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J. Clark Aristei practices in motor vehicle accidents -- plaintiff and trucking accidents as well as aviation, bus and train disasters.

Bar Admissions:

California, 1975

U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1975

U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1979

U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1993

U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1996

U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2006

U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1997

Education:

University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California, 1975, J.D.
    Honors: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law, 1973

California State University, Long Beach, California, 1971, B.A.
    Honors: Cum Laude

Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, California, 1968, A.A.

Representative Cases:

Penner v. Falk, 153 Cal. App. 3d 858, 200 Cal. Rptr. 661 ( 1984)

Geffen v. County of Los Angeles, 197 Cal. App. 3d 188, 242 Cal. Rptr. 492 ( 1987)

In re Air Crash Off Point Mugu, California, on January 30, 2000, 145 F.Supp.2d 1156 (N.D.Cal., 2001) ( 2001)

McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co., Inc., 211 F.R.D. 381 (C.D.Cal., 2002) ( 2002)

McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co., Inc., 208 F.R.D. 617 (C.D.Cal. 2002) ( 2002)

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Adjunct Professor of Law, University of West Los Angeles School of Law, 1986 - 1997

Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases in California: Trying Your Case to Verdict or Settlement, Lorman Education Services, 2002

Honors and Awards:

Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers

Who's Who in America

Who's Who in American Law

National Air Disaster Foundation Safety Award, 2002

Southern California Super Lawyer, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Member

State Bar of California, 1975 - Present, Member

Consumer Attorneys of California

Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles

California Farm Bureau Federation, 2007 - Present, Member

Coordinated Discovery Cases, Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 Accident, Burbank, California, 2000

Lead Plaintiffs Counsel

Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Glendale Metrolink Derailment Cases, Glendale, California, 2005

Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel and Member

Airborne Charter Inc./Avjet Crash, Aspen, Colorado, 2001

Trial Team Member

Bell Helicopter Crash in Los Angeles, California, 1998

Trial Co-Counsel

Tyson Foods Truck Crash Near Crestline, Ohio, 2004

Trial Co-Counsel