Fatima Khan, President
Fatima G. Khan is a member of Lewis Rice's Immigration Practice Group with significant experience in immigration law. She handles employment-based and family based immigration matters, offering a wide range of immigration legal services to businesses and individuals alike. Fatima has been involved with SABA-STL for the past three years, and served as Treasurer for the past two years. In 2019 she attended the SABA-national Leadership Retreat in Boston, MA where she represented the SABA-STL chapter.
Azra Ahmad, Vice President
Azra Ahmad holds the degree of Juris Doctor (JD) from St. Louis University School of Law in St. Louis, MO; Masters of Science (MS) in Speech-Language Pathology from Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY and Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Before becoming an attorney, she practiced as a Speech/Language Pathologist providing therapy services to children and senior citizens. She is licensed to practice law in Missouri and Illinois. She is a member of Missouri Bar Association, South Asian Bar Association, WealthCounsel, and ElderCounsel. Although Azra was born and raised in New York, she feels like a native St. Louisan as she has lived in St. Louis for over 20 years with her husband and has raised her three children in the West County area. Azra serves as a board member of the St. Louis County Human Relations Commission, Muslims for a Better America (a non-profit that encourages civic engagement & voter participation) and also served on the board for many years of the Center for Hearing and Speech in St. Louis. She also actively participates in various interfaith activities including Jewish-Muslim day of service and Sisters of Salam-Shalom. She enjoys spending time with family, volunteering, hiking the many beautiful trails in the greater St. Louis area, and at times, binge-watching the trendiest shows on Netflix.
Azra Ahmad’s practice areas include Estate Planning, Elder Law, Personal Injury and Traffic Law.
Omar Malik, Treasurer
Omar Malik is an Associate General Counsel at Edward Jones. Previously, Omar was an attorney working in Trusts and Estates and Commercial Litigation at major St. Louis law firms.
Omar previously worked in multiple roles relating to tax consulting and compliance in the greater Chicago metropolitan area where he served clients across the country and overseas. He served as a Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and as a Strategic Tax Planning Supervisor for a Fortune 200 global diversified manufacturing company.
Omar earned a JD from Washington University in St. Louis, School of Law, in 2007 and a Tax LL.M. from Northwestern University School of Law in 2008. Omar holds a B.A. from Tufts University.
Malini Rao, Secretary
Malini is an Associate at Thompson Coburn LLP.
Malini previously spent nearly seven years at the Illinois Attorney General's office, focusing on False Claims Act litigation. Malini is an alumnus of the Loyola University School of Law in Chicago and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she studied English and Political Science.
SABA StL Board of Directors:
Anjali Dooley, Attorney/Owner, Law Office of Anjali B. Dooley LLC
Vivek Malik, American Immigration Law Firm
Purvi Maniar, Partner, Epstein Becker Green
Pari Sheth, Attorney/Owner, The Law Offices of Pari Sheth
Vyas Suresh, Partner, Bryan Cave
Laila Wolfgram, Associate, Polsinelli
Previous SABA StL Board of Director Members:
Maria Beg, Attorney, Department of Homeland Security
Sreenivasa Rao Dandamudi, Presiding and Managing Commissioner, Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission
Rishi Diwan, Senior Counsel, Restoration Hardware
Bhavik Patel, Shareholder, Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard
Asim Raza, Chief Legal Officer, Director of Real Estate & Marketing, Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Amit Shah, VP, Secretary and General Counsel, MiTek, USA
Nauman Wadalawala, Assistant US Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri