About Shahpour Meir

Shahpour Meir Matloob is a lawyer licensed to the State Bar of California on December 6, 1999. He is currently associated with Matloob Law Office, where he practices law in various capacities.

Matloob obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, in 1999, with an attention in International Law. He additionally holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Near Eastern Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, which he earned in 1996.

His areas of practice mainly concentrate on immigration regulation, the place he takes on cases related to asylum, family immigration, citizenship application process and citizenship, removal and removal defense, and Violence Against Women Act petitions. Additionally, he deals with visitor and scholar visas, DACA purposes, diversity visas, non-immigrant employment visas, waivers, and modifications in non-immigrant standing. Matloob is skilled in a number of legal levels, which includes hearings, appeals, legal proceedings, negotiations, and trials.

Matloob began his legal career in 2005 and has been concerned in several expert associations. He is an advisory council member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association's Northern California Chapter and serves as a co-liaison for the San Francisco USCIS. He is also an advisory board member of the Iranian American Bar Association's Northern California Chapter and participates in the Jewish Community Relations Council’s Public Policy Committee.

In recognition of his contributions, Matloob received the Father Cuchulain Moriarty Award for volunteer legal work in the Asylum Program in 2016. He has been selected to top-rated attorneys list from 2019 to 2026. Matloob is fluent in both English and Persian (Farsi).

Education

University of California College of the Law, San Francisco

J.D. (1999) | International Law Concentration

1996

University of California - Berkeley

B.A. (1996) | Political Science & Near Eastern Studies

1994

Languages

Farsi (Spoken, Written) Persian (Spoken, Written)

Experience

Lawyer

Matloob Law Office
2005

Accepted Jurisdictions

9th Circuit
California

Court Admissions

California Supreme Court State Supreme Court
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California U.S. District Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit U.S. Circuit Court

Types of Cases Handled

Asylum Family Immigration Naturalization/Citizenship Removal/Deportation Defense Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Petitions Visitor & Student Visas DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) Diversity Visa (Green Card Lottery) Non-immigrant Work Visas Waivers Extension & Change of Non-immigrant Status

Legal Services Scope

Hearings Appeals Litigation Negotiations Trials

Office Locations

Main Office

 534 Pacific Ave. San Francisco CA 94133