Mehron P. Azarmehr obtained a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science in Economics from the University of North Texas. After his master’s degree, he worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
Later, he attended St. Mary’s University School of Law and the University of Texas Law School. During law school, he served at the Texas Supreme Court as briefing intern.
Mr. Azarmehr has been practicing law in Texas since 1992. He first served as an Assistant Attorney General with the Texas Attorney General’s office in Austin, Texas; then from 1996 to 1998, he practiced immigration law at Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P. in Dallas, Texas.
In 1999, he founded Azarmehr & Associates, P.C., an exclusively immigration-based practice. The law firm has offices in Austin and affiliate offices in San Antonio, Texas, Monterrey, Mexico and London.
Mr. Azarmehr is admitted to practice in Texas and before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Texas.
He is a partner in Cielo Private Equity Fund, and is a frequent speaker at academic institutions, legal seminars, and public interest groups.
Mr. Azarmehr can be found on Facebook, Linked-In, Twitter, and Google+.
Professional Memberships:
- State Bar of Texas
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
Professional Bar Activities:
- State Bar Foundation Fellow: membership is limited to 1/3 of 1% of licensed attorneys in Texas.
- Past Chair, State Bar of Texas, Environmental Law Section
- Past Associate Editor-in-Chief, State Bar of Texas, Environmental Law Journal
Publications:
- Immigration Options and Procedures for Healthcare Workers, Business Immigration Law: Strategies for Employing Foreign Nationals (2010).
- Natural Resources Damages Under CERCLA Sec. 107: How the Liability Rules Differ Between Actions for Natural Resource Damages and Response Costs, 21 Environmental Law Reporter No. 10 (1992).
- Status of Joint and Several Liability Under CERCLA after Bell Petroleum; 24 Environmental No. 5 (1994).
- CERCLA Joint and Several Liability in the Fifth Circuit After Bell Petroleum, State Bar of Texas, 25 Environmental Law Journal No. 1 (1994).
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