Michel J. Rouhani obtained his Doctor of Law degree (J.D.) in 1992.  He was licensed to practice law in California in 1992. 

He is a member of the State Bar of California (since 1992), and admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of California, all Courts of the State of California, the Supreme Court of the United States of America, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

He is accredited by the Consulate of France in San Francisco as a lawyer serving the legal needs of the French community in the Bay Area.

For the past 30+ years, he has been representing Businesses and Individuals, Plaintiffs and Defendants, and Debtors and Creditors in both State and Federal Courts.

He has extensive Trial, Litigation, Arbitration, and Mediation experience in both State and Federal Courts.

He was commended by the Santa Clara County Bar Association and the Pro Bono Project of Santa Clara County for his contributions to the delivery of Pro Bono legal services in Santa Clara County.

In addition to his California law degree, he holds several law degrees from the University of Paris II Law School,  Panthéon-Assas (the top law school in France), and the Diploma of the elite Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Paris).  He is an alumnus of the Hague Academy of International Law in the Netherlands.