In The News

• 3/11/2011: Sunny conducts Immigration Law clinic for refugees from Myanmar and Thailand.
• 3/7/2011: Sunny conducts Immigration Law presentations at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK. Hosted by the OU International Student Services Office, Sunny was invited to speak on US immigration options after graduation and the consular visa interview process. Attached is the flyer.
• 2/12/2011: Noaman presents at the Citizenship Information Workshop hosted by the Plano Multicultural Outreach Roundtable (MCOR). This is the third year in a row that Azhar & Azhar Law Fim has been invited to participate. 
  
• 10/31/2010: Noaman answers legal questions from the Nepali community on October 31st on Fun Asia Radio 700 AM.
• 10/24/2010: Noaman presents on various immigration topics on behalf of the Muslim Community Center for Health and Human Services” (MCCHS) workshop at Fun Asia in Richardson.
• 7/28/2010: Sunny is recognized in his precedent setting Board of Immigration Appeals case of Matter of Quilantan, 25 I&N Dec. 285 (BIA 2010), where the court found that “an alien who physically presents herself for questioning and makes no knowing false claim to citizenship is ‘inspected,’ even though she volunteers no information and is asked no questions by the immigration authorities, and that such an alien…” has “made a lawful entry into the United States after inspection and authorization by an immigration officer.” Sunny’s victory was a powerful ruling that allows aliens to be able to adjust their status to that of lawful permanent resident even when they have not received thorough questioning at the border.
• 4/23/2010: Noman and Uzma present at the Citizenship Information Workshop hosted by the Plano Multicultural Outreach Roundtable (MCOR). This is the second year in a row that Azhar & Azhar Law Fim has been invited to participate. Noaman was also quoted in the Dallas Morning News. Please click here to read what he had to say. 
• 4/9/2010: Sunny was asked to speak at a conference titled "Selling Bodies, Stealing Lives: The Global Sex Slavery Crisis in the 21st Century." The conference was hosted by The Women’s Studies Committee of South Texas College. Sunny spoke on the availability of U Visas (victims of certain crimes) and T Visas (victims of trafficking). Click here for the conference program.
• 4/1/2010: Azhar & Azhar Law Firm would like to welcome the addition of 2 new staff. Marcello Ortega has been hired as a Paralegal.  Marcello has extensive immigration experience with one of the largest immigration law firms in Texas.  Travis LaGrone has been hired as a Legal Intern.  Travis is a National Merit Scholar and has received a full scholarship to the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK. Travis assists on asylum, refugee and human rights cases.
• 11/2009: Azhar & Azhar, PLLC is featured in the Lone Star Crescent. Please click here to see the review.
• 10/25/2009: Noaman speaks at seminar on Employment Discrimination, sponsored by CAIR.
• 08/12/2009: Azhar Law Firm is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Partner, Furqan Sunny Azhar, and a new associate, Farah F. Gopalani, to the firm. With the admission of Furqan Sunny Azhar, Azhar Law Firm will now be known as Azhar & Azhar, PLLC.
• 06/27/2009: Noaman speaks at Domestic Violence Workshop hosted by the Islamic Association of North Texas and Islamic Association of Collin County.
• 05/30/2009: Noaman speaks at the Plano City Multicultural Outreach Round Table Citizenship Workshop.
• 6/23/2008: Sunny holds Violence Against Women's Act (VAWA) presentation at the Genesis Women's Shelter in Dallas, TX.
• 05/25/2008: Sunny holds Violence Against Women's Act (VAWA) presentation at Family Place Women's Shelter in Dallas, TX.
• 5/15/2008: Azhar Law Firm partners with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) DFW Chapter to present workshops on Immigration Law across the North Texas area. To date, we have reached the following centers: Islamic Society of Denton, Islamic Association of Collin County (Plano), Al-Hedayah Academy (Ft. Worth), Islamic Association of Carrollton, Islamic Center of Irving, Islamic Society of Arlington, Duncanville Islamic Center, East Texas Islamic Center (Tyler), Islamic Center of MOMIN (Irving), and the Dar El Eman Islamic Center (Arlington).
• 04/24/2008: Sunny serves as a Guest Lecturer at El Centro College's Immigration Law class in Dallas, TX.
• 03/5/2008: Sunny holds presentation on "How to Get a Job in Texas" at  OCU Law's Multicultural Law Student Alliance (MLSA) meeting in Oklahoma City, OK