October 20th 2023.
Attorney Zulu Ali, founder and principal of the Law Offices of Zulu Ali & Associates, LLP, recently won a landmark decision establishing the standard to present claims under the United Nations Convention Against Torture. He argued this on behalf of his client, Eric Blancos Hermosillo, before the United States Court of Appeals.
On September 14, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided in a published 2-1 decision that after reinstatement of a 1999 removal order, Blancas Hermosillo expressed a fear of returning to his country of origin prompting an asylum officer to conduct a reasonable fear screening interview to determine whether Blancas Hermosillo should be allowed to establish his claims at a hearing before a Judge on his application for relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture.
The court agreed with Attorney Ali and remanded the case with instructions to provide a hearing under the United Nations Convention Against Torture before a judge. This decision establishes the standard as to the right to present a claim under the United Nations Convention Against Torture before a judge.
Attorney Ali was inspired to open the Law Offices of Zulu Ali & Associates, LLP in 2007 by the legacy of civil rights attorneys Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and Avon Williams, Jr., who used the law and courts as a vehicle to make change and protect all people against injustice. His firm focuses on representing persons accused of crimes, immigrants, and persons seeking civil justice in state and federal courts.
He earned a juris doctorate in law from Trinity International University, a masters in administration of justice and business from the University of Phoenix, and a degree with a focus on African studies from Regents College through a consortium with Tennessee State University. He is also a doctoral candidate researching pan-African business and trade at California Southern University.
Additionally, Attorney Ali is the Director of the American Committee for United Nations Oversight, an advocacy group that lobbied the United Nations for police reform in 2015. He is the Director of the Stop and Frisk Youth Leadership Academy, which mentors and trains at-risk youth to deal with police encounters; and the Director of the Southern California Veterans Legal Clinic, a legal clinic offering no cost and low-cost legal services to military veterans.
Attorney Ali is the founder and CEO of 10 Nubian Queens & 5 Kings Media, a mass media production company focusing on black family and social justice content in film, radio, theater, music, and book publishing. He is the host of the radio talk show Justice Watch with Attorney Zulu Ali, which broadcasts from NBC Radio studio in Redlands, California, and he is a member of the National Black Radio Hall of Fame – Chicago chapter.
He has been honored with multiple awards, including the Albert Neilson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021 and the Marquis Who’s Who Humanitarian Award for 2022. In 2017, Ali was recognized as one of the most influential African-American Leaders in Los Angeles by the National Action Network founded by Reverend Al Sharpton.
Attorney Ali is a devoted family man who has been married to his wife since 1986 and has four adult children, five grandchildren, and resides in Southern California with his family. For inquiries, contact Rosa Nunez, Executive Producer of Justice Watch Radio at 951-782-8722.
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