Kabateck LLP’s strategic expansion of its wildfire litigation practice was featured in the Daily Journal this week, highlighting the firm’s addition of two experienced attorneys as it manages substantial caseloads from the devastating Eaton Fire that struck Altadena and Pacific Palisades on January 7. The firm has hired Jesse A.
Kabateck LLP managing partner Shant Karnikian analyzed the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against Orange County Registrar Bob Page for OrangeCountyLawyers.com. The DOJ lawsuit, filed June 25 in federal court, alleges that Page violated the National Voter Registration Act and Help America Vote Act by refusing to provide records related
Kabateck LLP Managing Partner Shant A. Karnikian was quoted in the Daily Journal discussing the California Department of Insurance’s investigation into State Farm’s handling of wildfire claims from the January Eaton and Palisades fires. Karnikian discussed the significance of the state’s investigation and its potential impact on policyholders seeking fair
Kabateck LLP Managing Partner Shant Karnikian was featured on ABC30 news discussing the ongoing challenges faced by hundreds of residents affected by the devastating January 2023 Planada floods. The firm is representing flood victims who continue to face health hazards and inadequate compensation more than a year after the disaster.
Altadena and Pasadena residents have filed lawsuits against Los Angeles County and the City of Pasadena for failing to inspect rental homes for toxic contamination following the Eaton Fire. The suits allege violations of Health & Safety Code Section 17970.5, which requires inspection of buildings with potential lead contamination or
The Superior Court of Los Angeles County has implemented a new procedure to handle the 48% increase in unlimited civil filings since 2008. The court will now automatically set Order to Show Cause hearings 60 days after Notices of Settlement are filed, streamlining the dismissal process while retaining jurisdiction to
KBK attorneys Gary Partamian and Sheri Lalehzarian were published in the Daily Journal this week. Their article addresses how current summary judgment scheduling practices are causing unnecessary trial delays in California courts. In their piece titled “How summary judgment hearing dates are causing preventable trial continuances,” the attorneys examine how
In the aftermath of the Eaton Fire, some homeowners in Altadena might have seemed like the “lucky ones”—their houses still standing while others burned to the ground. But as KTLA’s recent profile of KBK’s Anastasia Mazzella reveals, the truth is far more complicated. Anastasia’s own home survived the flames, but toxic
By H. Dennis Beaver, Esq. The recent wildfires in Southern California and natural disasters elsewhere in the country have left thousands of people grappling with enormous loss — and the complex insurance claims process that follows. Insurance companies owe a duty of good faith and fair dealing with policyholders. Unfortunately,
LA County officials are calling for an investigation into the county’s emergency alert system in light of the discovery that all 17 confirmed deaths from the Eaton fire occurred in west Altadena neighborhoods that did not receive evacuation orders until flames were already dangerously close. KBK’s Shant Karnikian told Pasadena Star-News