A. ILYAS AKBARI
IAkbari@BaumHedlundLaw.com
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Aviation Accidents, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Mass Disaster Litigation, Personal Injury,
Pharmaceutical Drug Product Liability, Product Liability, Wrongful Death Law

Born:

• Kabul, Afghanistan, 1976

Education:

• University of California, San Diego, (B. S., Bioengineering, 2000)
• Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2003)
• Founding Vice President, International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers, 1999-2000
• Member, Sangam Community Service Organization
• Recipient Provost Honors
• President, Student Bar Association, 2001-2002, elected position
• Member, Entertainment Law Society, 2001-2003
• Recipient, Paul Wildman Scholarship, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03
• Recipient, Mary E. Waters Scholarship, 2001-02, 2002-03
  

Admissions:

• California, 2003
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2003
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2006
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 2006

Member:

• State Bar of California
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• The American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA) membership, Aviation Law Section
• Beverly Hills Bar Association
• Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles 

Awards and Honors:

• Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
• Southern California Super Lawyers – Rising Star, 2007, 2008
  

Practice Areas:

• Aviation Accidents
• Complex and Multi-District Litigation
• Mass Disaster Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Pharmaceutical Drug Product Liability
• Product Liability
• Wrongful Death Law

Languages:

• Farsi