Simon M. Azar-Farr, Esq.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- Jurisprudence Doctorate (JD), S. J. Quinney School of Law, The University of Utah, May 1990
- Editor-in-Chief, Law Journal
- Master of Arts (political theory), The University of Utah, June 1985
- Bachelor of Arts (political science), The University of Utah, June 1982
Bar Membership
- State Bar of Utah 1990
- State Bar of Texas 1995
- Supreme Court of the United States
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Utah
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Public and Professional Service
- Life Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Member, Board of Directors of Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) (a not for profit organization) 2002-2008
- Member, Board of Directors of the Federal Bar Association, San Antonio Chapter, (a not for profit organization) 2005-present
- Member, Refugee Aid Project, (a not for profit organization) 1997-2002
- Liaison, American Immigration Lawyers Association and San Antonio Immigration Court, 1997-2005
- Liaison, American Immigration Lawyers Association and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, South Texas Field Office, 2005-2008
Speaker and Lecturer
- The University of Texas at Austin School of Law Immigration Law Conferences
- American Immigration Lawyers Association Annual Conferences
- San Antonio Bar Association Immigration Law Section
- Rusty Duncan Criminal Law Conference
- St. Mary’s University School of Law