
Career Highlights: Nominated to the 2nd District Court of Appeal by Gov. Gavin Newsom, May 7, 2025; appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, Dec. 5, 2013; senior appellate court attorney, 2nd District Court of Appeal, Div. 3, 2008-13; partner, Case Knowlson Jordan & Wright LLP, 2002-08; associate, Case Knowlson Jordan & Wright LLP, 1997-02; research attorney, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 1996-97
Law School: Southwestern Law School, 1995
By Brian Cardile
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Roughly a century ago, Armen Tamzarian's grandparents fled their Armenian homeland to escape systematic and ethnic-based murder sanctioned by the crumbling Ottoman Empire during World War I.
Tamzarian's grandparents escaped with their lives, but little else. Nearly all of their property and many of their relatives fell victim to the tragedy, which the United Nations has since recognized as... (continued)