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Armenia
Programs
The Armenia Programs Committee, formed in 1991 in response to
the newly-gained independence of Armenia, coordinates the
efforts of the Association and its members regarding legal
projects in Armenia. The Association has sponsored seminars and
conferences designed to facilitate legal reform and to develop
the legal practice in Armenia. Many of our members have enjoyed
working visits with judges, law students, legal institutions and
parliamentarians to help promote the rule of law.
Committee Chair:
Vahan Bournazian
Assistant Dean, AUA Law
Yerevan, ARMENIA 375010
T: 374-10-51-27-55
E: bournazian@aua.am
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:
Karnig Kerkonian
The Kerkonian Law Firm, PC
1555 Sherman Avenue, Suite 344
Evanston, Illinois 60201
T: 312.342.3444
F: 312.873.4443
E:
KKerkonian@Kerkonian.com
Saro K. Kerkonian
Tennenhouse, Minassian & Adham
1101 N. Pacific Avenue, Suite 200
Glendale, CA 91202
T: 818-551-9990
F: 818-551-0273
E: SKerkonian@aol.com
Continuing Legal Education
The Continuing Legal Education Committee sponsors legal seminars
for the Association's members in an effort to promote
professional growth.
Committee Chair:
Antranig Kzirian
ANC Executive Director
104 N. Belmont, Suite 208
Glendale, CA 91206
T: 818- 500-1918
E: antranig.kzirian@gmail.com
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 Co-Chairs:
Ara A. Babaian
Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP
9401 Wilshire Boulevard, Ninth Floor
Beverly Hills, California 90212
T: 310.281.6344
F: 310.887.6893
E: ababaian@ecjlaw.com
Christine J. Engustian
1 Grove Avenue
East Providence, RI 02914
T: 401-434-1250
F: 401-434-2934
E: cje@ids.net
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 Co-Chairs:
Datev K. Shenian
Shenian Law Group
500 S. Grand Ave, 22nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
T: 213-455-3150
F: 213-455-3150
E:
dshenian@shenianlaw.com
Anahid Ugurlayan
National Advertising Division
70 West 36th Street, 13th Fl.
New York, NY 10018
T: (212) 705-0105
E:
augurlayan@nad.bbb.org
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
E: VISimonian@aol.com
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 Co-Chairs:
David H. Yeremian
ORSHANSKY & YEREMIAN LLP
9401 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 900
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
T: 310-277-9945
F: 310-277-9946
E: david@oyllp.com
Azniv Ksachikyan
ORRICK, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
777 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3200
Los Angeles, CA 90017-5855
T: 213-612-2473
F: 213-612-2499
E:
aksachikyan@orrick.com
Student Affairs
The Student Relations Committee cultivates and helps advance the
careers of law students by offering periodic seminars and
lectures, and by involving law students in the Association and
its activities.
Externship Program
Committee Co-Chairs:
Ellin Davtyan
333 South Grand Avenue, Suite 1670
Los Angeles, CA 90071
E:
edavtyan@meyersnave.com
Sonya Nersessian
Sonya Nersessian Law Office
P.O. Box 1356
Dedham, MA 02027-1356
T: (781) 899-7866
F: (781) 899-7959
E: svn27@yahoo.com
AD HOC Committees:
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
E: 7lousin@jmls.edu
Resource 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
Nigol Manoukian
Manoukian & Associates
1101 E. Broadway, Suite 207
Glendale, CA 91205
T: 818-240-1199
F: 818-240-1120
E:
Nigol@ManoukianLaw.com
Website 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 Co-Chairs:
Gary T. 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
E: gmoomjian@mwwcllp.com
Hovanes Margarian
Law Offices of Hovanes Margarian
13425 Ventura Blvd., Suite 303
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
T: 818.397.9624
F: 818.990.1418
E: hovanes[at]margarianlaw.com |
