Overview

Sheerin Mehdian represents employers in a broad range of employment-related disputes before state and federal courts and administrative agencies.

Before joining Littler, she interned for the Hon. Charles E. Pazar and the Hon. Rebecca L. Holt at the Memphis Immigration Court, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, as well as the Hon. Tu M. Pham in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. During law school, Sheerin was a student attorney for the University of Memphis Elder Health Law Advocacy Legal Clinic in 2015, and was a notes editor for The University of Memphis Law Review.

Focus Areas

Litigation and TrialsBusiness and Human RightsGlobal Mobility and Immigration

Professional & Community Affiliations

Member

American Bar Association

Member

Tennessee Bar Association

Member

Memphis Bar Association

Member

Implicit Biases Seminar Planning Committee

Memphis Bar Association

Member

Memphis Area Legal Services Campaign for Equal Justice

Recognition

Named, Attorney for Justice

Supreme Court of Tennessee

2017

Recipient, Dean’s Distinguished Platinum Pro Bono Award

The University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

2013-2015

Recipient, Humphrey’s Fellowship

2014-2015

Recipient, Mertie Buckman International Fellowship

Rhodes College

2011

Recipient, Presidential Scholarship

Rhodes College

2009-2012

News, Analysis & Press

USCIS Suspends Premium Processing for Fiscal Year 2019 H-1B Cap Petitions

ASAP

March 28, 2018

Annual Report on EEOC Developments — Fiscal Year 2017

Littler Report

February 27, 2018

Speaking Engagements

How to Investigate Discrimination Complaints and Avoid Costly Litigation

Northeast Arkansas Society for Human Resources Conference

May 8, 2018

Education

  • J.D., University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 2015
  • B.A., Rhodes College, 2012cum laude

Languages

  • French
  • Farsi

Bar Admission

Tennessee

Courts

  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee