Lily Mazahery (born October 10, 1972) is an Iranian-American lawyer, human rights activist,[1] and an expert source on Iran.[2] She is principal of Mazahery Law Firm and the founder and president of Legal Rights Institute (LRI), an international non-governmental organization (NGO) [Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Mazahery]
In 2009, she was interviewed by TV\'s Anderson Cooper about the dramatic imprisonment, torture and eventual escape of Ahmad Batebi
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/world/middleeast/13dissident.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/03/60minutes/main4917310.shtml
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilymazahery/6080728539/
Recently, The Washington DC Bar Association suspended her license to practice with a recommendation for disbarment. [http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/ethics/discipline/pdf/hearing_committee/HCLilyMazahery21709etal.pdf] The US Justice Department subsequently terminated her privileges pending final review. [http://www.justice.gov/eoir/discipline.htm]
This is a transcript of those proceedings and are a matter of public record.