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September 02, 2010

J. CLARK ARISTEI: Aviation Accidents, Catastrophic Injury, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Cruise Ship Accidents, Maritime Tort Law, Mass Disaster Litigation, Product Liability, Railroad Accidents, School Bus Accidents, Wrongful Death Law

J. CLARK ARISTEI
CAristei@BaumHedlundLaw.com
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Aviation Accidents, Catastrophic Injury, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Cruise Ship Accidents, Maritime Tort Law, Mass Disaster Litigation, Product Liability, Railroad Accidents, School Bus Accidents, Wrongful Death Law

Born:

Washington, D.C., 1948

Education:

Los Angeles Harbor College (A.A., 1968)
California State University at Long Beach (B.A., cum laude, 1971)
University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California (J.D., 1975)
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law (1973)

Admissions:

California, 1975
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1975
U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1979
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1993
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1997
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2006
US District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2010

Member:

State Bar of California
Consumer Attorneys of California
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Bar Association
California Farm Bureau Federation
Co-Lead Plaintiffs' Counsel for the Coordinated Discovery Cases, Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 accident, Burbank, California, 2000
Trial Team Member, 2003: Airborne Charter Inc./Avjet, Aspen, Colorado, 2001
Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee Member, Glendale Metrolink Derailment Cases, Glendale, California, 2005
Trial Co-Counsel, 2006; 1998 Bell Helicopter crash in Los Angeles, California
Trial Co-Counsel, 2006; 2004 Tyson Foods truck crash near Crestline, Ohio
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee Member, Chatsworth Metrolink Collision Cases, Chatsworth, California, 2008

Legal Teaching Position:

Adjunct Professor of Law, University of West Los Angeles School of Law (1986-1997)

Lectures/Speeches:

"Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases in California," Lorman Education Services, August 2001 and January 2002

Author:

"Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases in California: Trying Your Case to Verdict or Settlement," Lorman Education Services, January, 2002

Awards and Honors:

AV® 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated through Martindale Hubbell
Selected to: Southern California Super Lawyers 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010
Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in American Law
Who's Who in the World
National Air Disaster Foundation Safety Award, 2002

Published Cases:

Penner v. Falk
153 Cal. App. 3d 858, 200 Cal. Rptr. 661 (1984)
Geffen v. County of Los Angeles
197 Cal. App. 3d 188, 242 Cal. Rptr. 492 (1987)
Cheng v. United Airlines, Inc.
1995 WL 42157 (N.D. Ill. 1995) reconsideration denied by Cheng v. United Airlines, Inc. 1995 WL 314575 (N.D. Ill. 1995)
In re Air Crash Off Point Mugu, California, on January 30, 2000
145 F.Supp.2d 1156 (N.D.Cal., 2001)
McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co., Inc.
211 F.R.D. 381 (C.D.Cal., 2002)
McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co., Inc.
208 F.R.D. 617 (C.D.Cal. 2002)

Practice Areas:

Aviation Accidents
Catastrophic Injury
Complex and Multi-District Litigation
Cruise Ship Accidents
Maritime Tort Law
Mass Disaster Litigation
Product Liability
Railroad Accidents
School Bus Accidents
Wrongful Death Law

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