BIJAN ESFANDIARI
BEsfandiari@BaumHedlundLaw.com
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Class Actions, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Consumer Litigation,Personal Injury,
Pharmaceutical Drug Liability, Product Liability Law, Wrongful Death Law

Born:

• Teheran, Iran, 1976

Education:

• University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., cum laude, 1999)
• University of California School of Law, Los Angeles, California (J.D., 2002)
• Member, UCLA School of Law Moot Court Honors Program
• Member, UCLA Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs
  
• Contributing Author to The Docket, a UCLA School of Law Publication
  

Admissions:

• California, 2002
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2002
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2002
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 2006
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 2006
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2008
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 2008

Member:

• State Bar of California
• American Bar Association
• The American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA), Products Liability Section, STEP-Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts Section

Lectures/Speeches:

• "Strategies for Litigating Copyright Cases When Infringement is Uncontested," San Fernando Valley Bar Association - Intellectual Property, Entertainment Law & Internet Law Section, February 17, 2006
• Oral Advocacy Competition Participant, ABA Forum on Communications Law - Media Advocacy Workshop, Key Largo, FL, February 8, 2007

Author:

• "Caught Without a License," Marketing Management - Marketing Law, November/December 2007
• "Grokster: Inducing Further Litigation," ABA Tort Trial & Practice Section, Intellectual Property Law Committee Newsletter, Fall 2005.
• "Camisoles: Providing Thin Protection," IP Law 360 , September 28, 2006
• "YouTube Sued: It's a Riot," American Bar Association, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Media Privacy Committee Newsletter, Fall 2006
• "Complete Tort Immunity For Drug Manufacturers Is Bad For The Public Health: A Commentary On Colacicco v. Apotex And Other Recent Preemption Decisions", Mealey's Litigation Report: Antidepressant Report, May 2008
  http://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/articles/tort_immunity_esfandiari_2008.php

Awards and Honors:

• Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
  

Pro Bono & Civic Activities:

• Member, Representative Assembly of the Palms Neighborhood Council
• Public Counsel Volunteer Attorney, 2007

Published Cases:

• Berg & Berg Enterprises, LLC v. Sherwood Partners, Inc. (2005) 131 Cal.App.4th 802.

Practice Areas:

• Class Actions
• Complex and Multi-District Litigation
• Consumer Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Pharmaceutical Drug Liability
• Product Liability Law
• Wrongful Death Law

Languages:

• Farsi
• German (conversational)