About Robert Ounjian

Robert J. Ounjian, Esq. is a partner and experienced personal injury lawyer at Carpenter & Zuckerman. His focus includes general liability and medical malpractice litigation with an emphasis on birth injuries. Joining the firm as an associate in 2009, Robert quickly distinguished himself as an invaluable and compassionate litigator, earning a promotion to Partner in 2013. Since joining CZ Law, Robert has played an integral role in countless jury trials and arbitrations.

He second-chaired a medical malpractice birth injury case, resulting in a landmark $74.525 million verdict. In another case involving a four-year-old female seriously injured in a motor vehicle collision, Robert secured a $45 million settlement for the victim’s family. During his tenure at the firm, Robert has resolved more than 550 cases involving medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, elder abuse, and product liability.

Thus far, Robert has recovered over $450 million in justice for his injured clients. Education Robert attended Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, earning his Juris Doctor in 2000. Prior to attending law school, Robert completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Irvine.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Carpenter & Zuckerman

These results are credited to Carpenter & Zuckerman. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$45 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2016 · #13

A Los Angeles jury awarded $45 million to the four children of Claudia Fernandez after a drunk driver, whose vehicle owner negligently handed over her keys, struck and killed her at a Boyle Heights taco truck in 2012.

Los Angeles Superior Court · 2016Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$40 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2015 · #10

A Riverside jury awarded $40 million to the parents of Orlando Jordan after finding that TGI Friday's and its franchise operator bore 55 percent of the responsibility for his death, having repeatedly served alcohol to a visibly intoxicated underage patron who then stabbed Jordan inside the restaurant.

Riverside County Superior Court · 2015Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$38.6 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2012 · #10

A Newport Beach hotel guest fell two stories from a balcony with a railing eight inches below California building code height, suffered a skull fracture and catastrophic traumatic brain injury, and an Orange County jury returned a $38,628,127 verdict against the hotel in 2012.

Orange County Superior Court · 2012Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$8.36 millionVerdict

In September 2013 a Los Angeles County MTA maintenance van rear-ended a stalled Honda on the Santa Monica Freeway, and both vehicles caught fire. The driver, Xian Hui Lin, 56, died four days later. The MTA admitted responsibility, and a Los Angeles Superior Court jury in March 2016 awarded his widow and two adult children $8.36 million in damages. The parties then settled and waived appeal.

Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County (case BC546460) · 2016Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$6.63 millionVerdict

A Los Angeles jury awarded Henrietta Castrellon $6,626,603 after she slipped and fell on an unsafe floor condition at a Home Depot store, in a result the Daily Journal described as potentially the largest such verdict against the company in California.

Los Angeles Superior Court · 2025Slip & FallRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of California
B.A./B.S.
University of California
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California
State Bar of Iowa

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