First Admitted: 2011, California

Bar/Professional Activity:

Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2014
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform - have been an active participant since 2014, 2019
Member, San Fernano Valley Bar Association, 2014
Member, CAALA, 2014

Honors/Awards:

1st Place, James E. Beckley Student Writing Competition (Securities Law), Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), James E. Beckley Student Writing Competition, 2010
Selected as Top Attorney by Pasadena Magazine, Pasadena Top Attorney, Pasadena Magazine, 2019
Recipient, CALI Excellence for the Future Award [Highest Grade]: Practical Lawyering Skills, Southwestern Law School, 2010, Southwestern Law School, 2010
Alternate Oralist & Writer, Southwestern Intramural Moot Court Competition, Southwestern Law School, 2008, Southwestern Law School, 2009
Recipient, Highest Grade, Appellate Process & Opinion Drafting, Southwestern Law School, 2010, Southwestern Law School, 2010
Member, 2008-09, Team Advisor to First Place Team, Ruby R. Vale Corporate Law Moot Court Competition, Southwestern Law School, 2010, Southwestern Law School, 2010
Pasadena Top Attorney 2015, Pasadena Magazine, 2015
Oralist, First Amendment Wechsler Moot Court Competition, Southwestern Law School, 2009, Southwestern Law School, 2010

Educational Background:

Southwestern Law School Chair, National Award Winning Moot Court Honors Program, 2011
UCLA, BA Political Science, Deans List, 2005

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Applying a Uniform Fiduciary Standard for Financial Professionals, Los Angeles Lawyer, Feb. 2013, at 8, Author, Applying a Uniform Fiduciary Standard for Financial Professionals, Los Angeles Lawyer,, 2013
Ask for Traffic School! - California Lawyer Magazine, Author, Ask for Traffic School!, California Lawyer Magazine, 2015
Storage Stop, LOS ANGELES LAWYER, June. 2013, at 28, Author, Storage Stop, Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, 2013
PIABA Bar Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4, 2009 (Westlaw citation: 16 No. 4 PIABA B.J. 343, Author, PIABA Bar Journal, 2009
PIABA Bar Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2010 (Westlaw citation: 17 No. 3 PIABA B.J. 235); Appeared in Student Lawyer Magazine, January 2011, Vol. 39, No. 5: Circuit Board News; Submitted to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) in response to the Dodd-Frank Act’s “Study Regarding Obligations of Brokers, Dealers, and Investment Advisers” – Comment No. 4-606, Author, Extending Fiduciary Duties to Broker-Dealers: Yes, We Can & Yes, We Should, 2010

Art Gharibian