Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nde 250'ye yakın Türk avukat faaliyet gösteriyor. Turk of America dergisi son sayısını Amerika'daki Türk avukatlara ayırdı. Dergi araştırmasında 21 farklı eyalette 235 avukatın listesini yayınladı. Florida'dan California'ya, New York'tan Texas'a kadar ABD'nin farklı eyaletlerinde faaliyet gösteren avukat listesinde Türklerle evli olan veya Türk toplumuna uzun yıllardır hizmet veren Amerikalı avukatlar da yer alıyor. Araştırmada 1975 yılından beri Los Angeles'ta hizmet veren Elizer Kapuya en deneyimli avukat olarak ön plana çıkarken, New York'ta Aydın Çağınalp 1976'dan beri, Melih Doğan da 1979 yılından beri avukat olarak faaliyet gösteriyor. TURKOFAMERICA Dergisi kurucu ortağı ve Genel Yayın Yönetmeni Cemil Özyurt, Amerika'da en fazla Türk avukatın bulunduğu eyaletin 80'in üzerinde avukat ile New York eyaleti olduğunu kaydetti. California ve Washington, DC ise New York'u takip ediyor. Türk avukatların mezun oldukları gözde hukuk fakülteleri ise Brookly Law School, Touro Law School, Seton Hall University olarak sıralanıyor. Avukatlar uzmanlık alanı olarak ise genelde göçmenlik, ticaret ve uluslararası hukuk dallarını tercih ediyor. Özyurt, avukatlar arasında Türkiye doğumlu Ermeni, Süryani, Rum ve Yahudi etnik kökenine ait profesyoneller bulunduğuna da dikkat çekerken, avukatların 20'den fazlasının hem Türkiye'de hem de ABD'de avukatlık diplomasına sahip olduklarını vurguluyor. Bu alanda öncülüğü ise Cahit Akbulut çekiyor. Akbulut, Türkiye'de hukuk fakültesini bitirdikten sonra Amerika'da da avukatlık hizmeti vermeye başlayan ilk isimlerden. Amerikalı oldukları halde Türk toplumuna uzun yıllardır hizmet veren ve yakından tanınan avukatlara listesinde yer veren dergide, Amerika'da 100'den fazla avukata sahip firmalardan ortak olarak çalışan Barbaros Karaahmet, Demet Başar, Gülgün U. Mersereau, Berin S. Romagnolo gibi isimler de yer alıyor. Amerika'daki hukuk dalında en yüksek mevkiye sahip Türk ise, Harris County Criminal Court'ta Savcı olarak Jay Ceyhun Karahan. Elizabeth Münisoğlu ise Los Angeles Yüksek Mahkemesi'nde Komiser olarak görev yapıyor. Mehmet K. Konar-Steenberg ise Saint Paul, Minnesota'daki William Mitchell College of Law School'un dekanı. Kendi avukatlık firmasını kuranların dışında Amerika'nın dev şirketleri IBM, Blackberry, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, American Express, Morgan Stanley ve Travelers'a avukat olarak çalışan Türkler bulunuyor. Amerika'daki Türk avukatların listesine aşağıdanulaşabilirsiniz. Cahit Akbulut / Law Offices of John C. Akbulut 36 E 20th St #2 New York, NY 10003 (212) 387 0600 / jca@akbulutlaw.com / jca@akbulutlaw.com / http://www.akbulutlaw.com Immigration / NYU / 1998 Günay Evinch / Saltzman & Evinch, P.C. 655 15th St NW, F St. Lobby Ste 225 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 637 9877 / GEvinch@Turklaw.Net / GEvinch@Turklaw.Net / www.Turklaw.Net (2) / Washington & Lee University School of Law / 1994 Barbaros M. Karaahmet / Herrick, Feinstein LLP 2 Park Ave. New York, NY 10016 (212) 592 1570 / bkaraahmet@herrick.com / bkaraahmet@herrick.com / www.herrick.com / Business Law / NYU School of Law / 1999 Mehmet Fırat Polat Polat Law Firm 276 5th Ave. Ste 1008 New York, NY 10001 (212) 359 4212 polat@polatlaw.com / polat@polatlaw.com / www.polatlaw.com Corporate & Business Law / Temple University, Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia 2003 Sevil Özışık / Tooma & Ozisik LLP 29 Broadway Ste 1500 New York, NY 10006 (212) 509 0099 / sozisik@tolawllp.com / sozisik@tolawllp.com / mailto: sozisik@tolawllp.com / sozisik@tolawllp.com / www.tolawllp.com Immigration / Temple Law School / 1997 * The lawyers are ordered by last names. ** Aktas Law, P.A. has offices in Ft Lauderdale and Orlando as well. (1) Immigration, Real Estate, Personal Injury, Criminal, Business Law (2) International Treaties, International Organizations, International and Federal Jurisdiction, State Sovereignty, Anti-terrorism and Human Rights. (3) Immigration and Nationality Law, Corporate and Business Law, Commercial Litigation (4) Media law, Intellectual Property Law Group, Turkish Practice, International Law Group, Corporate & Securities, Internet and E-Commerce Law. TURKISH AMERICAN LAWYERS IN THE US Name Middle Last Name Firm City State 1- Ciğdem A. Acar Cigdem A Acar Law Offices New York NY 2- Kevork Adanas Kevork Adanas P.C. Fort Lee NJ 3- Ayda Sara Aghnami Aghnami Law Corporation Los Angeles CA 4- Berc Agopoglu The Agopoglu Law Firm Los Angeles CA 5- Irma Melissa Akansu Tane Waterman & Wurtzel, P.C New York NY 6- Cuneyt A Akay Greenberg Trauring Denver CO 7- Ben Hasan Akbulu Law Offices of John C. Akbulut New York NY 8- Cahit Akbulut Law Offices of John C. Akbulut New York NY 9- Salih Zeki Akbulut Law Offices of John C. Akbulut Merrick NY 10- Zafer A. Akın Akin Law Group, PLLC New York NY 11- Timur Akpınar Akpinar Law Firm Little Neck NY 12- Birsen Aksakal Moallemzadeh & Aksakal New York NY 13- Seda Aktaş Aktas Law, P.A. Miami FL Seda Aktaş Aktas Law, P.A. Ft. Lauderdale FL Seda Aktaş Aktas Law, P.A. Orlando FL 14- Suzan H. Akyali IRS New York NY 15- Derin Akyar Accenture Philadelphia PA 16- Sule Öktenay Akyüz Arent Fox Washington DC 17- Akın Mahmut Alçıtepe Bailey Law, PC Washington DC 18- Ayşe Çevik Alpay Zenith Insurance Company Woodland Hills CA 19- Müge Anber KontakisShipowners Claims Bureau, Inc. New York NY 20- Erol Derin ArıThe Vartazarian Law Firm Sherman Oaks CA 21- Emrah ArtukmaçThe Law Office of E. Artukmac, Esq., P.C. Medford NY 22- Richard N. AsfarSaxon, Gilmore, Carraway & Gibbons, P.A. Tampa FL 23- John Ali AtabekAtabek & Associates Los Angeles CA 24- Togai K. AtaçAtom Law Group LLC Chicago IL 25- Neil Nesim AydınDarakjy Aydin & Isik River Edge NJ 26- Sinan AydınerSacco & Fillas, LLP Astoria NY 27- Serra AygünBonner Kiernan Trebach & Crociata LLP Washington DC 28- Troy Özhan Aykan Law Office of Troy Aykan Whitter CA 29- Atilla BabacanLaw Office of Atilla Babacan Fort Lauderdale FL 30- Cemile BarbarosUS Federal Government New York NY 31- Yelda Mesbah BartlettBartlett Law Firm Oakland CA 32- Cağla Zeynep BaşarBasar Law Huntington Beach CA 33- Demet Başar Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman&Herz LLP New York NY 34- Alpaslan Başaran Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher&Flom LLP New York NY 35- Melinda Mehtap BaşaranBasaran Law Paterson NJ 36- Mehmet Başoğlu Fein Such Kahn & Shepard P.C Parsippany NJ 37- Erol Cengiz Başol Morrison & Foerster LLP Los Angeles CA 38- Ahmet BayazıtlıoğluPrescription Advisory Systems & Technology, Inc. Princeton NJ 39- Sedat John Baydar Sedat John Baydar, Esq Brooklyn NY 40- Nihat Deniz BayramoğluHenderson NV 41- Mehmet Baysan WilliamE. Gens Law Offices Boston MA 42- Giacomo Jacques BeharBehar International Counsel Los Angeles CA 43- Nigar “Nicky” Bek Schneider Law Group New York NY 44- Dogan M. Bengisu Law Office of Dogan Bengisu Delray Beach FL 45- Samuel C. Berger Samuel C Berger PC Rochelle Park NJ 46- Arda M. Beşkardes M. Arda Beskardes, Esq New York NY 47- Claire Aylin Bilir Santa Barbara County Counsel's Office Santa Barbara CA 48- Elif Birkok Edwin P. Whittemore, P.C. Arlington MA 49- Yiğit Bora Bozkurt Latham & Watkins LLP New York NY 50- Ayşe Kiraz Bulut Washington DC 51- Madeleine GiansantiÇağ Axiom Law New York NY 52- Aydın Sami CağınalpManatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP New York NY 53- Bahar Cankurt U.S. Department of Homeland Security New York NY 54- Suzan Canlı Monkey Inferno, Inc. San Francisco CA 55- Aslı Carome Carome Law, P.C. Washington DC 56- Nafiz Çekirge Bryan Cave LLP Los Angeles CA 57- Barbaros Çelebi Madina Celebi, Esq New York NY 58- Kubilay Çelebi Celebi Law Office Everett WA 59- İskender Cemaletin Iskender Cemaletin, Esq New York NY 60- Ebru Çetin U.S Equipment Company New York NY 61- Neal N.ChilnigirianLaw Offices of Neal N. Chilnigirian Woodland Hills CA 62- N. Banu Başaran ÇolakCity of Lansing, Office of the City Attorney Lansing MI 63- Mehtap Cevher Conti Vedder Price New York NY 64- Christina Angelena ÇorbacıJoyce & Associates, P.C. Boston MA 65- Rıza İsmail Dağlı Dagli Law Parsippany NJ 66- Yasin Daneshfar Polenberg, Cooper,Saunders,&Riesberg, PL Fort Lauderdale FL 67- Zeynep Durnev DarendelilerThe World Bank Washington DC 68- Marta DelimelkonoğluSirota & Associates Brooklyn NY 69- Gökçe UcuzalDemir Hallandale FL 70- Aylin DemirciCarr & Ferrell Menlo Park CA 71- Merve DemirelSaltzman & Evinch, P.C. Washington DC 72- Dr. Özden DenizNew York NY 73- Rachel Cerqueira Denktaş Saltzman & Evinch, P.C. Washington DC 74- Erdal R. DervişBaker Hostetler Washington DC 75- Betül Ümit DışkayaPinci & Bianchini Law Offices New York NY 76- Ata DinlencDentons New York NY 77- İrem Doğan Gibney, Anthony, & Flaherty, LLP. New York NY 78- Melih DoğanDogan & Associates New York NY 79- İlkay Pınar Doğru Austin TX 80- Ferhan KiperDoyle Siegel & Doyle, LLC Rockville MD 81- John J. DriscollEaton & Van Winkle LLP New York NY 82- Timur Edip Law Office of Timur Edib Rockville MD 83- Yasemin EkiciLaw Office of Yasemin Ekici New York NY 84- Bahadır EkizBarst Mukamal & Kleiner LLP New York NY 85- Eda S. ElitokElitok & Hartnett Washington DC 86- Erin Elliott The Law Office of Erin Elliott Atlanta GA 87- Mutahare SarıtabakEngin Derrick Corporation Buffalo NY 88- Diler ErdengizRamineni Law Associates Woburn MA 89- Eve X. ErdoğanMcKenna Long & Aldridge LLP Atlanta GA 90- Burcu Umut ErgünWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz New York NY 91- Günay EvinchSaltzman & Evinch, P.C. Washington DC 92- Faik Burak EvrenesoğluFTI Consulting Portland OR 93- Seda GayretliHudson Legal Los Angeles CA 94- Yalkın GencelTravelers Orlando FL 95- Aytül GirginAmerican Express New York NY 96- Soner Gizer West Hollywood CA 97- Abbas K. GökalBarbaro,Gokal & Associates, LLP Irvine CA 98- Mehmet Faik GökçeMineola NY 99- Başak Demet Göts Gots Law Firm New York NY 100- Esra Güles Güçtaş Gules Law Firm, PLLC Clifton Park NY 101- Erol N. Gülay Debevoise & Plimpton LLP New York NY 102- Okan Günay Rosenberg Law, P.A. Sarasota FL 103- Petek Günay Gunay Law, P.C. New York NY 104- H. Mine Gür The Law Office of H. Mine Gur New York NY 105- Arzu Gürcan Law Office of Arzu Gurcan, P.C. Brooklyn NY 106- Fatih S. Gürk Law Offices of F.S. Gurk, P.C. Cinnaminson NJ 107- Ümit Gürsoy Gursoy Law Firm Brooklyn NY 108- Sinem Taşan Halterman JPMorgan Chase Columbus OH 109- Aysun Burcu Hensley Hensley Law Firm, PLLC Mars Hill NC 110- Esra Açıkalın Hudson Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Los Angeles CA 111- Susan Odzer HugentuglerThe Florida Bar Criminal Law Section Tallahassee FL 112- Emre Nizam İlter McDermott Will & Emery LLP Washington DC 113- Barış H. İpeker Rockville MD 114- Benjamin Besim IşıkDarakjy Aydin & Isik River Edge NJ 115- Aycan İşkent Law Office of Aycan Iskent Irvine CA 116- Andrew P. JohnsonThe Law Offices of Andrew P Johnson New York NY 117- Sinan Sırrı KalayoğluNew York NY 118- Eliezer Kapuya Law Offices of Eliezer Kapuya Los Angeles CA 119- Barbaros M. KaraahmetHerrick, Feinstein New York NY 120- Yalçın Karadağ The Karadag Law PLLC Houston TX 121- Jay Karahan Harris County Criminal Justice Center Houston TX 122- Nigos Karatas Karatas Law Firm Rochester NY 123- Zeynel M. KarciogluJacobs & Burleigh LLP New York NY 124- Mehmet Oğuz KarlıyılHorseheads NY 125- Gilda O. KarpouzianThe Law Office of Gilda O. Karpouzian Annapolis MD 126- Jahit H. KavurtLaw Offices of J. Kavurt Orlando FL 127- Bora Sabih Kayan Delahunty Peter Law Office Tampa FL 128- Talat Kayar Conrad & Kayar, P.A. West Palm Beach FL 129- Yasmin Kayıran Law Offices of Yasmin Kayiran Beverly Hills CA 130- Elif Keleş Law Offices of Carl Shusterman Los Angeles CA 131- Karmen Kıvıroğlu Kettner West Palm Beach FL 132- Elif Kimyacıoğlu Latham & Watkins San Francisco CA 133- Leyla A. Kiosse Tabak & Kiosse, LLP Albany NY 134- Gokhan Kıran Kiran Law Firm, P.C. Delran NJ 135- Müge Ayşe Kıy BlackBerry Corporation Washington DC 136- Necip Kağan Kocaoğlu Kocaoglu, PLLC Washington DC 137- Meltem Fazilet Kodaman Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Washington DC 138- Mehmet K.Konar Steenberg William Mitchell College of Law Saint Paul MN 139- Lale Korkmaz MKT Law Houston TX 140 - Isabel Angela Kugler The Walt Disney Company Burbank CA 141- Remzi Güvenç Kulen Kulen Law Firm P.C. New York NY 142- Esra Kurt Houston TX 143- Ayse Kuzucuoğlu Vedder Price San Francisco CA 144- Nejla K. Lane Lane Legal Services P.C. Chicago IL 145- Mine Babacan Lange Lange & Lange P A Ft. Lauderdale FL 146- Suzan M. Lehmann Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP Boston MA 147- Aylin Açıkalın MaKlansky Legislative Director New Orleans LA 148- Fatma E. Marouf UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Las Vegas NV 149- Nazlı Sönmez Matt Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County West Palm Beach FL 150- Michael E. McMahon Herrick, Feinstein New York NY 151- Mark Meirowitz Mark Meirowitz Attorney at Law New York NY 152- Gülgün Uğur Mersereau Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP Portland OR 153- Seniz Mısırlıoğlu Boyer Law Firm, PL Miami FL 154- Selcan Kılıç Moral Johnson City NY 155- Elizabeth Mitchell Munisoğlu Los Angeles Superior Court Los Angeles CA 156- Mehmet Münür IBM Dublin OH 157- Emel Ersan Navarro Emel Ersan Navarro Law Office Tampa FL 158- Emel Nesli New York NY 159- Arek Nizamian Nizamian & Nizamian, LLP Los Angeles CA 160- Raffi Nizamian Nizamian & Nizamian, LLP Los Angeles CA 161- Ayhan Ögmen Ogmen Law PLLC New York NY 162- Mehmet Kemal Okay The Okay Law Firm Batavia NY 163- Barış John Okçular Liebler, Gonzalez & Portuondo Miami FL 164- Ali Mustafa Onan Onan & Associates Houston TX 165- Aylin Jacqueline Öncel Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati San Francisco CA 166- Ömer Örs The DeVries Law Firm, P.A. St. Augustine FL 167- Özge Ötarsi Frank J. Martone, P.C. Bloomfield NJ 168- Farshad Owji Owji Law San Francisco CA 169- Sibel Bekaroğlu Owji DLA Piper Law Firm San Francisco CA 170- Sezen Zeynep Oygar Neil, Dymott, Frank, McFall & Trexler San Diego CA 171- Aykut Özger U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Washington DC 172- Emre Özgü Barst Mukamal & Kleiner LLP New York NY 173- Murat Özgü B. Braun Medical Inc. Bethlehem PA 174- Sevil Özışık Tooma & Ozisik LLP New York NY 175- Murat Erol Özkan New York NY 176- Gaye Özpinar Law Office of Gaye Özpınar Cambridge MA 177- Ömer S. Öztan Citigroup Global Markets Inc New York NY 178- Ferve Özturk Baker Hostetler New York NY 179- Uğur Özyürük Clutch Group, LLC Washington DC 180- Selen Şiringil Perker Harvard Kennedy School Cambridge MA 181- Staci Cazanne Pirnar Bellinger & Suberg, LLP Dallas TX 182- Sinan Pişmişoğlu Dentons US LLP Dallas TX 183- Burcu Polat The World Bank Washington DC 184- Emre Polat Akin Law Group, PLLC New York NY 185- Mehmet Fırat Polat Polat Law Firm New York NY 186- Efe Poturoğlu Butzel Long Washington DC 187- Berin Sultan Romagnolo Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP Boston MA 188- Stefanos N. Roulakis Blank Rome LLP Washington DC 189- Aslı Feride S. Carome Carome Law, P.C. Washington DC 190- Sinem Şahin Expeditors Seattle WA 191- Nazlı Ahu Saka IntelligentMDx Waltham MA 192- Erhan Sakaoğlu The Law Office of Erhan Sakaoglu Oakland Park FL 193- David Saltzman Saltzman & Evinch, P.C. Washington DC 194- Bahadır Emir Sarana Morgan Stanley New York NY 195- Nazlı G. Sater Warner Norcross & Judd LLP Southfield MI 196- Vanessa Seçkin Seckin Law Firm New York NY 197- Taylan Kartal Şen Phillips Lytle LLP Rochester NY 198- Okan Şengün Law Office of Okan Sengun San Francisco CA 199- Ekin Senlet Hiscock & Barclay LLP Albany NY 200- Ayşe Filiz Serbes Irs Office of Associate Chief Counsel Washington DC 201- Metin Serbest Law offices of Metin Serbest, LLC Chicago IL 202- Allen M. Shabani Shabani & Associates, P.C. Birmingham AL 203- İsmail T. Shahtakhtinski I.S. Law Firm Alexandria VA 204- İpek Candan Snyder White & Case LLP New York NY 205- Aytül Soğukoğlu Brooklyn NY 206- C. Yankı Sökmensuer Smith Mackinnon, PA Orlando FL 207- Aslan T. Soobzokov Aslan T. Soobzokov, Esq., L.L.C. Paterson NJ 208- Vildan A. Starr Starr & Starr PLLC New York NY 209- William A. Streppone Law Offices of William A. Streppone Commack NY 210- Deniz Şadan Tamer Bay Side NY 211- Michel Selim Tamer Quality Management Solutions, Inc. 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Yalcin, Esq Brooklyn NY 228- Hasan Tuvan Yalım Boston MA 229- Ozan Yalti Eaton, & Van Winkle LLP New York NY 230- Gökhan Yazıcı G.Yazici Attorney and Counselor at Law New York NY 231- Vanessa Yazıcıgil Blakely Sokoloff Taylor Zafman LLP Portland OR 232- Fatih Yiğit New York NY 233- Sema Yıldırım The Law Offices of Sema Yildirim, P.A. Tampa FL 234- Robert Zara Zara Law Offices New York NY 235- Mehmet Orhun Zenginler American Lawyer Media New York NY 236- Leila Zubi Zubi Rosner LLP New York NY Kaynak: TurkofAmerica http://www.turkishactionalert.com/news/3924-abdde-250-tuerk-avukat-21-eyalette-hizmet-veriyor.html