Wafa J. Hoballah, Esq., LL.M.

Attorney at Law

Wafa J. Hoballah, attorney at law is admitted to practice law in the States of New York and Lebanon. She is a registered special legal consultant on the laws of Lebanon and the Middle East with The District of Columbia Bar. 
 
Born in Dakar, Senegal, she was raised in Lebanon, and encouraged by her mother and family to value higher education.  She is a graduate of the University of The Pacific's McGeorge School of Law, California, University of Salzburg, Austria, the Lebanese University, Faculty of Law, and the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
 
Ms. Hoballah's International law practice specializes in business, commercial and corporate law in and between the United States, the Middle East and West Africa.  Her National practice focuses on assisting Lebanese nationals with family, probate & estate matters particularly as it relates to Religious & Civil laws and its compatibility with local United State laws.  Ms. Hoballah is an expert on U.S. Lebanese Comparative laws including religious laws as applied by the Lebanese courts.
 
Another area of Ms. Hoballah's practice concentrates on U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law.   Combining her personal & legal experience with her cultural backgrounds, Ms. Hoballah provides legal services sensitive to the ethnic, business and cultural needs of the community including Political Asylum and Violence Against Women Act petitions.
 
Ms. Hoballah's mother was a pioneer in the field of non-profits in Lebanon.  With her mother as a positive role model, Ms. Hoballah's spirit and passion to help people, is something she is most committed to.  As a Human Rights Activist, she spends many pro bono hours helping combat human trafficking here in Los Angeles County and is committed to ending this brutal force of modern day slavery for many young women and girls.   
 
Ms. Hoballah's philanthropic interests extend beyond the field of law.  She is the vice president and a founding member of the Los Angeles-Beirut Sister Cities Organization, a chartering board member of the Lebanese American Foundation and the immediate past Chair of the Board of the International Visitors Council of Los Angeles.  Ms. Hoballah is true professional with a big heart for life!