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Abraham Dervishian, Esq., is a founding partner of D & Z Law Group and one of its lead trial attorneys. Mr. Dervishian began to practice law in 2009 and primarily focuses his practice on Serious and Catastrophic Personal Injury cases, as well as Mass actions against insurance companies for their unfair treatment of their insureds. From the beginning of his career, Mr. Dervishian decided that his calling was to help individuals who have been wronged, whether it be by the government, businesses or other individuals, he has since been committed to put right what once went wrong.
Mr. Dervishian is regularly hired by other law firms to be lead trial counsel on their cases. He has been the lead trial attorney on multiple million+ verdicts for injured clients, several of which have been ranked on the list of Top Verdicts in California. Mr. Dervishian has been recognized by several prestigious organizations in the legal community. Notably, Mr. Dervishian has been selected as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” from 2016-2020. He has been named to the Million Dollar Verdict Club, has been selected as a Super Lawyer in 2021 and 2022, and was selected as one of the top 100 Up-and-Coming attorneys under the age of 40 by Super Lawyers in 2019.
Prior to starting his own Law Firm, Mr. Dervishian worked as a litigation attorney at other personal injury firms where he began to hone his skills as an Attorney. However, he began to notice that prior to having cases assigned to him to file lawsuits, these firms were not involved enough with their clients and did not pay the requisite attention to their clients and their cases to bring about a better result. Mr. Dervishian realized that this type of care must be taken from the moment a client has retained the law firm. As such, Abraham decided that he can provide superior service to his clients by putting in place the right strategy and skills to move his clients cases forward with the purpose of recovering greater settlements and verdicts. Mr. Dervishian recognized such service cannot be attained individually and would require a team of motivated and likeminded individuals who took pride in their work and genuinely cared about their clients, as such D & Z Law Group recruited the right staff with the right skills to their team in order to bring about their goal of providing excellent client service and attaining the best results for their clients.
Abraham also dedicates a significant amount of time to community service organizations and has volunteered with California’s Parole Advocacy Program and the Public Defender’s office. He is currently the CEO and a Board Member of Miracle Kare 4 Kids, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public on the impact of childhood diseases and providing healthcare for indigent children who have such diseases.
Erik Zograbian, Esq. is one of D & Z Law Groups’ lead trial attorneys and founding partners. He handles serious injury and wrongful death cases, pedestrians, auto, truck, and motorcycle accidents, slip and fall accidents, as well as industrial or construction accidents. Mr. Zograbian also represents consumers in mass actions against insurance companies for bad faith practices against their insureds.
He has tried and obtain several multi-million dollar verdicts for his injured clients, including a $3.2 million dollar verdict in 2016, which was the #1 Verdict in California for a slip and fall case in 2016. He followed that up with a $1.2 million dollar verdict in 2018, which was one of the top 40 verdicts in California for Premises Liability, and a $1.9 million dollar verdict in 2019, which was a top 20 Verdict in California. He has aggressively pursued and obtained numerous multi-million dollar settlements for his clients.
He has been consistently ranked top in his profession for his work in Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs with selection to the Super Lawyers list since for 2021 and 2022, which recognizes no more than five percent of attorneys in the state. Prior to that Mr. Zograbian was selected as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” from 2016-202020 – an honor awarded to the top 2.5 percent of lawyers in the Southern California area under 40 years of age. He was also named to the Super Lawyers Up-and-Coming 100 list for 2019 and 2020.
Mr. Zograbian, is a graduate of Loyola Law School (J.D., cum laude and order of the coif 2006).
He completed his undergraduate studies at University of California, Santa Barbara, (B.A., with honors, 2003), with a degree in Political Science, International Relations and Slavic Languages and Literature, studying abroad in Moscow, Russia in the fall of 2002.
Associate Attorney
Laura Tagmazian acquired her law degree from Southwestern Law School, where she served as Chair and Advocate for the Trial Advocacy Honors Program. During her time in law school, she volunteered as a Certified Law Clerk for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, earning a Public Service Award. Prior to attending Southwestern, Ms. Tagmazian graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a degree in Mathematics and Slavic Languages and Literature.
After graduating from law school, Ms. Tagmazian continued to sharpen her trial skills by participating in the highly recognized American Board of Trial Advocates Fellowship. Ms. Tagmazian’s diverse experience, including working behind the bench and with both criminal and civil trial attorneys, gives her a unique insight into all aspects of litigation.
Ms. Tagmazian has represented clients in an array of personal injury matters, including serious automobile, pedestrian, truck, and motorcycle accidents, and premises liability cases, such as slip and fall accidents. Ms. Tagmazian’s legal practice also focuses on representing consumers in mass actions against insurance companies for bad faith practices against their insureds. Ms. Tagmazian also represents those injured and affected by medical malpractice, wrongful death, and elder abuse and neglect. She dedicates herself to ensuring her clients receive the maximum recovery available to them while holding individuals, public entities, and corporations accountable for their negligence.
In her ongoing pursuit of seeking justice and accountability for those who have been wronged and injured, an October 2020 brief authored by Ms. Tagmazian and submitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which involved issues of constitutional and civil rights violations, was granted, published and indoctrinated as law.
Before advocating for the injured, Ms. Tagmazian was a medical malpractice defense attorney. She successfully defended, represented, and advised various health care providers, including insurance companies, hospitals, physicians, nurses, skilled nursing facilities and residential care facilities, on various matters involving risk for exposure and liability, such as claims of medical malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death. Now, Ms. Tagmazian uses her unique defense experience and perspective to protect the interests and rights of those who have been harmed and seriously injured.
Ms. Tagmazian is admitted to practice before all California State Courts, the United States District Court in the Central District of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Over $30,000,000 Recovered For Homeowners Affected By Smoke And Ash From Wildfires
$3.4 Million Verdict In Slip And Fall Incident Resulting In Spinal Injuries Requiring Lifetime Pain Management Injections. The Defense Argued The Fall Was Due To Plaintiff’s Fault Because She Fell Near A Wet Floor Sign. We Were Able To Show That Jack In The Box Used A Dangerous Product To Clean Their Floors Making The Floors Extremely Dangerous. Defendant’s Highest Offer Was $100,000.
$1.9 Million Verdict In Auto V. Truck Accident Resulting In Neck Injury Requiring Surgery. Defendant’s Highest Offer Was $300,000.
$1.35 Million Verdict In Slip And Fall Incident At Whole Foods. The Defense Argued Plaintiff Was Not Injured And Only Offered $30,000.