ARMENIAN BAR ASSOCIATION TO HONOR 20 AS ‘RISING STARS’
By a MetNews
Metropolitan News-Enterprise
July 11 2011
Thirteen Armenian-American attorneys in Los Angeles County are among
the inaugural recipients of an award from the Armenian Bar Association,
the group said Friday.
The 13 are among the “20 Rising Stars Under 40” who will be honored
later this month because they are “successful in their professions,
leaders within their communities, and dedicated to their Armenian
heritage,” according to a release from the association.
The local honorees are Armen Akaragian of Mardirossian & Associates,
Inc. in Los Angeles; Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney Michael Amerian;
Sherman Oaks sole practitioner Hovanes Margarian; Armen Martin of Liner
Grode in Los Angeles; Ara A. Babaian of Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP in
Beverly Hills; Nareg Gourjian of the Gourjian Law Group in Glendale;
Mampre Pomakian of the Los Angeles Unified School District Office of
General Counsel; Aram Ordubegian of Arent Fox LLP in Los Angeles; Annie
Hovanessian of Vulcan Materials Company in Burbank; Chris K. Safarian
of Allen Matkins in Los Angeles; Raffi Kassabian of Reed Smith LLP
in Los Angeles; Nicole Simonian of Bryan Cave LLP in Santa Monica;
and Lara Kayayan of Home Savings of America in Los Angeles.
Of the seven other recipients, one practices in Northern California,
four in other parts of the United States, one in Canada, and one in
Hong Kong.
The awards presentation is scheduled for July 28 at 6:30 p.m. at
Pandora on Green Restaurant, located at 33 W. Green Street in
Pasadena. Those interested in attending the dinner event, for which
there is an admission charge, are asked by the association to visit
its website at