Background
Najarian, Melvin Kenneth was born on September 16, 1939 in Fresno, California, United States. Son of Kenneth Misak and Elizabeth (Marashian) Najarian.
Najarian, Melvin Kenneth was born on September 16, 1939 in Fresno, California, United States. Son of Kenneth Misak and Elizabeth (Marashian) Najarian.
University of California at Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, 1961). University of California at Berkeley (Juris Doctor, 1964). Executive Assistant to Director, ACTION Agency, Washington, D.C., 1969-1972.
General Counsel, ACTION, Western Region, 1972-1973. Counsel to Director, ACTION, Washington, D.C., 19731976.
Hotel manager Yosemite Park & Curry Company, Yosemite National Park, California, summers 1961-1963. Defense appellate attorney United States Court Military Appeals, Washington, 1965-1966. Chief legal assistance for United States Army in Europe, 1965-1969.
General counsel Peace Corps, Washington, 1969, executive officer, 1970. Executive assistant to director ACTION, Washington, 1971-1972. General counsel ACTION (Western region), 1972-1973, consultant to director Washington, 1973-1977.
Partner firm Haas & Najarian, San Francisco, since 1973. Member faculty University Maryland, 1967-1970. Teacher labor law and business law, Heidelberg, Germany, 1967-1969.
Member paralegal advisory board St. Mary's College, Moraga, California, since 1978.
Editor: Peace Corps Handbook, 1970. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Commissioner California Public/Private Partnership Commission, 1982-1987. Board directors San Francisco Law School, since 1991. Served to major Judge Advocate General Corps Army of the United States, 1965-1969.
Member Federal Bar Assn, American Bar Association, Theta Delta Chi.
Married Barbara Ruth Fletcher, June 24, 1967. Children– David Kenneth, Susan Elizabeth.