AREZOO PICHVAI

LEGAL
EXPERIENCE

TARKIAN & ASSOCIATES, Los Angeles, CA
Senior Associate: August 2007 - Present
Areas of Practice: Appellate Litigation, Business & Commercial Litigation, and Immigration.
Handling all aspects of firm’s appellate practice, including but not limited to, drafting appellate briefs, petitions for writ, and answers to writ petitions.  Successfully argued dispositive motions and other law and motion matters on various business and commercial litigation matters.

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL,
Monterey Park, CA
Deputy County Counsel: December 2002 – August 2007
Senior Associate County Counsel: October 2000–December 2002
Associate County Counsel: December 1999 – October 2000
Areas of Practice: Appellate Litigation,
Drafted and reviewed appellate briefs, petitions for writ, answers to writ petitions, and requests for publication/depublication of appellate opinions in the area of juvenile dependency law.  Argued numerous child dependency cases in the Court of Appeal on behalf of Department of Children and Family Services for Los Angeles County.  Prepared advisory memoranda on appellate action.  Supervised and trained other associate county counsel’s appellate briefs, petitions for writ, and answers to petitions.  Responded to social workers in emergency cases.

AUXILLIARY LEGAL SERVICES, INC.,
Monterey Park, CA
Associate Attorney: June 1998 – December 1999
Law Clerk: September 1997 – June 1998
Areas of Practice:  Appellate Litigation
Drafted appellate briefs, petitions for writ, answers to writ petitions, and trial motions and memoranda.  Conducted legal research on multiple aspects of juvenile dependency law.  Trained social workers for the County of Los Angeles and drafted appellate training material.

LAW OFFICES OF AMIR PICHVAI,
Beverly Hills, CA
Law Clerk: October 1992 – September 1997
Areas of Practice:  Appellate Litigation, Personal and Products Liability Litigation, and Immigration.
Researched and assisted in preparation of memoranda concerning child abuse and neglect cases.  Evaluated personal and products liability claims by interviewing clients, assisted in all aspects of the discovery phase of litigation, and negotiated settlements with insurance companies. 

EDUCATION 

UNIVERSITY OF WEST LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW,Los Angeles, CA
J.D., 1996; Admitted in California, 1998