Countering Violent Extremism in Syria and Beyond
Samar S. Ali
Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, 5:30 pm - Toyota Auditorium
Samar S. Ali is a Nashville attorney with Bone McAllester Norton PLLC, where she
concentrates her practice on cross-border transactions, international law and private
diplomacy. Ali also served as assistant commissioner for International Affairs for Gov. Bill
Haslam and was a White House Fellow, where, she served as an adviser on the senior staff
of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Immediately following her fellowship, she
worked as an adviser to the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, DC and in
Doha, Qatar. From 2007 to 2010, Samar was an associate with Hogan Lovells US LLP;
she worked in Washington, DC and the United Arab Emirates and established that firm’s
office in Abu Dhabi. Samar is also an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University, where she
teaches courses in international relations. She received her BS in political science with
honors from Vanderbilt and was the school’s first Arab-American elected as Student Body
President. She graduated with her JD from Vanderbilt University Law School.
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