Suzanna Abrahamian plays an instrumental role in the success of Martinian & Associate, Inc. Her areas of practice include traumatic brain injury, wrongful death, personal injury and premises liability on behalf of injured individuals and consumers. Ms. Abrahamian is committed to providing vigorous and ethical representation to make a difference for those who have been wronged. In addition to her work as an attorney, Ms. Abrahamian is the firm’s Managing Attorney. In that role, she oversees the management of Martinian & Associates, Inc. and its entire litigation practice.

Prior to joining Martinian & Associates, Inc., Ms. Abrahamian worked at a nationally recognized law firm in Los Angeles. Ms. Abrahamian obtained her Juris Doctorate from Southwestern University School of Law. She earned her Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. While in law school, she was a research and a teacher assistant to one of the top scholars of Southwestern University School of Law in class actions and civil procedures. Ms. Abrahamian also served as a judicial extern at the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. In her final year of law school, Ms. Abrahamian served as an extern for the California State Attorney General’s Office, in the Tort & Condemnation Section.

Ms. Abrahamian has successfully collected millions of dollars for her clients on contested cases against negligent individuals, public entities, and corporations. In her first few years with the firm, Ms. Abrahamian resolved over 160 litigated cases and collected more than $25 million dollars.

Selected Settlements

• $4,650,000 for the wrongful death of a truck driver – killed while he was attempting to free the rear axle slider with a hammer
• $4,000,000 for a premises liability case against property owner and property management involving a woman who suffered a closed head injury after falling on the staircase
• $3,500,000 for the wrongful death of a woman who was struck and killed while pushing a disabled vehicle on the 405 freeway
• Confidential seven figures for the wrongful death of a man who drowned in a pool
• $2,035,000 for governmental liability involving a left turn accident in an alleged dangerous condition at an intersection
• $1,275,000 for a complex negligence and premises liability case involving the wrongful death of a boy who drowned in a pool
• $500,000 policy limits for a case involving a woman making a left at a red light
• $325,000 settlement for a man bit in the calf by a dog.
• $250,000 policy limits for a woman injured in an automobile accident involving a minor impact – top offer prior to filing a lawsuit was $16,000

Practice Areas

• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Personal Injury
• Wrongful Death
• Premises Liability
• Governmental Liability
• Products Liability

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of California
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California

Education

Southwestern University School of Law, Juris Doctorate, May 2012

• Honors: Dean’s List, 2010
• Honors: Recipient, Dean’s Meruit Award, 2010-2011
• Honors: Recipient, Dennis P.R. Codon Family Scholarship
• Honors: Recipient, CALI Award, Civil Procedure (Spring 2010)
• Honors: Recipient, Witkin Award for Academic Excellence, Civil Procedure (Spring 2010)
• Honors: Recipient, Witkin Award for Academic Excellence, Constitutional Law (Fall 2011)
• Honors: Recipient, CALI Award, Interviewing, Counseling & Negotiating (Spring 2011)
• Honors: Recipient, CALI Award, Wills and Trusts (Spring 2011)
• Honors: Recipient, Witkin Award for Academic Excellence, Wills and Trusts (Spring 2011)

University of California, Los Angeles, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Cum Laude, May 2003

• Honors: Dean’s List
• Golden Key International Honor Society, Member, 2002-2003
• Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society, Member, 2002
• The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Member, 2000

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association of Justice
• Consumer Attorneys of California
• Consumer Attorneys of Association of Los Angeles
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Jerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer’s College