Injury Firm founder says she wouldn't be a lawyer today if her family had stayed in Iran

Hiva Bana (@heevaloo), who runs Orange County accident law firm The Injury Firm, says her career traces back to her family's move out of Iran. "If I continue to live there, I wouldn't be where I am today," she said in a Juice Unlocked podcast clip posted April 21, 2026.

In the post, Juice Unlocked said Bana described becoming an attorney as not even an option for women in Iran. The table agreed, with one speaker saying: "You can't go on the court and represent yourself or represent your clients as a woman." That is their account; the clip offers no further detail.

The dog that ended it

Bana said she was born and raised in Iran and moved to the U.S. at about 10. She called her childhood there "one of the best times of my life," while acknowledging that sounds controversial given today's politics.

What pushed her family out, she said, was one day at the park. Owning a dog was rare back then, and she said dogs are considered dirty under Islamic law. When the family let their dog run around, an officer told them to take it out. Her dad got into a confrontation with him, and the officer wrote them a ticket.

After that, she said, her parents decided they could not live in a country "where we can't even walk our dog freely in the parks anymore."

“If I continue to live there, I wouldn't be where I am today.”

About the firm

The Injury Firm's website lists Bana as founder and president. The firm has offices in Anaheim Hills and Irvine, handles car, truck and motorcycle crashes, slip-and-falls, dog bites and wrongful death cases, and lists team members who speak Persian, Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese and Arabic. It offers free case evaluations and says "No fees unless we win." Phone: (949) 575-8875.

“It was one of the best times of my life. It sounds controversial to say that these days because of all the political climates out there.”

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“My parents were like, we can't live in a country where we can't even walk our dog freely in the parks anymore.”