Eighth (8th) Anniversary of my Blog

So, last July was the 8th anniversary of my blog. Unfortunately, end of July of this year was the height of Operation Protective Edge. Therefore, I did not get a chance to write anything about the anniversary of my blog. From last year to now, a lot has changed in my life. From July 2006 until now, my entire world has changed.
To give you a quick update, I am still working as a tax attorney. I am still spending average of 14 to 15 hours per day on my work. There is nothing much to my life except the crazy work hours. Many ask me why or how could I work so hard. The answer to this question is very vague. To be honest, I find my profession quite exciting. Yes, people work for an income to fund their preferable life style. However, I can bravely claim that I work because I enjoy my profession. The income is the reward for the hard work.
I started my own law firm last year. The current firm that I work for actually found out about my own firm and yet they decided to keep me here. Under my own firm, I am doing a lot of different things. I have started to focus on many other areas of law such as Estate Planning and Wealth protection. I also went to New York this year. Believe it or not, when it comes to fun part of my life, these are the only two updates I have for the last year. I have done some small local traveling too. However, majority of the year was all about work.
With regards to my blog, I have found it very helpful to share things that I find interesting on the web. Quite frankly, majority of my readings are on political aspect of global advancement. At the same time, this new barbaric phenomenon is also another item that is taking majority of my free time. Islamic State (IS-or formerly known as ISIS) is a huge movement and we are basically witnessing only the infant stages of it yet. There are a lot to be said about them. Besides IS, majority of my readings are about Taxation and legal world and they are not really worth sharing on this blog.
For the next year, I am hoping to share a lot more on IS and their agenda. As I said previously, there are a lot to be said about them. This state will portray the true and pure face of Islam without any sort of distortion by its supporters. It will show the globe what the true Wahhabi and Salafi Islam is about and how it was practice by Prophet Mohamed. Of course, there are others who will try to mask this movement as something else by justifying its barbaric nature and making it Israel or America’s fault; however, I am a firm believer that our Muslim friends in Europe will simply uphold this group as one of their own by giving them their full support. We will see huge support from around the world for this group. IS will be the next hot and popular topic on this blog for the next year to come.

Seventh Year Anniversary of my Blog

So, it is been seven years since I have started this blog. I must say a lot have changed since seven years ago when I started this blog. The biggest update that I have is that I have started my own law firm. I started my own firm about four months ago and I have started advertising in the Iranian community. The modo for my firm is "Making Complex Simple!" I am still working at the firm that I started about three years ago. I must say running two offices is no easy task. On top of that, working with Iranian clients is certainly time consuming. I have a lot to learn about Iranian community and their way of doing business because practicing law and running a firm as a business entity are two different issues.

Besides that, life has been pretty uneventful. I work about 14-15hrs per day. At the firm that I practice tax law, I have handled many interesting cases and I have had major settlements. I believe the biggest settlement I have ever achieved was Taxpayer owed IRS over $300K and we settled for only $2K. Taxpayer cried when I gave him the news. I have not been able to travel anywhere this year but it is my goal to visit Israel hopefully this December. I am going to try to keep up with blogging. Hopefully, I’ll start writing about tax law and different cases I am handling these days. I simply must say that finding the time to do so is the only contingent fact. I am still shocked that seven years has passed since I started this blog. It feels like yesterday that I started writing on this blog. I am very happy with where I am in life and where I have ended up as a result of it. It required a lot of hard work, but it totally paid off.

Happy 6th Year Annivesary to my Blog

Today is July 23rd and it is a very special day for this blog. Today is the 6th year anniversary since I have started this blog. Every year, I try to commemorate this date. It feels like yesterday when I started this blog. So much has changed that I do not know where to begin. Plus, I am not even sure what to write about when it comes to this date. The only thing I could write about is some update about my own life.
Since the start of this blog, a lot has changed. I have attended law school and finished it. I have moved back to Los Angeles. I have been quite lucky when it comes to employment. I am going to focus more about my employment. I am currently working as a Tax Attorney at one of the biggest tax firms in the U.S. I started working at my current employer about Twenty months ago. I started as a Case Specialist. Since I started at this job, I was able to progress in an incredible paste. Currently, I am the supervising attorney for all employment and corporate Tax issues at this firm. Currently, I have about seventy clients as my own cases and I am supervising over five hundred clients. I am the second best attorney and one of the youngest ones at this firm. Achieving such great accomplishment has not been easy. On average, I have been working about 70-80hrs a week including almost every Sunday.
If you would have asked me Six years that I would be working as a tax attorney, I would have never believed that statements. When I was in law school, I thought tax was the most boring area of law. As it turns out, Tax Law has been the most exciting area of law that I have experienced so far. For some reason, I am incredibly good at it too.
The reason that I find Tax Law to be so interesting is that you have an opportunity to have client from all aspects of the society. They all have different stories to share. Although the path to resolving their cases might be a bit similar to one another, but the stories behind them are unique and fascinating. What makes it even more interesting is the part where you apply the rules to these unique facts. Although there are times that the work load gets to you, but at the end you are never bored at this job. The last thing I would call this area of law is boring.
When you work as an attorney, you always keep track of the best and worst cases you have ever handled. The best settlement I have ever accomplished for my client has been wiping out $1.3 million dollars for my client. When I took over the case, it was in a pretty bad shape. The case was neglected for a while and it had been dragging for over four years. After six months of working on this case on daily basis, the client ended up not having to pay a dime on his liability. The worst case I have handled was this client from Utah. The client was this honest hard-working man who had gone through tough times. The IRS Revenue Officer levied this business into bankruptcy and there was nothing I could do to stop her. So, as you could see, there are some good times and bad times at this work like any other job.
Besides the employment, not much has been going on in my life. I have not traveled anywhere interesting. I went to South Beach Florida for five days. That’s about it. I lost my grandmother about six months ago who was one of the dearest people in my life. I did not write about it because I have not found the courage to deal with that issue. I feel very bad that I did not get to go to Jerusalem and see her one more time. She always had a special place in my heart. That is the only thing I could say about this.
On a much lighter note, the lease on my car was up, so I traded it for something much better. Although, I have realized that it probably was not a good idea to get that car. My goal for the next year is to improve my social life. Unfortunately, work has taken over every aspect of my life. I wake up 6 a.m. and leave home around 6:45 a.m. I return home around 10-11P.m and I go straight to bed. There is no room for anything else. So, I really need to improve that area.
Besides that, that is pretty much the development of my life. My plan for this blog is to find some times and improve the template a bit more. The blog went through some major makeover about eight months ago. However, I still do not feel that I am done. It is a work in progress. The biggest issue is finding the time to do it. The blog will be a lot more active, however that is contingent on the fact that I find the time to do it.
So, stay tuned!