Personal
My name is Ehsanur Rahman (Ehsan). I am from Bangladesh; born in Khulna, Bangladesh. I received Juris Doctor degree from Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Bachelor of Science in Accounting from University of Houston – Clear Lake, Bachelor of Commerce from Gov’t College of Commerce in Chittagong, Bangladesh, and high school education (SSC and HSC) from Faujdarhat Cadet College. During my final year in the law school, I served as a Law Clerk to the Chief Justice Michael Schneider and Justice Tim Taft at the First Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas.
Prior to entering the legal profession and during my studies in the USA, I owned and operated couple of family businesses for about seven years. I am proficient in Bengali language, my mother tongue, and can communicate in Hindi as well. I enjoy spending leisure time with my friends in Scuba diving, skydiving, skiing, volunteering for US Air Force Auxiliary, producing weekly television programs and various other activities for my community. I got married to Samira Parvin (Nahid) on January 18, 2002; was engaged on October 6, 2001.
Here are the links to a documentary show I produced in January of 2001 on the independence war of 1971; for 28.8k 56k and DSL/Cable modem.
I am licensed to practice law by the Supreme Court of Texas and is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
Honors
- Federal Bar Association National Moot Court Competition, March 2000, Washington, D.C.
- State Bar of Texas; Administrative Law Moot Court Competition, October 2000, Austin, Texas.
- Law School Board of Advocates Moot Court-Fall ’99.
- Fall’92: Founding President of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh Students Association, UH-Downtown.
- Representative of American Bar Association at law school Student Bar.
Activities and Skills
- Private Pilot-FAA, USA; SCUBA diver-SSI; Skydive-AFF;
- Base Camp-Everest & Khumbu Falls (2007), Island Peak, Nepal (2006).
- Producer of first Bengali radio program in Texas, Betar Bangladesh: A.M. 1520 kHz; 1998.
- Producer of first Bengali television program in Texas, Banglar Mukh.