Pantéa Lili Ahmadi is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office. She focuses her practice on complex civil litigation.
Pantéa earned her J.D. from Loyola Law School – Los Angeles, where she received First Honors Awards in the areas of legal research and writing and secured transactions in real property. While in law school, she was inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu and the St. Thomas More Law Honor Society in recognition of her academic excellence and commitment to service. Pantéa received her B.A. from the University of California – Los Angeles, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
Prior to entering law school, Pantéa worked as a research intern at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) in Washington, D.C., where she explored the potential for democratization in Iran and researched that nation's nuclear program. As a rapporteur for WINEP, she wrote “How Much Do the EU and Russia Care about Iran?” published on the institute's website in April 2006.
Pantéa’s community service involvement includes a year-long externship at the Cancer Legal Resource Center. She has also served as both a site supervisor and extern for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program.
Pantéa is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Education
- Loyola Law School-Los Angeles, J.D., 2009
- University of California-Los Angeles, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2005
Languages Spoken
- English
- Farsi
- Spanish
