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    DAILY JOURNAL NAMES MARDIROSSIAN AS TOP 100 CALIFORNIA LAWYER

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    10:55, September 13, 2012

    Civil rights cases are often personal injury disputes in which people's
    constitutional rights have been violated, Mardirossian said.

    "Coming from people who have been persecuted over the centuries,
    I wanted to do what I could to help those in this country who have
    been persecuted," said Mardirossian, who is of Armenian heritage.

    In 1989, he found his calling when he ended up representing the Dole
    family, who were his friends, in a lawsuit against the Los Angeles
    Sheriff's Department stemming from charges that deputies had brutalized
    36 partygoers at a wedding shower in Cerritos.

    Mardirossian obtained a jury verdict and judgment of $24.8 million -
    the largest judgment in history against the department.

    Since then, Mardirossian has tackled a number of landmark products
    and negligence cases with multimillion-dollar verdicts.

    Currently, he is preparing for what will be the first state bellwether
    personal injury case to go on trial in California next year in the
    closely-watched Toyota unintended acceleration litigation. Toyota
    Motor Cases, JCCP 4621 (L.A. Super. Ct., filed March 22, 2010).

    Mardirossian is representing the son and husband of Noriko Uno, who
    was killed in a 2009 accident when her 2006 Camry allegedly sped out
    of control, forcing her to turn into oncoming traffic on a one-way
    street in Upland.

    In another emotional case, Mardirossian represents the father of
    a homeless, mentally ill man who died after an encounter with six
    Fullerton police officers.

    In July, Ron Thomas, the father of Kelly Thomas, filed suit in Orange
    County Superior Court against the city and the officers involved.

    Thomas v. City of Fullerton, 30-2012-00581299 (Orange Super. Ct.,
    filed July 5, 2012).

    The lawsuit was filed on the first anniversary of Kelly Thomas'
    fatal beating, which was caught on a nearby police surveillance camera.

    The case has attracted attention abroad, Mardirossian said, recalling
    his conversation at a fast-food emporium with police who had heard
    about the incident.

    "I was in London for the Olympics and my son and I went to McDonald's,"
    Mardirossian said. "There were a couple of British bobbies there,
    and they were shaking their heads. They were shocked at the quick
    call-to-arms and beatings by American police."

    By PAT BRODERICK / Daily Journal

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