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
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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