User:Mukhtar0701/sandbox

Career
Mukhtar started his career by serving UAE as a Soldier for eight years. While in service, he went to the School of Law in Alexandria University, Egypt and graduated with Honors in 1995. In the early years of his career, he worked as an Associate for a leading law firm in Dubai and been practicing since 1998. He specializes in Family Law and represents clients in divorce, custody, inheritance, wills and guardianship.

License
He is a licensed advocate for all the UAE Federal courts (Courts of First Instance, Courts of Appeal, Dubai Court of Cassation and the Federal Supreme Court).

Firm
Al Gharib & Associates Advocates and Legal Consultants started on June 1st 2002. In the past 15 years, the firm have built a solid reputation for legal service excellence. Founder and managing partner, Mukhtar Mohammad Gharib, is a lawyer representing clients before the Dubai Courts, specializing in the areas of Personal Status (Family Law), and is a member of International Academy of Family Lawyers, the American Bar Association, and the International Bar Association and Corporate International. The practice of Al Gharib also covers the fields of corporate matters, mergers, intellectual property, oil and gas, telecommunications, litigation and arbitration, criminal, as well as technical advice in commercial and legal issues and recently in sports and art issues. The firm received “The Family Law Firm of the Year 2017” for UAE and the “Global Award Merits” leading advisers from thousands business leaders and decision makers in the finance and advisory communities around the world.

Membership
As a member of scientific associations for legal studies and the Emirates Human rights Association, he has authored various publications on legal issues related such as drugs, criminal offense, personal affairs issues such as alimony, civil rights and commercial issues. He is an active speaker on TV Programme called Al Mohamun (The Lawyers) in the UAE.

Affiliations

 * •	International Academy of Family Lawyers
 * •	American Bar Association
 * •	American Immigration Lawyers Association
 * •	CICERO League of International Lawyers

Practice
His practice areas include
 * •	adoption,
 * •	appeals,
 * •	arbitration,
 * •	child care/public law,
 * •	child custody/residence/visitation/contact,
 * •	child support, divorce,
 * •	domestic abuse,
 * •	protection orders,
 * •	enforcement, property division,
 * •	pre/post-nuptial agreements,
 * •	relocation/removal from jurisdiction,
 * •	spousal support/maintenance/alimony, and surrogacy.

Languages
Mr.Mukhtar is fluent in
 * •	English
 * •	Arabic
 * •	Farsi.