Attorney Profiles
J. Clark Aristei Los Angeles, California
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J. Clark Aristei practices in motor vehicle accidents -- plaintiff and trucking accidents as well as aviation, bus and train disasters.
- Areas of Practice:
- Airline Accidents
- Catastrophic Injury
- Cruise Ship Accidents
- Maritime Tort Law
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- School Bus Accidents
- Trucking Accidents
- Wrongful Death
- 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
- 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
