Curriculum Vitae

Sabiha Malikani Ahmad

Pronunciation Suh-bee-haa Muh-li-kaa-nee EH-mudh

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Law Office of Sabiha Malikani Ahmad P.L.L.C., d/b/a/ S.M.A. Law, Seattle, WA
Attorney
September 2023–present

Office of Administrative Hearings, Olympia, WA (remote)
Staff Attorney
June 1, 2022–May 31, 2023

Snohomish County Superior Court, Everett, WA
Bailiff/Law Clerk for the Honorable Judge Anna Goykhman Alexander
March 2020–February 2021

Washington State Supreme Court, Olympia, WA
Legal Extern for the Honorable Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud
June 2018–August 2018

Unemployment Law Project, Seattle, WA
Law Student Intern
June 2017–September 2017

EDUCATION

University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, WA
Juris Doctor
September 2016–June 2019

University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
September 2010–June 2013

Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
Associate of Science
September 2008–June 2010

Kentwood High School, Kent, WA
High School Diploma
September 2006–June 2010

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Active attorney member of the Washington State Bar Association #59046
WSAJ Eagle Young Lawyer Member

SKILLS

Native fluency in Urdu and Hindi
Intermediate Urdu reading and writing
Basic conversational Panjabi
Basic HTML and CSS coding

AWARDS

U.S. Dept. of Ed. Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship, 2017-2019
King County Bar Foundation Scholarship
Wayne and Anne Gittinger Endowed Scholarship
South Asian Bar Association of Washington Law Student Grant
WSBA Administrative Law Section Law Student Grant

INTERESTS

Literature
Sketching
Urdu poetry
Islamic theology and law
North Indian/Pakistani cuisine
Novice golf
Race, politics, and philosophy
Phone, technology, and internet addiction