George Terterian

PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW

• • Brings 33 years of experience as a civil litigator and trial lawyer who ran his own practice suing slumlords for low-income tenants for over 15 years, legal aid experience with farm workers, and litigation management experience in LA firms.

• • Adept at managing multiple moving parts and litigation teams as well as experience in mass plaintiff tort litigation including mass plaintiff trials.

  • Has tried numerous cases to bench and jury and obtained 7-figure verdicts for plaintiffs and both 6-figure and 7-figure settlements.

  • Brought on as senior litigation counsel.

CAREER EXPERIENCE

• • Plaintiff Civil Litigation: Over the span of 15+ years represented low-income tenants in slum housing (habitability) litigation where he was able to force needed repairs and obtain jury verdicts of 7-figures.  Routinely obtained 6-figure and 7-figure settlements representing plaintiffs.  Legal aid experience on the California Central Coast representing farm workers, and managed civil litigation teams for boutique LA firms.  Over 33 years experience in the following types of cases:
    • Habitability Litigation (slum housing)
    • Traumatic Brain Injury
    • Defective Products
    • Automobile Collisions
    • Premises Liability
    • Retaliatory Eviction
    • Class Action for Illegal Rent Increases

• • Career Foundation:
    • 33 years experience as plaintiff civil litigation/trial lawyer
    • Multiple jury and bench trials
    • Ran solo practice over 15 years representing low income tenants in habitability litigation
    • Legal aid representing farm workers
    • Managed litigation team for boutique plaintiff firm in brain injury cases

EDUCATION

• • Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan:
    • Bachelor of Arts – History 1988
  • Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan:
    • Juris Doctorate 1991

LANGUAGES & CLIENT COMMUNICATION

• • Fluent in English and Armenian (Western, Eastern and a regional dialect)

• • Functional in Spanish and Portuguese

• • Able to take complex issues and explain in plain language for clients

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, PERSONAL BACKGROUND / INTERESTS

• • NLG (National Lawyers Guild)

• • ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)

• • SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center)

  • Born in Beirut, Lebanon and raised in Detroit, Michigan, presently working remotely from various locales including Vermont, the Canadian Maritimes, Armenia and Michigan

  • International election observer with Transparency International

  • Legal Observer with National Lawyers Guild during civil rights protests and marches

  • Has traveled to Armenia several times to conduct volunteer work as election observer and journalist/translator

  • As a grandson of 4 Armenian Genocide survivors, has taught special topics in history (genocides) in spare time as a substitute teacher and advocated on behalf of survivor’s families for worldwide recognition

  • Has coached basketball teams in spare time as volunteer coach