After graduating from Berkner High School in 1995, Armin completed an Associate Degree from Richland College in 1997 and a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1999 - with concentrations in law, social science and the digital economy. Subsequently, he enlisted in the United States Army Reserve as a Broadcast Journalist (46R) where he served honorably until 2005.
Armin graduated with honors from Texas State University with a Master of Public Administration in 2010; summa cum laude with a Juris Doctor from Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 2013; and, with honors with a Master of Laws in Taxation from University of Houston Law Center in 2014.
Armin started working at age 16. On his sixteenth birthday, he applied for a telemarketing job with MBNA America Bank. Armin turned out to be one of MBNA's best producers at the time.
Armin also committed a short stint as a licensed real estate agent in Texas when in his twenties. He was not involved in one transaction during his career as a realtor.
Armin later became a policy analyst in the Texas House of Representatives for state representative Fred Hill from 2003 to 2007. He was also a Clerk from the Local Ways and Means Committee chaired by Representative Hill during that same period.
As a broadcast journalist in the Army Reserve, Armin completed exercises at the US Army War College, Boy Scout Jamboree and Armed Forces Network (AFN).
During law school, Armin was a senior editor of the Thurgood Marshall Law Review. He also completed several legal internships with a number of attorneys and legal aid organizations in various areas of law - including bankruptcy law, criminal defense law, and tax law.
Armin has been a civil and tax attorney since 2013. He has represented hundreds of individuals and businesses in their fight against the Internal Revenue Service.
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
Regaining Confidence: Protecting the Sanctity of Elections Without Burdening Speech (2012)
Moving Towards a Supreme Tribunal: America's 21st Century Obligation to Foster Peace (2012).
Wal-Mart v. Dukes: A Need to Promulgate a More Reasonable ‘Significant Proof’ Standard for Title VII Class Certifications (2011).
