Garo Mardirossian

Garo Mardirossian (born 1956)^{[1][2][note 1]} is a prominent Armenian-American lawyer practicing in Los Angeles.^[1] Mardirossian has handled significant cases involving personal injury, civil rights, complex litigation, product liability, and constitutional law. Several of the cases he has been involved in have garnered national and international attention, including the Dole bridal shower^[1] and the Thomas beating cases by different police agencies. The Dole Family case involved numerous victims, including the television celebrity and female wrestler known as Mt. Fiji (Emily Dole),^{[3][4][note 2]} and resulted in the highest monetary jury award against a policing agency in U.S. history.^{[1][2][note 3]}

Garo Mardirossian
Born	Garo Mardirossian 1956 (age 68–69) Aleppo, Syria
Nationality	Armenian-American
Alma mater	B.A. Economics, University of California, Los Angeles; J.D., Whittier Law School
Occupations	Attorney judge pro tem arbitrator
Years active	1981–present
Employer	Mardirossian & Associates Inc. (formerly known as Law Offices of Garo Mardirossian)

See also

• Greater Los Angeles portal

• Rodney King beating, another later Los Angeles major police brutality case.
• History of the Armenian Americans in Los Angeles
• Armenian diaspora

Notes

1. The 1995 American Lawyer and Los Angeles Daily Journal articles, amongst others at the time, note Mardirossian's age at 39 at the time of the Dole verdict.
2. Emily Dole professionally in wrestling is known as Mountain Fiji, sometimes abbreviated incorrectly in publications as Mt. Fiji rather than Mtn. Fiji.
3. The legal case involved 36 plaintiffs, including the taking of the depositions of Sheriff Sherman Block and over 50 deputies. The final judgement by jury verdict that was paid with interest was $24,850,000.