Edwin Aiwazian

Attorney Edwin Aiwazian is the managing member of Lawyers for Justice, PC, in Glendale, California. A top-rated trial attorney with more than 15 years of legal experience, Mr. Aiwazian provides invaluable counsel and support to a diverse range of clients throughout the state who have legal needs involving any of the following:

·       Complex plaintiff employment law claims and class actions involving wage and hour disputes, employee misclassification, unpaid overtime and other similar matters

·       Racial discrimination in the workplace

·       Unfair business practices and consumer fraud

Prior to establishing Lawyers for Justice, PC, in 2008, Mr. Aiwazian worked for another prominent law firm in the area, where he gained extensive experience handling class actions as well as toxic torts and products liability claims, insurance bad faith claims, medical malpractice claims, and premises liability claims. Over the course of his legal career, he has argued more than 100 motions and taken part in more than 175 mediations, and he has taken or defended more than 150 depositions while preparing dozens of expert witnesses for trial.  He has been appointed as class counsel in more than seventy-five (75) cases since June 2011. In just the last 1.5 years, he has obtained class certification and been appointed as class counsel, by way of contested motions, in 7 separate cases.  Under his supervision, his firm has litigated at least one thousand (1,000) putative class and/or representative actions.

From his efforts, Mr. Aiwazian has secured millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for his plaintiff clients, and he holds a listing from TopVerdict.com for having secured the Top 50 Class Action Settlements and Top 10 Labor & Employment Settlements in the United States as well as the Top 10 Labor & Employment Settlements and Top 20 Class Action Settlements in California. He has also received consistent top rankings from his peers along with numerous testimonials and referrals from those he has served.

Mr. Aiwazian obtained his Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2004 and has extensive formal training in dispute resolution and negotiation from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. The State Bar of California admitted him to practice that same year, and he is also admitted to practice before all federal district courts in the state. Along with maintaining a successful legal practice, Mr. Aiwazian has also served as pro bono mediator for the Los Angeles County Superior Court.