About Shirin
Shirin Forootan earned her law degree from UCLA School of Law in 2008 after completing undergraduate studies at the University of California, San Diego in 2005. Her time in law school coincided with a period of practical training and classroom rigor typical of a major public law school. Those years set the foundation for a legal practice rooted in courtroom procedure and appellate work.
After earning her J.D., Forootan established herself in California’s legal community. She holds membership in the Orange County Bar Association, a relationship that has continued since 2008. She is admitted to practice before the State of California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Those credentials allow her to handle matters at both trial and appellate levels.
Her early career included stints that sharpened courtroom skills and brief-writing. Colleagues describe her work as direct and focused; she favors precise legal analysis and clear written argument. Over time, she built a practice that relies on methodical preparation. She approaches filings and hearings with an emphasis on facts and the governing law rather than rhetorical flourish.
Forootan has maintained steady involvement in the local bar community. Her membership in professional associations has supported networking and ongoing legal education. The connections formed through those groups have informed her practice and kept her engaged with developments in state and federal procedure.
She currently leads Forootan Law. The firm bears her name and reflects a practice grounded in litigation and appellate representation across matters that arise in California courts and in the Ninth Circuit. Her courtroom experience and appellate admissions enable her to move cases through different stages of the judicial process when necessary.
Clients and peers note that her approach is practical. She breaks complex legal issues into concrete steps and communicates them in plain terms. She prepares filings with an eye toward clarity and anticipates the questions judges are likely to ask. Her current practice focuses on representing clients through the work carried out at Forootan Law.
