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Defending employers, insurance carriers and third party administrators since 1962
HENRIK KARAPETIAN
EDUCATION
HENRIK KARAPETIAN completed his undergraduate education at California State University, Northridge, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Business Law. Mr. Karapetian received his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School and was admitted to the State Bar of California shortly after. He is a member of the American and Los Angeles County Bar Associations.
BACKGROUND
After admitted to the Bar, Mr. Karapetian started his own litigation practice, specializing in all types of injury cases. He has represented clients in a variety of different claims and gained experience handling request for orders, emergency motions, depositions and trials.
In 2012, Mr. Karapetian was an associate at a large Workers Compensation Defense firm where he defended insurance companies and self-insured employers in all phases of litigation. He joined Samuelsen, Gonzalez, Valenzuela and Brown in 2016 and has continued to zealously defend insurance companies. He is well versed in court appearances, having handled numerous status conferences, mandatory settlements conferences, priority conferences and expedited hearings. Through his extensive litigation experience, Mr. Karapetian has adapted an aggressive and effective litigation style that has helped him achieve favorable results for his clients. Mr. Karapetian works diligently to maintain strong relationships with his clients, placing their goals and needs as his primary focus.
We are pleased to have Mr. Karapetian as an attorney in our Burbank office.
AUGUST 2016
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ERACLIS E. PELARGOS
EDUCATION
ERACLIS E. PELARGOS obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California,
Los Angeles. While at UCLA, he received the Jim Papangelin Memorial Scholarship Award and was
involved with the Pre-Law Society and the Hellenic-American Student Organization. Mr. Pelargos
continued on to receive his Juris Doctor from Albany Law School in New York, where he was involved in
the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity and received the LexisNexis Professional Research Certification.
BACKGROUND
Mr. Pelargos began his career as a Legal Assistant specializing in patent and trademark law. He
conducted legal research, drafted and filed patent applications with the US Patent and Trademark Office
and filed pleadings with the Los Angeles Superior Court. While attending law school, Mr. Pelargos
interned with a large Workers’ Compensation Defense firm for two summers. Some of his tasks included
reviewing medical reports, drafting deposition summaries, settling outstanding liens and creating new file
summaries. He also shadowed one of the managing partners of the firm in trials, depositions and cross
examinations, and client interactions. Upon graduating law school, he began working as a Hearing
Representative and a Paralegal at the defense firm he was previously interned at. Mr. Pelargos has
successfully litigated both case-in-chief and lien claims from case commencement all the way through
trial. He has experience managing a large caseload and has been recognized among clients for his high
closure rate. Mr. Pelargos is fluent in Greek and speaks conversational Spanish with the ability to read
and write.
Mr. Pelargos is a Hearing Representative in our Encino Office.