Born to be a Trial Lawyer with Arash Homampour

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Join Ben and Rahul for their interview of famed Los Angeles trial lawyer, Arash Homampour. Arash has perfected the ability to trial difficult liability and damages cases to outlier high verdicts. Arash explains how he channels his innate connection with his clients and abilities as a trial lawyer to achieve these results. Arash discusses his upbringing as the child of first-generation Iranian immigrants and how he went from failing the bar examination to being one of the most accomplished and successful trial lawyers in California and the United States. You don’t want to miss this episode!

About Arash Homampour

https://www.homampour.com/

Arash Homampour Has Obtained Over $1 Billion Dollars in Settlements, Verdicts and Judgments for His Clients.

He is a trial attorney who in the last five years alone has obtained many successful trial results (ranging from $2.5 million to $60 million) against Sunbeam Products, the State of California, Costco Stores, Farmers Insurance Exchange, Allstate Insurance, and Louisville Ladder in a wide array of cases involving dangerous roads, dangerous ladders, dangerous premises, and unlawful employment practices.

In 2023, he has been named one of Daily Journal’s Top Plaintiff Lawyers In California.

In 2023, he has been named one of Daily Journal’s Top 100 Lawyers In California.

In 2023, he has been named one of the Top 10 Southern California Super Lawyers, 3 consecutive years.

In 2023, he has been named the Best Lawyers® 2023 Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs “Lawyer of the Year” in Los Angeles.

In 2023, he has been recognized by the Los Angeles Times as a legal visionary.

In 2022, Homampour Law Firm was honored to be one of Top Verdict’s Top 10 Verdicts in California.

In 2002, Homampour Law Firm was honored to be one of Top Verdict’s Top 20 Verdicts in California.

In 2022, Homampour Law Firm was honored to be one of CVN’s Top 10 Most Impressive Plaintiff Verdicts of the year.

In 2022, he recovered a verdict of $60 million.

In 2022, he recovered a verdict of $34 million.

In 2022, he recovered a verdict of $36 million (wrongful death)

In 2022, he recovered a settlement of $23 million (dangerous condition of public property)

In 2022, he recovered a settlement of $15.92 million (dangerous condition of public property)

In 2022, he recovered a settlement of $10 million (dangerous condition of public property)

In 2022, he recovered a settlement of $8 million (dangerous condition of public property)

In 2022, he has been named one of the Top 10 Southern California Super Lawyers.

In 2022, he has been named one of Law360°’s Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar.

In 2021, he recovered settlements of $24 million (dangerous condition of public property) and $8 million (dangerous condition of public property)

In 2021, he has been named one of the Top 10 Southern California Super Lawyers.

In 2021, he has become an Entrepreneur Leadership Network Contributor.

In 2020, he recovered verdicts of $32 million (single plaintiff settlement premise and product liability case), $5.3 million (confidential settlement) and $5 million (disputed policy limits settlement).

In 2019, he recovered a verdict of $30 million (wrongful death of driver that hit improperly parked truck), $12 million (wrongful death) and $5 million (liability and damages settlement)

In 2018, he received the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA’s) Ted Horn Memorial Award presented to the lawyer who has provided outstanding service to the Association and the legal community.

In 2018, he received the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association Top Gun/Trial Lawyer of the Year award in Products Liability.

In 2018, he recovered verdicts of $12.25 million (wrongful death of man at swap meet) and $10 million (fatal vehicle versus motorcycle) and was named in the Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyers for the 7th year in a row.

In 2017, he recovered settlements & verdicts of $14.5 million (insurance bad faith), $14.25 million (wrongful death of a motorcyclist) $4.5 million (auto vs. truck).

In 2016, 2018 and 2019, he has been named one of the Top 30 Plaintiff’s attorneys in the State by the Daily Journal.

In 2016, he was awarded the Ventura County Trial Lawyers Association Trial Attorney of the Year award.

In 2015, he recovered verdicts of $16.2 million (motorcycle rider suffered a head injury), $5.6 million (wrongful death of 83 year old), $60 million (wrongful death of mother in fire started by a defective space heater), $14.2 million (dangerous condition wrongful death case for lack of warning signs against Caltrans) and $14 million (bad faith claim against Allstate Insurance Co.).

In 2010, he was named by the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) as its Trial Attorney of the Year. CAALA is the largest plaintiff attorney group in the country.

In 2007, he was named one of the Top 20 Attorneys Under the Age of 40 in the State of California by the Los Angeles Daily Journal. Every year since 2004, he has received nominations for Trial Attorney of the Year by the Consumer Attorneys of California and/or CAALA.

Since 2005, he has been designated a Super Lawyer by Los Angeles Magazine and Law & Politics.

Since 2010, he has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyers which is based on the lawyers who received the highest point totals in the Southern California nomination, research and blue ribbon review process.

He has also successfully briefed and argued many appeals, including a recent California Supreme Court victory in Cortez v. Abich (2011) 51 Cal. 4th 285.

Arash frequently lectures throughout the state on all matters related to trial practice and has published many articles. You can find copies of those articles or videos of his presentations at www.caala.org or www.caoc.org

Areas of Practice

• Litigation
• Insurance Bad Faith
• Personal Injury
• Employment
• Business

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• California, 1993
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1993

Education

• Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California
• University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
• B.S., Bachelor of Science – June, 1989
• Major: Economics/Finance