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Justice Armand Arabian  

JUSTICE ARMAND ARABIAN

Justice Armand Arabian received his J.D from Boston University in 1961, beginning his distinguished legal career. He has spent the last thirteen years as an attorney for Alternative Dispute Resolution Services, Inc. conducting arbitration and mediation in complex legal cases.


Prior to his work with ADR, he spent six years as an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court where he authored 104 majority opinions, 17 concurring opinions, 6 concurring and dissenting opinions and 16 dissents. He has also worked as a Superior Court Judge for Los Angeles County and an adjunct Professor of Law at Pepperdine University.


Arabian is nationally recognized for his work reforming rape laws and credited for creating the sexual assault counselor-victim privilege adopted into the Evidence Code of California and eighteen other states. In 2006 he received the Fernando Award, given annually to a Valley resident in recognition of service on behalf of the community.

 

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