Bone McAllester Norton adds Attorney and Former Assistant Commissioner for International Affairs and Former White House Fellow
Nashville, TN (PRWEB) September 16, 2014 -- Bone McAllester Norton PLLC announced today that Samar S. Ali has joined the firm. An international lawyer and former White House Fellow, Ms. Ali also served as Assistant Commissioner for International Affairs in Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam’s administration.
At Tennessee’s Department of Economic and Community Development, Ms. Ali created a five-year international strategic plan for job growth among small- and medium-size enterprises and opened and managed investment recruitment and export development offices in key locations around the world. At Bone McAllester Norton, she will focus on International, Corporate, and Administrative Law. She also will focus on conflict resolution and mediation work, remaining active in private diplomacy.
“We are delighted to welcome Samar Ali to our firm,” said Charles W. Bone, founder and chairman of Bone McAllester Norton.
“She is an amazing young attorney with tremendous energy and passion for strengthening our communities and helping people,” Mr. Bone said. “Throughout her career, she has been focused solely on making a positive difference. Our clients will be the beneficiaries of her commitment and extraordinary global experience.”
Ms. Ali said today she is eager to join Bone McAllester Norton.
“I feel honored to join Bone McAllester Norton and be a part of the firm’s rich history of meaningful contribution to the Middle Tennessee community,” she said. “Nashville is increasingly becoming an international city, and I look forward to contributing to this development in any way that I can in my new role with the firm.”
Chosen as a White House Fellow in 2010, Ms. Ali worked on foreign and domestic policy issues relating to national security. She served as an advisor on the senior staff of U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, stationed in both Washington, D.C. and Doha, Qatar. Ms. Ali was also an associate attorney focused on corporate law with the law firm of Hogan Lovells US LLP, where she worked in the firm’s head office in Washington DC and also in the United Arab Emirates, where she established that firm’s office in Abu Dhabi.
Ms. Ali is a graduate of Vanderbilt University (B.A.’03), where she served as Student Body President, and of Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D.’06). She serves as a member of the Vanderbilt University Alumni Board, Vanderbilt University Law School Board of Trust, St. Thomas Medical Center Board, International Business Council of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Tennessee Justice Center Board of Directors, and the Junior board of Women in Numbers. She is also an Adjunct Professor with Vanderbilt University, where she teaches courses in international relations.
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Contact: Elizabeth Fielding 615.321.3110 / Ann Dee McClane 615.742.6889
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Elizabeth Fielding, The Strategy Group, +1 (615) 321-3110, [email protected]
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