She’s down-to-earth, ten steps ahead of her last thought, and the co-founder of boutique law firm, NYA Law. Ani Nalbandian is a heartfelt homebody with a deep, close-knit tie to her family — in fact, in this interview, Ani expressed that traveling with her family is her favorite way to escape the noise. The significance of that statement lies within the method of how this interview came to be: chatting across global timezones, considering that Ani is out of the country on a month long, Italian hiatus. An extended Euro holiday, if you will. She’s more than a disciplined top-ten ranking, California personal injury attorney. The UCLA scholar is a modern voice in the sector of legal administration recognized before the California Bar. She loves the South of France, evenings spent at Madeo on Sunset, and the unrelenting pursuit of her self-mastery.

In the South of France, a small rural village teeming with sunflowers served as the backdrop of Angelique Bohbot’s adolescence. Growing tenderly alongside perfumed shrubs of lavender, Angelique reminisces that her childhood village was “like a painting by Van Gogh, with morning wake-up calls generously given by the mighty crow of a rooster. In the South of France, I was raised by my grandmother in nature: blessed with the freedom to think, dream, and express myself. It was magnificent.”