Catastrophic Injury Attorney Armen Akaragian
Armen Akaragian represents catastrophic injury victims in high-stakes California cases involving serious harm, complex evidence, and major defendants.

Armen Akaragian, Esq.
Partner & Personal Injury Trial Attorney
Why Choose Armen Akaragian for Your Catastrophic Injury Case?
Armen Akaragian is a Los Angeles personal injury attorney and partner at Mardirossian Akaragian LLP. His official firm profile lists a practice focused on wrongful death, products liability, motor vehicle accidents, government tort liability, public entity liability, premises liability, and slip/trip/fall cases.
For people comparing product liability and serious injury attorneys in Los Angeles, Armen's public case history gives this profile more substance than a short biography. The public record connects him to product defect litigation, wrongful death matters, public entity claims, appellate work, and serious motorcycle injury verdict work.
The public record gives readers concrete verification points: California State Bar #242303, active license status, admission on May 30, 2006, U.S. District Court admission in the Central District of California, and memberships listed with CAALA, Consumer Attorneys of California, the Armenian Bar Association, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association Litigation Section Executive Committee.
If you are evaluating a catastrophic injury case, the useful signal is not simply that Armen appears on an injury page. The source-backed profile should connect the person, role, local relevance, and documented background to the claim type you are researching.
This page gives you plain-language context before you contact the firm: who Armen is, where the profile is locally relevant, what public sources support the page, and which related guidance helps you pressure-test fit.
If the case still needs more context before a consultation, move through the related legal guidance below. That path usually gives readers a better picture of deadlines, evidence priorities, and how a California personal injury claim may evolve after the first intake call.
How this attorney profile fits a catastrophic injury claim
The first question is whether this attorney record maps to the liability pattern, medical proof, and insurance resistance that usually define a catastrophic injury case. Armen's listed focus includes Products Liability, Wrongful Death, Motor Vehicle Accidents, which gives readers a more specific fit check than a surface-level biography.
The second question is local execution. Los Angeles, Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, and Santa Monica product liability, wrongful death, motor vehicle, public entity liability, and premises liability matters. That matters because venue strategy, treatment timelines, records, and witness development often change from one corridor or county pocket to another.
The third question is whether there is proof. Start with $21.654M Pannu product liability payout, review the credentials and public sources below, and then compare the broader service guidance linked on this page. That sequence gives you a much better picture than a profile page or a legal article alone.
Attorney evidence
Why this record matters for catastrophic injury research
These public-record details help visitors understand the attorney license status, case history, language support, recognition history, and published-work background before they contact the firm.
California Bar
Active since May 30, 2006
The State Bar of California lists Armen Kevork Akaragian as active under State Bar #242303.
Partner profile
Mardirossian Akaragian LLP
His official firm profile lists him as a partner handling complex personal injury matters.
Product liability record
Pannu and Uno matters
Public firm materials connect him to product defect and sudden unintended acceleration litigation.
Published appellate work
2011, 2013, 2019, 2021, 2025
His official profile lists multiple published works, including Pannu, Purton, Lewis, Tansavatdi, and Lorenzo.
Language support
English and Armenian
The firm profile and California State Bar page list Armenian language support.
Recognition trail
Rising Stars 2013-2016
Public profiles list Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars selections from 2013 through 2016.
Southern California context
Where this catastrophic injury page is locally relevant
Los Angeles / Wilshire Corridor
Product liability and serious injury consultation
The public attorney profile and CalBar listing connect the office to 6311 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, CA 90048.
Glendale and Burbank
Armenian-speaking and motor vehicle injury searchers
Armen is listed as fluent in Armenian, and the profile supports nearby Los Angeles County searches for wrongful death, collision, and product liability matters.
Pasadena, Beverly Hills, and Santa Monica
Premises liability, public entity, and catastrophic injury research
These cities are mapped as service areas for readers comparing attorney fit across high-value Southern California injury cases.
Southern California
Appeal-sensitive and evidence-heavy injury matters
The profile highlights published appellate work, Central District admission, and documented case history for more complex liability research.
Verified profile
Public facts used on this specialty page
Use these links to check the attorney license, firm profile, recognitions, and representative results directly.
Bar record
California Bar #242303
Firm profile
Mardirossian Akaragian LLP
Languages
English, Armenian
Firm profile used for admissions, education, memberships, recognitions, practice focus, representative case history, and published-work references.
California State Bar profileView sourcePublic license record confirming active status, bar number 242303, and May 30, 2006 admission date.
Pannu case result pageView sourcePublic case-result page listing a $21,654,000 total payout.
Duric case result pageView sourcePublic case-result page listing the electric motorcycle collision facts, verdict amount, and Top Verdict recognition.
Super Lawyers profileView sourceThird-party profile listing personal injury practice, California license year, and Rising Stars selection from 2013 through 2016.
Justia profileView sourceAttorney directory profile listing California bar number, language support, education, and personal injury practice.
Qualifications & Credentials
• Education
J.D., Southwestern University School of Law; B.S. in Business, California State University, Northridge
• Experience
20+ years of legal experience or attorney profile history
• Languages
English, Armenian
• Areas Served
Los Angeles, Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica
Case-history context
Public matters that support this attorney profile
These are not guarantees of future results. They are public examples that help readers understand the kinds of issues linked to Armen's record.
Product liability follow-through in Pannu v. Land Rover
The public case-result page says Armen and Garo stepped into the Pannu product liability matter and lists a $21,654,000 total payout. His official profile also connects the case to a published California appellate opinion.
View public sourceWrongful death and auto-defect work in Uno v. Toyota
Armen's official profile describes Uno as a wrongful death/products liability trial arising from sudden unintended acceleration litigation and says recovery exceeded $13,000,000 after costs and interest.
View public sourcePublic entity wrongful death settlement in Mendoza
The official profile lists Armen's involvement in Mendoza v. County of Los Angeles, a wrongful death police-shooting case that settled for $14,350,000 for the family of Frank Mendoza Sr.
View public sourceMotorcycle verdict record in Duric v. Taylor
The Duric case-result page says a jury awarded $1,437,200 after an electric motorcycle collision and that Top Verdict later named the verdict among California Top 100 verdicts for 2022.
View public sourcePublished duty and causation work in Lorenzo v. Calex Engineering
Armen's official profile says he played a leading role in a 2025 wrongful death matter where the California Court of Appeal reversed summary judgment and addressed duty and causation in construction logistics and off-site safety.
View public sourceNotable Case Results
Pannu v. Land Rover
Official case-result page lists Armen and Garo stepping in on the product liability matter and reports a $21,654,000 total payout.
View public sourceUno v. Toyota
Official attorney bio says the wrongful death/products liability verdict led to recovery exceeding $13,000,000 including costs and interest.
View public sourceMendoza v. County of Los Angeles
Official attorney bio lists this 2018 wrongful death police-shooting settlement for the family of Frank Mendoza Sr.
View public sourceLewis v. Ukran
Official attorney bio says Armen obtained a $1,654,000 verdict and the defendant later paid over $2,650,000 after appeal.
View public sourceHozelito Duric v. William Taylor
Official attorney bio lists this electric motorcycle injury verdict and notes Top Verdict later named it among California Top 100 verdicts for 2022.
View public source“Hard work, preparation, and active listening are the foundation of strong client advocacy. Armen approaches serious injury cases as both a trial lawyer and counselor for people facing life-changing harm.”
— Armen Akaragian, Esq.
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