Area attorneys are invited to the Tuesday, May 23, 2017 lunch meeting of the Katy Bar Association at 11:30 A.M. at Hasta la Pasta, 1450 W. Grand Parkway South, Katy, Texas.
The guest speaker is Rehan Alimohammad, Chair of the Board for the State Bar of Texas. His topic is Executive Orders and immigration update.
Rehan Alimohammad is a Partner in the national firm Wong Fleming’s Sugar Land, Texas office in charge of Immigration Law, and Tax Law. He is a CPA since 1999 and Attorney since 2001 and was listed as one of the Top Attorneys in Houston, Texas by Houstonia Magazine from 2013-2015.
He also was named one of the Five Outstanding Young Texans by the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce in 2011, for outstanding legal pro bono service.
He is heavily involved in the community and State Bar organizations and is currently: Minority Director of the State Bar of Texas, member of the Executive Committee for the State Bar of Texas, State Bar Advisor to the Texas State Bar Section on Immigration & Nationality and the Committee on Laws Relating to Immigration and Nationality; appointed legal counsel, Board Member, and team lead for the Diversity Action Team for the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce; 1st Vice President for the Katy Bar Association; on the Leadership Task Force for the Katy Economic Development Council; current Member of American Immigration Lawyers Association; current Member of the Fort Bend County Bar Association; and current member of the Houston Bar Association serving on the Professionalism committee, the Minority Opportunities in the Legal Profession committee, and the Speakers Bureau committee.
In April 2017, he was the first immigration attorney, and first attorney from Fort Bend County to be elected Chair of the Board for the State Bar of Texas.
President Elizabeth Pratt remarked, “This month’s program on immigration, is an issue of national interest, presented by a distinguished member of our Katy Bar and Chair of the Board of the State Bar Board of Directors. Area attorneys are invited to meet the Chair, join our lunch meeting and earn an hour of CLE.”