge Khalida Rachid Khan of the United Nations
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which was established
to prosecut e persons responsible for the 1994 Rwandan genocide. He
assisted in several historical trials, including the multi - accused
case of Bizimungu, et al., by conducting research and helping to
draft judgments and decisions. Parseghian also aided the Office of
t he President in its formulation of Tribunal policy in Rwanda, East
Africa and the UN. He received his J.D. from University of Southern
California Gould School of Law and his B.A. from Stanford University.

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