Abbas Kazerounian
Abbas
Kazerounian
Overview
Thank you for clicking on my biography. Please allow me to introduce myself. I am regarded as a one of the preeminent consumer rights attorneys in Southern California and I am of counsel to the Schmierer Law Group. I am also one of the founding partners at Kazerouni Law Group, APC, and the Injury Recovery Group.
About ten years ago, I needed assistance from a New Jersey lawyer to help me prosecute a consumer class action. Todd introduced me to Ross and we’ve been working together on cases ever since. In fact, my team of almost thirty lawyers has worked hand in hand with Ross on all types of consumer cases all across the country.
I have litigated over 3,000 individual consumer rights cases. I also have significant trial experience and knowledge in this field of law. I have been responsible for over 650 published opinions and I have successfully argued before the Ninth Circuit of Appeals on numerous occasions.
In 2013, 2014, 2015, I was selected by my peers as a rising star and in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 as a Super Lawyer (a prestigious recognition given to only 2.5 percent of the attorneys in the state). I was also voted as a Rising Star by the San Diego Daily Transcript in 2012 and honored to be on the list of The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40 in 2016 & 2017.
I attended the University of Plymouth, U.K., where I received my Bachelor of Arts in English literature & theatre and performance. I then received my masters from the prestigious London Academy of Performing Arts. Subsequently, I received my Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law in San Diego, CA.
In addition to giving lectures nationwide on class action litigation and consumer law, I am an adjunct professor of law at California Western School of Law where I teach a three-credit course in consumer law.
I am licensed to practice law in CA, TX, IL, WA, DC, NY, MI and CO. I am also licensed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals as well the United States Supreme Court.
CLASSES/ SEMINARS
- Spoke at ABA National Convention on TCPA, ABA, 2013-2016
- Consumer Law — Adjunct Professor, CWSL, 2013-2016
- Speaker at the 2014 ACA Conference in November 2014
- Venables AdLaw Symposium in April 2016
- The Rocky Road for the FCC’s Interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in 2016 Live webcast in April 2016
- ACI Residential Mortgage Litigation & Regulatory Enforcement in Washington, D.C.-April 2016
- Speaker at ACI Conference in Dallas, TX in September of 2016 concerning The Borrower’s Perspective: Insight From The Plaintiffs’ Bar and Consumer Advocates
- Speaker on TCPA panel in September of 2016 at the Annual Consumer Financial Services Conference
- Speaker at the 2016 CAOC Conference in November of 2016
- Made regular presentations to community organizations regarding debt collection laws and consumer rights, including the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). These organizations include Whittier Law School, Iranian American Bar Association, Trinity School of Law and Chapman Law School, University of California, Irvine, and California Western School of Law.
- I was the principle anchor on Time Television Broadcasting every Thursday night as an expert on consumer law generally, and the TCPA specifically, between 2012 and 2013.
- I lectured in Class Action Trends at the CAOC 2015 Conference in San Francisco.
- In May of 2016, I spoke on Class Action Trends at the CAOC seminar in Palm Springs, California.
- I lectured on the TCPA before the ABA Business Law Section, Consumer Financial Services Committee? in January 2016 at an event in Utah entitled, “Impact? of the FCC’s 2015 ?Rulings on TCPA Litigation?.”
- In 2016, I wrote an article entitled “Finding a Balance” that was published in the Nutrition Business Journal, concerning a lawsuit filed under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act.
- Guest speaker for legal analysis on popular television and radio shows such as Dr. Drew Midday Live and Fox 5.
- I spoke on privacy rights on a panel before the California State Bar Convention in 2016.
- In March of 2016, I moderated the Judges Panel on Class Action Trends and Federal Litigation Trends at the NCLC Conference.
- Speaker at the Western Trial Lawyers Association conference on Class Action Trends in 2017, held in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
- Speaker at Consumer Attorneys of California 2017 seminar on hot litigation topics at Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
- Speaker at National Webinar by the ABA Consumer Financial Services Committee on TCPA Update – “The D.C. Circuit’s TCPA Decision on the FCC Ruling, held on March 22, 2018.
- Spoke at 2018 Inland Empire CAOC Convention on “Class Action Hot Topics” – May 2018.
- Speaker at national webinar sponsored by Ballard Spahr LLP, entitled, From Both Sides: Plaintiff and Defense Perspectives on the TCPA – August 2018.
- On October 10, 2018, I was one of the two panelist and spoke at a webinar entitled, TCPA Takes A New Turn With the 9 th Circuit’s Ruling in Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, hosted by the Consumer Financial Services Committee of the American Bar Association.
- Panelist at the Consumer Financial Services Committee meeting entitled, TCPA Litigation: Where Is It Heading Now?, held on January 11, 2019.
- Spoke on the Fundamentals of thee FDCPA at NCLC 2019 Las Vegas Conference.
- Spoke on “The interplay between Personal Injury and Class Actions” at the CAOC Sonoma Seminar 2019.
- Presented at Mass Torts Made Perfect on Modern Trends in the TCPA in April of 2019.
- Speaker at the CAOC Inland Empire Seminar in Palm Springs on “Dealin with Overly Ambitious Lien Holders, on May 2, 2019.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, member
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Diversity Chair and Board Member from 2013-present
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Orange County Bar Association, member
- Orange County Chapter of Iranian American Bar Association, two time president, 2009-2010
- American Association for Justice
- Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Super Lawyer, 2013-2016
- Voted as a Rising Star by the San Diego Daily Transcript in 2012
- Nominated to Top 40 under 40 by The National Trial Lawyers
- Wiley W. Manuel Award by State Bar of California for Pro Bono Work, 2017
- Voted Rising Star in Super Lawyers Magazine, 2013-2015
- Voted a Super lawyer in Super Lawyer Magazine 2016-2019
- Voted Rising Star by San Diego Transcript in 2012
- Nominated to Top 40 under 40 by The National Trial Lawyers 2018-2019
PRO BONO ACTIVITIES
- 40-50 hours a year to legal aid
LANGUAGES
- English
- Farsi
FRATERNITIES/ SORORITIES
- Phi Alpha Delta
Practice areas
- ABUSIVE DEBT COLLECTION
- CONSUMER FRAUD
- PREDATORY LENDING
- FAIR CREDIT REPORTING
- SPAM CALLS & TEXTS
- WARRANTY BREACH
Education
- California Western School of Law, San Diego, California
- J.D.
- University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts
- Major: English literature & theatre and performance
- London Academy of Performing Arts
Admissions
- California
- Texas
- Washington
- Illinois
- Michigan
- New York
- Colorado
- District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Supreme Court of the United States
