Our team secured a $550,000 settlement for a student who was assaulted on school grounds by another student. The case centered on the school’s failure to maintain a safe environment and address known bullying and threatening behavior. Despite the school’s efforts to limit its liability, we obtained a strong result
Kabateck LLP congratulates Matthew P. French, who has been named to Los Angeles Magazine’s 2026 Best of L.A. Legal list. The list recognizes attorneys for their professional reputation, the quality of their legal work, and their contributions to the legal profession. Honorees are chosen through independent research and input from
Managing Partner Shant A. Karnikian was quoted in the Daily Journal on the closure of the Los Angeles County Personal Injury Hub, which officially ended Friday after more than a decade of operation. The hub, established in 2013 as a centralized system for handling personal injury cases, was created in
On the latest episode of Civil Action, our own Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian sit down with California Assemblymember Nick Schultz (D-44th District), chair of the Assembly Committee on Public Safety, to discuss the state’s legislative response to federal immigration enforcement. Schultz, a former Burbank mayor and career prosecutor, describes
One year after the Eaton and Palisades fires, some Southern California homeowners say their toughest fight has come not from the flames—but from their insurance companies. Kabateck LLP managing partner Shant Karnikian spoke to the Daily Journal about how insurers have generally paid total-loss claims more readily than claims involving
Kabateck LLP has filed a lawsuit against the City of Santa Monica and Los Angeles County on behalf of Dr. Brandon Ishaque, a radiologist who sustained devastating injuries after being struck by a vehicle in a marked crosswalk. The collision occurred on November 8, 2024, at the intersection of Wilshire
Kabateck LLP founding partner Brian Kabateck will present “Product Liability Today: Online Risks, Consumer Protection & Discovery Deep Dives” on Friday, November 14th at 2:00 PM at the 64th Annual CAOC Convention at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Brian will be joined by fellow trial attorneys Darren Aitken of
Kabateck LLP attorney Shant Karnikian provided expert commentary to NTD on the Department of Justice’s landmark $5 million Bitcoin civil forfeiture case involving SIM swap attacks. The DOJ filed a civil forfeiture action targeting Bitcoin allegedly stolen through sophisticated SIM swap attacks against five victims nationwide between October 2022 and
We’re proud to announce that Shant Karnikian, managing partner at Kabateck LLP, has been featured in the Los Angeles Times as one of Southern California’s 2025 Consumer Attorney Visionaries. Since joining the firm as a law clerk in 2013, Karnikian has built a strong reputation in insurance bad faith, disaster
Trump threatens executive order to eliminate mail-in ballots and voting machines nationwide, directly violating constitutional authority reserved to states. Donald Trump has announced plans for yet another executive order—this time eliminating mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines across the country. The proposed action represents a flagrant violation of the Constitution