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Cholakian & Associates

Wrongful Death
Mr. Cholakian has also defended major construction site accident cases, has defended Great America Amusement Park in a highly publicized wrongful death case, and has taken expert and lay witness depositions in Europe, Asia, and South America. These include high exposure UM motor vehicle case (Princess Dianaâ€™s former surgeon was video deposed in London); 8 witness depositions in Calcutta, India; (catastrophic San Francisco Superior Court construction site accident trial) numerous medical expert depositions in Cork, Ireland; (Military accident case) 2 witnesses Hamburg, Germany; and (major San Francisco cable car catastrophic injury case) Schweinfurt, Germany (2 separate occasions 5 witnesses); (defended French wine cork manufacturer and wine barrel TCA litigation involving 8 major wineries) in U.S and Canada; and (5 fatality case) took 8 depositions San Salvador, El Salvador, and more recently defended a landlord client in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

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Phone: (650) 871-9544

Address: 400 Oyster Point Blvd Ste 415, S San Fran, CA 94080

Website: https://cholakianlaw.com

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Cholakian & Associates

Wrongful Death
Mr. Cholakian has also defended major construction site accident cases, has defended Great America Amusement Park in a highly publicized wrongful death case, and has taken expert and lay witness depositions in Europe, Asia, and South America. These include high exposure UM motor vehicle case (Princess Dianaâ€™s former surgeon was video deposed in London); 8 witness depositions in Calcutta, India; (catastrophic San Francisco Superior Court construction site accident trial) numerous medical expert depositions in Cork, Ireland; (Military accident case) 2 witnesses Hamburg, Germany; and (major San Francisco cable car catastrophic injury case) Schweinfurt, Germany (2 separate occasions 5 witnesses); (defended French wine cork manufacturer and wine barrel TCA litigation involving 8 major wineries) in U.S and Canada; and (5 fatality case) took 8 depositions San Salvador, El Salvador, and more recently defended a landlord client in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
Traffic Violations
Mr. Cholakian defended the local dentist who drove the truck. The motorcycle was driven by the off duty decorated lieutenant of the Sonora Police department. Our client made a left turn against traffic coming out of a shopping center crossing 2 lanes to get in the opposite direction lanes. We said he was safe in his approach and plaintiff was at fault for speeding up and driving too fast.
Fraud
Mr. Jewell began his legal career as a medical malpractice and catastrophic personal injury lawyer in San Francisco, practicing on the plaintiff side with Bostwick & Tehin (1986-1989) and as a defense attorney with Glynn & Harvey (1989-1993).Â He defended an officer of Technical Equities Corporation in state and federal securities fraud litigation and successfully represented Point Tiburon condominium owners and commercial tenants in construction defect litigation.Â He had his own litigation practice in Hayward (1993-2000), where he also was of counsel to Spile & Siegal, an Encino insurance defense firm specializing in defense of real estate agents and brokers (1997-2000).
Misdemeanors

Workers Compensation
Wrongful Termination
Jury returned a defense verdict on all the discrimination and wrongful termination claims but did award $35,000.00 for emotional distress allegedly for comments made by the Executive director.
Employment Discrimination
Mr. Jewell joined the law firm of Cholakian & Associates in 2002, where he specializes in complex litigation, high exposure personal injury cases, defense of property owners, employment discrimination, construction defect, subrogation, insurance coverage, and defense of San Francisco Bay Area Public Housing Authorities. Â He was a Senior Associate Attorney in the general litigation group of Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCallâ€™s San Francisco office (2006-2010), before returning in 2010 to Cholakian & Associates, where he is Senior Counsel.

Premises Liability
Brian J. FinnÂ received his Bachelor of Arts degree with High Honors in Political Science from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1985 and his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1989.Â Mr. Finn is an experienced trial attorney.Â His focus is on defending catastrophic personal injury actions, premises liability, product liability, governmental defense and business litigation.
Construction Litigation
Carmen S. Gutman has been a member of the California State bar since 2017.Â Her practice focuses primarily on civil litigation.Â Prior to joining Cholakian & Associates, Ms. Gutman worked at other prominent Bay Area civil litigation firms focusing on general civil litigation with an emphasis in personal injury, construction defect and habitability.Â Ms. Gutman has experience in all aspects of civil litigation, including taking and defending depositions, motion practice, mediation, arbitration and jury trial experience.
Landlord-Tenant Disputes
Prior to joining Cholakian & Associates, Mr. Kim was an attorney at an insurance defense firm where he successfully defended clients in complex civil cases involving personal injuries, construction defect, product defect, professional liability, housing discrimination, premise liability, and landlord-tenant matters. Mr. Kim also previously served as a justice fellow with the San Francisco District Attorneyâ€™s Office where he successfully tried numerous jury trials to verdict.Â
Property Damage

Personal Injury
Kim is a Partner at Cholakian & Associates. His practice includes all phases of civil litigation, and primarily defense of clients in personal injury lawsuits.
Medical Malpractice
Cashel C. White is an Attorney at Cholakian & Associates. Prior to joining the firm, Cashel represented and defended local municipalities throughout California in comprehensive public records act matters. She has also represented and defended local governments and business entities in litigation ranging from premise liability, medical malpractice, election fraud, and the California Public Records Act.
Auto Accidents
Disability Discrimination

Trusts and Estates

Wills
Cum laude at the University of San Francisco School of Law.Â While in law school, Mr. Tran served on the Board of Editors and is a published author at the USF Law Review.Â He also joined the USF Maritime Law Journal, participated in the ABA Labor and Employment Law Trial Advocacy Competition, and received CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Wills and Trusts and Information Privacy.Â Mr. Tran rounded out his law school experience with judicial externships at both the state and federal courts.Â Mr. Tran received his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego.
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