Class of 1985
Mr. Paboojian (class of 1985) practices in the areas of plaintiff’s personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, products liability, and wrongful termination. He has litigated over 60 civil and criminal trials to verdict. In the last ten years, Mr. Paboojian has had six jury verdicts in excess of One Million Dollars.
In 2007, Mr. Paboojian obtained the largest employment verdict (19.1 million) in the country against a public entity as former Fresno State Women’s Basketball Coach Stacy Johnson-Klein sued the University of Fresno for wrongful termination, gender discrimination and violation of Title IX.
In 2008, Mr. Paboojian received the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award by the Consumer Attorneys of California, the largest association of plaintiff attorneys in California. He remains the only Central Valley attorney to have won this award, which is considered the highest possible honor from the 50-year-old association. In addition, he has received the Central California Trial Lawyers Association President’s Award twice and Mr. Paboojian has been named Top 100 Attorneys in Northern California by Super Lawyers for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
Mr. Paboojian is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). In 2008, he was the past president of ABOTA for the Central Valley Chapter. He is also being inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Paboojian is also the recipient of the Central California Trial Lawyers Association President’s Award in recognition for his outstanding advocacy in protecting the rights of consumers in civil litigation in 2004. In 2004, he was again awarded the Central California Trial Lawyers Association President’s Award for an outstanding plaintiff’s verdict.
In addition, Mr. Paboojian has a published opinion with the Fifth District Court of Appeals involving the case of Kevin Helmer v. Bingham Toyota Isuzu (2005) 129 Cal.App.4th 1121.
His service to the community includes creation of a nonprofit organization to provide low-income families with financial help to pay for burial services for children who have passed. SJCL honors Mr. Paboojian for his exemplary representation of those who otherwise might have been voiceless in their pursuit of justice.
Previous Hall of Fame winners include the Honorable Gary S. Austin, the Honorable Nancy A. Cisneros, Tulare County District Attorney Phil Cline, Fresno County District Attorney Elizabeth Egan, Theodore Forrest Jr., Kathy Hart, Ernest S. Kinney, Michael G. Marderosian, the Honorable Don Penner, and the Honorable Alan Simpson.