Arezou Bakhtjou

Arezou is an Iranian-American Criminal Defense Attorney and has practiced mainly indigent defense for over a decade. Arezou obtained her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Tehran, Iran and her Law Degree from Orange County, California. She is Fluent in Farsi. Arezou is passionate about justice, gender and racial equality, and human rights. Some of Arezou’s past and present memberships include: California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Board of Governors and Legislative Committee, UCLA Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, UCLA Career Development Task Force, UCLA Organizational Change Task Force, California Lawyer Association CEB Liaison and Awards Committee, Alameda County Bar Association Criminal Division (Executive Board Member and Co-Chair), Alameda County Judicial Appointments Evaluation Committee, Alameda County Lawyer Referral Service and Modest Means Program (Executive Board Member).