The Iranian American Bar Association held its annual Nowruz Dinner at the New York County Lawyers Association on April 23. Nowruz literally translated means New Day and is a Persian New Years Celebration observed at the beginning of spring.

Among the approximately 100 attendees, from left, were Bronx Civil Court Judge Sabrina Kraus; New Jersey solo practitioner Paul Naficy; Michael Kohan of the Kohan Law Group; Kamran Parandian of the Law Offices of Kamran Parandian; keynote speaker Lourdes Rosado, who is the civil rights bureau chief for the New York State Attorney General’s Office; Baker & McKenzie associate Sahar Zomorodi; assistant state attorney general Maryam Jazini and Clausen Miller associate Rebecca Ahdoot.