Karo Karapetyan

Karo G. Karapetyan is the founding attorney of Karapetyan Law Firm, APC, with offices in Calabasas and Van Nuys. He concentrates on asset protection and California trusts and estate planning for real estate investors, landlords, business owners, physicians and families. His asset protection work includes double-layered LLC structures in which an out-of-state holding company anonymously holds a California LLC. He also serves as company attorney to businesses and handles business, real estate, landlord-tenant, employment, personal injury and lemon law matters.

Karo brings real business experience to every matter. He has owned and operated multiple businesses and franchises, including restaurants and gas stations. He has been a real estate investor since 2003 and a California real estate broker since 2006, and he worked as a Financial Adviser at Ameriprise Financial, holding Series 7, Series 66, life and annuity licenses. He also advises businesses, including law firms, on integrating AI into their operations.

A U.S. Navy veteran, Karo earned his J.D. summa cum laude from the University of West Los Angeles School of Law, where he was class valedictorian, received multiple Witkin Awards for Academic Excellence, and now teaches as an adjunct professor. He earned his B.S. in professional aeronautics and business administration, magna cum laude, from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star five times (2023 to 2027) and is a member of CAALA, LACBA and CAOC. He serves clients in English, Armenian, French, Romanian, Spanish and Russian.