Michael M. Marzban
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Encino, California
Cohen & Marzban, Law Corporation
Practice areas: Personal Injury, Products Liability, Transportation & Maritime; view more
Licensed in California since: 2005
Education: Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Languages spoken: Armenian, English, Persian (Farsi), Spanish
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2017 - 2018 Call today:
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Michael M. Marzban is a California and Nevada lawyer who relentlessly advocates protecting the rights of people who have suffered injuries and damages.
Majoring in American Literature and Culture, Mr. Marzban graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. He enrolled at Loyola Law School to study law and received his Juris Doctor in 2005, the same year he was admitted to practice.
Mr. Marzban ensures he attends to his clients personally, treating them with utmost respect and compassion. He can be relied on during their trying times. He understands the importance of creating a safe space to share their circumstances and concerns and connect with them. He graduated from the Trial Lawyers’ College Spence Method and was personally taught by Gerry Spence.
Best known in the legal community for his zeal and dedication to attaining the best results for his clients, Mr. Marzban is endorsed by both peers and clients alike. He is an eminent member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, the American Association for Justice, and the Consumer Attorneys of California. He is consistently recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer, which requires an attorney to be in the region’s top 5% of attorneys. Over the last three years, he also made the Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyers list.
He is also a proud Board Member of the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ Charities, where he focuses on giving back to the community.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff, Transportation/MaritimeFocus areas
Admiralty & Maritime Law, Animal Bites, Assault, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Pharmaceutical, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Railroad Accident, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Transportation Law, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 80% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 10% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
- 10% Transportation/Maritime
First Admitted: 2005, California
Professional Webpage: https://losangelespersonalinjury.attorney/about/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Completion of the Trojan Horse Method., 2018
- Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities, Chair of the Scholarships Committee, 2021 - Present
- Trial Lawyers College, Southern California Warriors, 2020 - Present
- Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities, Chair of the Emergency Giving Committee, 2021 - Present
- San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Member, 2006 - Present
- Justice HQ, Active Founding Fifty Member, 2020 - Present
- Member, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2005 - Present
- American Association of Justice, Member, 2005 - Present
- The Spence Method, Southern California Warriors, 2022 - Present
- Litigation Section Member, California State Bar, 2005 - Present
- Beverly Hills Bar Association, Member, 2005 - Present
- Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities, Board Member of the Emergency Giving Committee, 2021 - Present
- Trial Lawyers College, Ranch Club Member, 2019 - Present
- Member of the Board of Directors, Emeritus Board Member, Committee Chairperson, and Committee Member, Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities, which is an organization of trial lawyers dedicated to giving back to the community. This year, in particular, chairing the Emergency Giving Committee, which I helped establish, allowed us to give back to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2018 - Present.
- Member, Federal Bar Association, 2019 - Present
- Member, American Association of Justice, 2005 - Present
- Trial By Human, Member, 2019 - Present
- Completion of the Trial Lawyers' College's Voir Dire Regional Seminar, 2018
- Board Member, Loyola Law School Health Law Alumni Advisory Board, 2015 - 2016
- Member, American Association of Justice. Membership involves contributing to the national cause of consumers, 2017 - 2018
- Honorary Board Member, Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities, 2015 - 2017
- Member, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2005 - Present
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- $750,000 result in a disputed liability slip and fall in a store, 2023
- $1,000,000 policy limits for a motor vehicle accident with disputed injury causation. , 2024
- $1,125,000 disputed injury causation on a motor vehicle accident with primarily a knee injury. , 2024
- $400,000 result for a disputed liability trip and fall. , 2024
- $305,000 result for a disputed liability trip and fall case. , 2024
- $1,000,000 policy limits for automobile versus pedestrian case. , 2024
- $760,000 for a disputed liability trip and fall case due to an alleged poorly designed property. , 2024
- $150,000 result for a disputed products liability case. , 2024
- $300,000 result for a disputed liability slip and fall due to the design of a staircase. , 2024
- $3,700,000 result for a disputed liability automobile accident. Disputed injuries and medical causation. , 2024
- $3,600,000 result for a disputed liability automobile accident. Disputed injuries and medical causation. , 2024
- $3,650,000 result for a disputed liability automobile accident. Disputed injuries and medical causation. , 2024
- $1,000,000 policy limits for a disputed liability case involving a bar. , 2024
- $1,500,000 result for an alleged negligent property layout that led to a plaintiff falling. , 2024
- $396,000 result. Automobile accident. Disputed injuries. , 2024
- $755,000 result. Trip and fall. Negligent property design argument. , 2024
- $1,600,000 result for an automobile accident and an aggravation of prior medical conditions. , 2024
- $825,000 result for a disputed liability and disputed medical causation case for an automobile accident. , 2025
- $350,000 result for a disputed liability bus versus bicycle case. , 2025
- $100,000 policy limits for an automobile accident. No surgery. , 2025
- $250,000. Stumble case. No fall. Disputed liability. Disputed medical causation. , 2025
- $255,000. Slip and fall on a property. Dispute as to whether there was anything even on the floor. , 2025
- $300,000 policy limits for a trip and fall on a property. Low medical bills. Disputed liability. , 2025
- $690,000. Slip and fall in a restroom. Disputed liability. Significant prior medical history. , 2025
- $525,000 result. Auto accident. No surgeries. , 2025
- $725,000 result. Disputed liability fall case involving a negligent property design. , 2025
- $400,000 result. Trip and fall. Rolled ankle. Disputed liability. Lack of lighting. , 2025
- $2,100,000 million dollar result on behalf of an abused minor against a school district, 2022
- $3,000,000 result for an abuse case against a school , 2024
- $320,000 result for a disputed liability trip and fall at a bus stop, 2024
- $1,600,000 result for a car wreck with a prior accident and disputed medical causation , 2024
- $300,000 for a car crash involving disputed medical causation with no surgeries, 2024
- $250,000 result for a trip and fall in a roadway, 2024
- $3,000,000 result for an abuse case against a school , 2024
- $200,000 for a disputed liability trip and fall in a parking lot, 2024
- $200,000 result for a disputed products liability case, 2024
- $325,000 for a disputed liability trip and fall in a walkway to a market, 2023
- $500,000 result for a trip and fall in parking lot, 2023
- $275,000 for an injury at a store with disputed medical causation, 2023
- $750,000 result for a motor vehicle crash with disputed medical causation, 2023
- $250,000 for a car wreck with disputed medical causation, 2023
- $750,000 result for a car wreck with a prior accident and disputed medical causation, 2023
- $425,000 for a disputed liability electric scooter on an alleged dangerous roadway, 2023
- $500,000 result for a disputed liability motorcycle accident, 2023
- $1,250,000 policy limits result for a car crash with a prior accident, 2023
- $500,000 for a broken chair case at a restaurant , 2023
- $875,000 for a disputed liability car crash with medical causation issues, 2023
- $900,000 for a car crash with a plaintiff with a subsequent accident, 2023
- $200,000 result for trip and fall in a parking lot, 2023
- $200,000 for a disputed liability slip and fall in a market, 2023
- $525,000 for a disputed liability slip and fall in a market, 2023
- $625,000 for a disputed liability dangerous roadway condition involving a bicyclist and a fractured hand, 2023
- $500,000 result for a car wreck, 2023
- $750,000 for a disputed liability car crash with no surgeries, 2023
- $500,000 result for a disputed liability dangerous intersection case, 2023
- $750,000 disputed liability trip and fall at an apartment complex that the plaintiff lived in for years., 2023
- $250,000 result for a trip and fall on a road, 2023
- $750,000 result in a disputed liability slip and fall in a market, 2023
- $400,000 for a disputed liability slip and fall in a restroom, 2023
- $600,000 result for a knee injury (no knee replacement) from a motor vehicle accident, 2023
- $120,000 for a disputed liability spilled drink case, 2023
- $500,000 result for a motor vehicle accident with no fractures or surgeries, 2023
- $800,000 result for a disputed liability slip and fall in a market, 2023
- $800,000 result for a disputed liability motor vehicle accident , 2023
- $300,000 result for a disputed liability motor vehicle accident , 2023
- $185,000 result for a motor vehicle accident with no fractures or surgeries, 2023
- $300,000 result for a personal injury case involving a fall down a staircase, 2022
- $150,000 result for a personal injury case involving a motor vehicle accident not involving any fractures or surgeries, 2022
- $125,000 result for a personal injury case involving a trip and fall on a sidewalk, 2022
- $200,000 result for a personal injury case involving a trip and fall at a market, 2022
- $150,000 result for a personal injury case involving a trip and fall on the road, 2022
- $225,000 result for a personal injury case involving a disputed liability car accident, 2022
- $150,000 for a personal injury case from a slip and fall at a market , 2022
- $500,000 policy limits result for a motor vehicle accident, 2022
- $125,000 result for a personal injury case resulitng in a disputed hand injury, 2022
- $700,000 result in a non-surgical injury motor vehicle accident case, 2022
- $200,000 result in a personal injury case for a motor vehicle collission without any fractures or surgeries, 2022
- $100,000 policy limits result for a personal injury matter with no fractures or surgeries. , 2022
- $300,000 result in a personal injury case for an unsafe condition in a parking lot., 2022
- $650,000 result in a personal injury case involving a dog bite, 2022
- $600,000 result for a personal injury case for a fall in an elevator. , 2022
- $250,000 result for a personal injury case for an unsafe condition in a parking lot, 2022
- $200,000 result for a personal injury case for trip and fall on a sidewalk. , 2022
- Seven figure result in a personal injury case for a motor vehicle accident. , 2022
- $500,000 result for an unsafe condition of property in a personal injury case., 2022
- $700,000 result in a disputed liability slip and fall case, 2022
- Seven figure result in a wrongful death case involving an alleged unsafe property, 2022
- $2,100,000 million dollar result on behalf of an abused minor against a school district, 2022
- $1,300,000 result in a disputed liability motor vehicle accident. , 2021
- $5,300,000 result in a trip and fall case with disputed liability, 2021
- $3,500,000 result on a sexual abuse case, 2021
- Seven figure result in a mild traumatic brain injury case, 2021
- $300,000 result in a professional liability action, 2021
- $500,000 result for a motor vehicle accident with a client with pre-existing spinal complaints, 2021
- $305,000 result for a slip and fall within a home that plaintiff lived in and for a condition he already knew about, 2021
- $500,000 in a disputed causation spinal injury case with no surgeries, 2021
- $2,000,000 resolution in a products liability case, 2020
- $2,100,000 wrongful death resolution in a disputed liability case, 2020
- $1,700,000 resolution for a slip and fall case involving an ankle injury, 2020
- $300,000 resolution for an ankle injury in a heavily disputed trip and fall case, 2020
- 1 million dollar policy limits resolution for a car accident involving a tractor-trailer, 2020
- $500,000 resolution for an arm injury following a car accident, 2020
- $650,000 for injuries from a car accident with a plaintiff that moved out of the country, 2020
- $600,000 resolution for a dog bite injury, 2020
- $275,000 resolution for soft tissue injuries following a car accident, 2020
- $1,500,000 resolution for a heavily disputed incident on a commercial property, 2020
- $300,000 policy limits resolution for an incident involving a firecracker, 2019
- $400,000 resolution for an injury due to an alley condition being used by a motorist in a vehicle that was not street legal, 2019
- $250,000 on a disputed dog bite injury, 2019
- $500,000 on a heavily disputed motorcycle accident involving a road in poor condition, 2019
- $900,000 resolution for a spinal injury after a slip and fall, 2019
- $600,000 resolution in a multi-vehicle freeway wreck involving a tractor-trailer, 2019
- $700,000 motorcycle accident where liability was hotly contested, 2019
- $350,000 resolution on a contested liability and injury case, 2019
- $250,000 resolution for a case involving two separate incidents where injury causation was at issue, 2019
- 1 million dollar policy limits settlement due to infection from a nail salon, 2019
- 1 million dollar resolution for a heavily contested case involving a person injured on a walkway adjacent to a public sidewalk. Both the governmental entity and private property owner contested liability and they both ended up contributing in the ultimate resolution of this case, 2019
- 1 million dollar policy limits settlement for a car wreck. Heavily disputed injury causation, 2019
- 1 million dollar policy limits on a spinal injury case where injury causation was heavily disputed with multiple unrelated incidents occurring around the time of the claimed injury-causing car wreck, 2019
- $450,000 settlement of a complicated and multi-layered personal injury case, 2018
- $300,000 settlement of a medically complex personal injury case, 2018
- $500,000 personal injury case settlement, 2018
- 3.3 million dollars - settlement of legally complex wrongful death case, 2018
- $250,000 settlement of a legally complex personal injury matter, 2018
- $500,000 settlement of a personal injury matter, 2018
- $350,000 settlement of a heavily contested personal injury case, 2018
- 1 million dollar settlement of an extremely complicated personal injury matter, 2018
- $250,000 settlement of a complicated personal injury matter, 2018
- $400,000 settlement of a heavily disputed and complicated personal injury matter, 2019
- $250,000 personal injury settlement in a complicated personal injury case, 2019
- $250,000 personal injury settlement of a heavily disputed case, 2019
- $750,000 personal injury settlement, 2018
- $900,000 settlement of a heavily disputed personal injury case, 2019
- 1.1 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2018
- 3.5 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2014
- 1 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2016
- 2 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2015
- $675,000 personal injury settlement, 2016
- 2 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2018
- $650,000 personal injury settlement, 2018
- 5 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2014
- $600,000 personal injury settlement, 2016
- 1.25 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2014
- 1.9 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2016
- 3.5 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2016
- 2 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2017
- $900,000 personal injury settlement, 2018
- 1 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2014
- 1 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2018
- 1.25 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2014
- 1.5 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2015
- 1 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2015
- 8.8 million dollar personal injury settlement, 2017
Pro bono / Community Service
- Board of Directors, Emeritus Board Member, Chair, and Committee Member of the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities, which focuses on raising money for local partner charities and organizing charity and community events, 2018 - Present
- Represent individuals on a pro bono basis at restraining order hearings, 2017
- Represent individuals on a pro bono basis to obtain permanent green cards, 2017
- Little League Coaching, 2016
Honors
- Recognized as Top 100 Super Lawyer in Southern California. , Super Lawyers, Southern California, Top 100, Super Lawyers, 2025
- Recognized as a Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, Southern California, Top 100, Super Lawyers, 2024
- Selected as a Super Lawyer, Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, 2019 - 2025
- Selected as a Top 100 Super Lawyer for Southern California, Super Lawyers, Southern California, Top 100, Super Lawyers, 2023
- Award for my work with the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Charities, Recognition Award, Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Charities, 2023
- Recognized as being within a premier group of attorneys who practice civil plaintiff law from the State of California, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers, 2017 - 2019, 2022 - Present
- Recognized by the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities for my service to the community and organization, LATLC Recognition Award, Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities, 2021
- Recognized as a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum due to my litigation results on behalf of my clients, Admitted Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2014 - Present
- Recognized as a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum due to my litigation results on behalf of my clients, Admitted Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2014 - Present
- Award for outstanding dedication and service to the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities, which is well-renown as the largest and most active trial lawyers' charity organization, Presidential Award, Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities, 2020
- Selected as 2017 Rising Star by Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2016 - 2017
- Top Attorney rating from Avvo, Top Attorney, Avvo, 2018
- Based on honors, awards, and results, Charter Member, Distinguished Justice Advocates, 2017 - 2018
- Performance based award for having plaintiffs' personal injury litigation results within 1% of all lawyers, Best Attorneys of America, Rue's Ratings, 2015 - 2018
- Awarded to 1% of attorneys due to litigation results as a plaintiffs' attorney, The Litigators Award, Trial Lawyers Board of Regents, 2014
- First Honors Award - Ethical Lawyering. An award based on superior academics in the area of Ethical Lawyering, Loyola Law School
- Featured attorney status due to receiving the highest possible rating on Avvo, Avvo Featured Attorney, Avvo, 2013 - 2018
- Recognized as part of an elite group of the top attorneys from the State of California under the age of 40, Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers, 2017 - 2019
- An award based on exceptional client reviews, Clients Choice Award, Avvo, 2013 - Present
- An exclusive recognition for those who have met stringent qualifications and who have shown exemplary representation of their clients, Premier 100, National Academy of Jurisprudence, 2017 - 2019
- First Honors Award - Medical Malpractice. An award based on superior academics in the area of Ethical Lawyering, Loyola Law School
- Awarded to 1% of attorneys due to litigation results as a plaintiffs' attorney, The Litigator Award, Trial Lawyers Board of Regents, 2015
Educational Background
- Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College, Graduate, July 2018
- Trojan Horse Method, Graduate
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
- UCLA, Bachelors Degree, American Literature & Culture
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Speaker at Loyola Law School regarding law practice, in particular, Plaintiffs' personal injury, Speaker, Orientation II, 2015
- Speaker/Panelist on a three attorney panel which discussed mediations. In particular, our focus was mediation in personal injury matters, Speaker/Panelist, Mediation in Personal Injury Matters, LA Mediators / CEDRS, LA Mediators / CEDRS, 2014
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Little League Coach, 2016
Office location for Michael M. Marzban
16000 Ventura Blvd
Suite 701
Encino, CA 91436
Phone: 818-825-0074
Selections
8 Years Super Lawyers
2 Years Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2017 - 2018
