Committees
Armenia Programs
Vahan Bournazian
Assistant Dean, AUA Law
Yerevan, ARMENIA 375010
T: 374-10-51-27-55
Armenian Rights Watch
The Armenian Rights Watch Committee monitors and takes action on issues affecting Armenians on the local, national and international levels. Members meet with international human rights organizations, raise media awareness of the Armenian Genocide and related issues, and join community task forces to battle discrimination and hate crimes against minorities.
Committee Co-Chairs:
Saro K. Kerkonian
Tennenhouse, Minassian & Adham
1101 N. Pacific Avenue, Suite 200
Glendale, CA 91202
T: 818-551-9990
F: 818-551-0273
Continuing Legal Education
The Continuing Legal Education Committee sponsors legal seminars for the Association's members in an effort to promote professional growth.
Committee Chairs:
Ara A. Babaian
Jessup LLP
9401 Wilshire Boulevard, Ninth Floor
Beverly Hills, California 90212-2974
Phone: 310-281-6344
Direct Fax: 310-887-6893
The Honorable Jacqueline Chooljian
U.S. Magistrate Judge
US District Court for the Central District of California
312 North Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Antranig Kzirian
ANC Executive Director
104 N. Belmont, Suite 208
Glendale, CA 91206
T: 818- 500-1918
Anahid Gharakhanian
Southwestern Law School
3050 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010-1106
T: 213-738-6786
Grants
The Grants Committee seeks and applies for governmental and privately endowed grants to fund its activities, such as the rule of law projects in Armenia, domestic legal assistance programs and exchange programs. The Scholarship Committee raises funds to support meritorious students of Armenian descent attending, or accepted for admission to, an approved law school in the United States, Armenia or elsewhere.
Committee Chairs:
Christine J. Engustian
1 Grove Avenue
East Providence, RI 02914
T: 401-434-1250
F: 401-434-2934
Membership Development
The Membership Development Committee reaches out to potential members by keeping the multitude of individuals joining the legal profession informed of the Association's agenda. The committee also implements programs and activities to channel the interests of existing members.
Committee Chairs:
The Honorable Zaven V. Sinanian
Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court
Stanley Mosk Courthouse
111 North Hill Street
Los Angeles, California 90012
Taline Festekjian
LyonRoss Capital Management LLC
150 East 52nd Street, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10022
T: 212-218-3916
F: 212-218-3959
Harry Dikranian
Vahan Bournazian
Assistant Dean, AUA Law
Yerevan, ARMENIA 375010
T: 374-10-51-27-55
Hovanes Margarian
The Law Offices of Hovanes Margarian
13425 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 303
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
T: 818-990-0418
F: 818-990-1418
Nigol Manoukian
Manoukian & Associates
1101 N. Pacific Avenue, Suite 303
Glendale, CA 91202
T: 818-240-1199
F: 818-240-1120
Newsletter
The Association's Newsletter Committee publishes the Newsletter, which apprises members of the Association's activities and informs them of events in the Armenian world community which warrant the Association's attention. It also features articles of human interest. The Newsletter is published on a quarterly basis.
Committee Co-Chairs:
Vicken I. Simonian
131 N. El Molino Avenue, Suite 310
Pasadena, CA 91101
T: 626-584-0043
F: 626-795-6138
Armen K. Hovannisian
15456 Valley Vista Boulevard
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
T: 213-233-9662
John J. Lulejian
1500 United States Courthouse
312 North Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 60012
T: 213-894-2434
F: 213-894-3713
Pro Bono
The Pro Bono Committee facilitates access to basic legal services for those in need and apprises Armenian immigrants of their rights and responsibilities. The committee maintains close working relationships with prominent legal and social service agencies, and state bar associations.
Committee Chairs:
Garo B. Ghazarian
Law Office of Garo B. Ghazarian
15915 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 203
Encino, CA 91436
T: 818-905-6484
F: 818-905-6481
Vicken I. Simonian
131 N. El Molino Avenue, Suite 310
Pasadena, CA 91101
T: 626-584-0043
F: 626-795-6138
Development/Fundraising
The purpose of the Resource Development/Fundraising Committee is to establish a structure for effective fundraising for the organization, evaluating the organization's future financial needs and goals; creating a long-range fundraising plan and updating it yearly; instituting a public-relations program; reporting to foundations or large donors on specific projects; and visiting major donors.
Committee Chair
Sara Bedirian, Esquire
275 South Beverly Drive
Suite 202
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
T: 310-288-9797
F: 310-288-9798
Genocide Project Committee
The Committee has been involved in two major projects. The first was the location of funds held by Armenians in banks before 1915, especially the Ottoman Bank. The Committee has obtained certain records of deposits within the Bank, which was a foreign-owned bank that dominated banking in the latter days of the Ottoman Empire. Many Armenian names, as well as the names of Greek, Arab, and Assyrian depositors, appear on the rolls. The Committee has contacted representatives of the legal organizations of those ethnic groups in an attempt to consolidate efforts toward obtaining those funds for survivors and their descendants. There are few records left in survivors' families, and the old Ottoman Bank's deposits have been scattered throughout several banks in Turkey, which makes the funds difficult to trace.
The other major project has centered upon the life insurance cases, especially Marootian v. New York Life Insurance Company. The Chair cooperates with the Co-chairs of the Armenian Rights Watch Committee in monitoring the progress of those cases and in developing possible positions the Armenian Bar Association could take.
Committee Chair:
Professor Ann M. Lousin
The John Marshall Law School
315 S. Plymouth Court
Chicago, IL 60604
T: 312-987-1434
F: 312-427-8307
Nominations Committee
Committee Co-Chairs
Vicken I. Simonian
131 N. El Molino Avenue, Suite 310
Pasadena, CA 91101
T: 626-584-0043
F: 626-795-6138
Gary Moomjian
Moomjian, Waite, Wactlar & Coleman, LLP
100 Jericho Quadrangle, Suite 225
Jericho, New York 11753
T: 516-937-5900, Ext. 47
F: 516-937-5050
Social Media Committee
The purpose of the Website Committee is to maintain current information on the Armenian Bar Association Website and expand the site’s usefulness to members.
Committee Chairs:
Martha Mensoian
Capstone Holdings Group, LLC.
44 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Hovanes Margarian
Law Offices of Hovanes Margarian
13425 Ventura Blvd., Suite 303
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
T: 818.397.9624
F: 818.990.1418
Datev K. Shenian
Shenian Law Group
500 S. Grand Ave, 22nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
T: 213-455-3150
F: 213-455-3150
News
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in a unanimous opinion authored by retired Associate Justice of the ...
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