1956: Sami Bishara el-Mashney was born on the fourth of July in the then sleepy Ramallah, Occupied Palestine.
1978: Sami received his Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from Cairo University, Egypt, and worked as a pharmacist in Ramallah.
1979: Sami immigrated to and chose making America his new home. He lived with his family in Jacksonville, FL.
1980: Stephen accredited his Egyptian pharmacy education and received his second Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
1981: Stephen was licensed and worked as a pharmacist to quickly realize that the mundane count-and-pour pharmacy environment was insufficiently-challenging to him.
1984: Stephen moved to San Rafael, Marin County, CA and became licensed to practice pharmacy in California.
1988: Working as a full-time grave-yard shift pharmacist, Stephen enrolled in a four-year night-time law school program at San Francisco Law School, San Francisco, CA.
1993: Stephen passed the California Bar examination on his first attempt and was admitted to practice law in California.
1994: Stephen made Orange County and Anaheim his permanent home and place of business. He founded Mashney Law Offices in Anaheim without working for any attorney employer.
Now: Mashney Law Offices has grown and continue to grow from one person to a reputable, multi-faceted, five-attorney law firm managing cases in various California and Federal courts, encompassing matters involving medical malpractice, personal injury, automobile accidents, other serious accidents, wrongful death, drowning, sexual harassment, dog bites, bedbugs, products' liability, workers' compensation, civil litigation, criminal defense, DUI and DMV, bankruptcy, loan modification, real estate, immigration, naturalization, family law, dissolution, custody, support, estate planning, taxation, wills and trusts.
In addition to the aforementioned, Stephen has been or is now active in professional, civic, and charitable organizations including:
Sami enjoys spending quality time with his wife, daughter and son, publishing, writing, public speaking, community organizing, mentoring, tutoring, motivating others, and charitable and educational work.
