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Firm: Gray Whale Law PLLC
75 South Broadway , White Plains , New York 10601
Practice Areas: Immigration
From his upbringing as a first-generation American to his role teaching at Fordham Law, Zaid Hydari has woven a career dedicated to immigration, international relations, and humanitarian assistance. With a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, he founded the Refugee Solidarity Network, partnering with donors such as the U.S. Department of State to keep family-based and humanitarian immigration channels open worldwide. Under his leadership, RSN has delivered free legal aid to more than 10,000 people in Turkey and Pakistan and pursued strategic litigation before the European Court of Human Rights and UN bodies. Today, as an adjunct professor teaching Immigration Law and International Refugee Law & Policy, Zaid combines practical skills with academic insight. Admitted in New York and active in the American Immigration Lawyers Association, he has published in major media outlets and spoken at forums including the UNHCR Executive Committee and the European Parliament.
