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About Arash Nematollahi

Arash Nematollahi is an attorney at Adamson Ahdoot LLP with more than 20 years of litigation and jury trial experience. He initially focused on mass tort and toxic tort cases, managing hundreds of mesothelioma matters, before transitioning around 2013 to catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death claims.

Nematollahi earned his Juris Doctor from Southwestern University School of Law in 2002 and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1998. He is admitted to the California State Bar (2003), the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Nematollahi is a member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and the Consumer Attorneys of California, and serves as a volunteer prosecutor for the Los Angeles City Attorney's office. He participated in the Los Angeles County Bar's Trial Advocacy Program in 2013. He is fluent in Farsi.

His recognitions include Super Lawyers selection (2009-present), the U.S. Top 50 motor vehicle accident settlements (2021), and the California Top 10 truck accident settlements (2021). Notable results include $5.5 million in an app-based auto accident, $2.9 million in a tractor-trailer collision, $2 million in a medical malpractice case, and numerous matters exceeding $1 million.

Practice areas

Education

University of California, Los Angeles
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California, admitted 2003
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Central District of California
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
Consumer Attorneys of California

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers (2009-present)
U.S. Top 50 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements (2021)
California Top 10 Truck Accident Settlements (2021)

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$20.58 million · Published Appellate Win Kept Memory-Care Elder-Abuse Case Before a Jury, Which Later Returned $20.58 Million
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$111.7 million · GJEL Secures $111.7 Million for Patients Who Underwent Needless Heart Surgery at Redding Medical Center
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$29.4 million (reduced on appeal; $79.8 million gross verdict) · Retired Officer Wins $79.8 Million After Defective Ethicon Stapler Causes Permanent Colostomy