Rassti, Afsanieh

Afsanieh Rassti

Trust and Estate Attorney

Afsanieh Rassti is national vice president of the Iranian American Bar Association.

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Afsanieh Rassti’s practice areas include estate planning, probate, trust administration, and trust and estate litigation.

A Dallas native who grew up in Fountain Hills, Arizona, Afsanieh earned her bachelor’s, master’s and law degrees at Arizona State University. While a student at the ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, she served on the executive council of the Pro Bono Board and helped create the Law Society of Human Rights to support law students in human rights missions abroad.

Before she began her practice as an estate planner in 2017, she focused on global immigration issues, assisting Iranian families with family and employment-based visas.

In her free time, Afsanieh enjoys spending time with her family and friends, football, traveling the world, and experiencing new cultures and food.

PRACTICE AREAS

Estate Planning

Probate and Trust Administration

Estate Controversy

HONORS & AWARDS

The Best Lawyers in America® “Ones to Watch” (Trusts and Estates), 2021-present

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

State Bar of Arizona: Bar Leadership Institute, Class of 2020; Member, Probate & Trust Section

Maricopa County Bar Association: Executive Board Member, Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Section (2023-present); Executive Board Member, Young Lawyers Division (2017-2022)

Iranian American Bar Association: Vice President, National Board (2022-present); Arizona National Board Representative (2017-present)

Central Arizona Estate Planning Council

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Pro Bono Legal Assistance Program (PLAP)

Wills for Heroes

BAR ADMISSIONS

Arizona, 2017

U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 2017

EDUCATION

J.D., Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, 2016: Highest Pro Bono Distinction

Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Institute on World Legal Problems, 2015

M.S., magna cum laude, Global Technology and International Development, Arizona State University, 2012

B.S., Justice Studies and Political Science, Arizona State University, 2010

LANGUAGE FLUENCY

Farsi/Persian

BIRTHPLACE

Dallas, Texas

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