Ardalan & Associates

View the profile as it appeared in Southern California Rising Stars 2009 (PDF)

In less than six years, Ardalan & Associates has earned a reputation as a powerhouse litigation law firm that breeds fearless trial lawyers who aren’t afraid to stand up against the largest firms in the country … and win.

Ardalan & Associates has a diverse practice that focuses on all aspects of plaintiffs’ civil litigation (including personal injury, products liability and professional malpractice), as well as family law and criminal defense.

Thorough preparation and skillful execution in handling cases has groomed this four-attorney boutique firm into a force to be reckoned with.

This year has proven to be no exception. Named to Rising Stars, P. Christopher Ardalan and Brian J. Ward have continued to demonstrate why so many attorneys trust their referrals to Ardalan & Associates, and why so many clients entrust Ardalan & Associates with their futures. In the first half of 2009 alone, Ardalan and Ward have achieved results that most attorneys told them were impossible. One such example is their most recent personal injury verdict out of Orange County. The jury’s verdict was 12 times higher than any amount ever offered by the defense and included $700,000 in general damages.

While many firms tout the millions in settlements they achieve, Ardalan & Associates focuses on a different number: the actual fair value of the case to their client. In the last 12 months, Ardalan & Associates has rejected several seven-figure settlement offers when those offers did not represent justice for their clients. For Ardalan & Associates, proper evaluation is key.

“Insurance companies and defense firms too often base their evaluations of case worth on factors that have no bearing on the true values of the harms and losses suffered by victims of wrongful acts,” says Ardalan. “They rely on juror bias, tort reform ideologies and poor plaintiff lawyering skills to justify their low damage evaluations. This is why it is our job, as trial lawyers, to make sure that every juror properly evaluates the injured party’s harms and losses like the law intends them to, without placing anything improper on the scales. It is not the medical bills and loss of earnings that are the greatest harms our clients suffer. It is the human losses: the pain, the mental anguish and the loss of enjoyment of life. It is our job to make sure the gravity of those losses are understood and evaluated by jurors deciding the fate of our clients.”

That’s why Ardalan & Associates provides more than legal representation … it provides peace of mind.