Michael will lead a discussion on how Iran has slowly evolved from a dictatorship to a participatory theocracy, and the nature of the current internal conflict

Prior to starting Rimon Law Group, Michael practiced general corporate law at Ropes & Gray, LLP in San Francisco. Michael also interned at the United States Attorney's Office in San Francisco.

Michael is a Business Advisor of Pacific Community Ventures, the head of the International Delegation Group of the American Jewish Committee's Cleantech Conference, and a member of the California Israel Chamber of Commerce, the American Bar Association, the California Bar Association, and the JCRC. Michael also acts as counsel to Hi-Tech Care, a Bay Area incubator focused on foreign startup companies.

Michael was born during the Islamic revolution in Iran. His family, after 2000 years in Isphehan, fled in 1984 and settled in the United States.

(Host: Nat Schmelzer)