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Shahram A. Shayesteh
Girardi & Keese
1126 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213-977-0211 (firm)
213-481-1554 (fax)
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Shahram A. Shayesteh specializes in the areas of serious personal injury, automotive products liability, entertainment law, intellectual property law, and consumer rights class action litigation. He is not only a litigator but he has also prepared appellate briefs for and argued over 20 appeals before the California Supreme Court, California Court of Appeal, and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal.

VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS:

Settlement, $10,000,000 against international law firm for fraud and malpractice.
Confidential
Settlement, $3,100,000 against municipality for dangerous condition of public property.
Pulido v. City of West Hollywood, LASC Case SC 086745
Verdict, $1,000,000 against Fortune 500 company for Gender Discrimination and Wrongful Termination.
Carter v. CB Richard Ellis, OCSC Case 816619
Settlement, $850,000 against automobile manufacturer for wrongful death caused by rollover incident.
Confidential
Settlement, $665,000 - against automobile manufacturer for wrongful death caused by airbag defect.
Confidential
Verdict, $600,000 against contractor for construction site incident.
Robb v. Baxter Blasting, OCSC Case 00CC10166

Areas of Practice

Serious Personal Injury
Automotive Products Liability
Entertainment Law
Intellectual Property Law
Consumer Rights Class Action Litigation

Education

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
J.D. - 2000
Law Review: Loyola Law Review, Articles Editor, 1999 - 2000
University of California (UCLA)
B.A. - 1995
Honors: Editor, UCLA Westways Magazine (1994-1995)

Representative Cases

HLC Properties, Ltd. v. Superior Court, 35 Cal.4th 54. (2005)
Winfred D. v. Michelin North America, Inc., 165 Cal.App.4th 1011 (2008)
Maughan v. Google Technology, Inc., 143 Cal.App.4th 1242 (2007)
Carter v. CB Richard Ellis, Inc., 122 Cal.App.4th 1313 (2005)

Honors and Awards

Los Angeles Magazine, "Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star", 2005 - 2008
Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships

Iranian-American Lawyer's Association, Board of Directors, 2005 - 2006
American Association for Justice
Public Justice Foundation
Attorneys Information Exchange Group
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
Consumer Attorneys of California

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