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Norvik Azarian

Norvik Azarian

  • Insurance Claims, Personal Injury, Appeals & Appellate
  • California
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Biography

Norvik Azarian is the Managing Attorney at Tact Law Firm, APC.  His practice focuses on assisting individuals with long-term disability and short-term disability ERISA claims, personal injuries, and appellate matters. While advocating for his clients, Norvik draws on his past experiences to provide unique insights to their cases and level the playing field. 

Prior to starting Tact Law Firm, Norvik worked at two prestigious defense firms in Los Angeles, where he defended major insurance companies, ERISA benefits administrators, managed care entities, and Fortune 500 corporations. During his time as a defense attorney, Norvik represented many ERISA benefits lawsuits involving claims for long-term disability, short-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, life insurance, and health care benefits.

Norvik understands how insurance companies and ERISA claims administrators operate and approach the cases he now advocates for his clients.

Norvik also has years of experience handling complex appellate matters.  During law school, Norvik served as a judicial extern to a prominent Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, where he assisted the Circuit Judge in evaluating appeals, drafted portions of appellate opinions, and learned how appellate judges consider and decide cases.

In his practice, Norvik has worked on numerous civil appeals. He has represented clients at the California Courts of Appeal, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and has authored a successful opposition to a petition for writ of certiorari at the United States Supreme Court in a complex ERISA case involving a circuit split regarding co-fiduciary liabilities. See Cho v. First Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., 852 Fed. Appx. 304 (9th Cir. 2021), cert. denied, 142 S. Ct. 1118 (2022).

Education
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
J.D. (2018) | Law
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Graduated in top 15% of class
Honors: Dean's Honor List
Activities: Ninth Circuit Appellate Clinic; Armenian Law Students Association
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University of California - Irvine
B.A. (2015) | Economics
Honors: Dean's Honor List
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Professional Experience
Associate
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP
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Represented prominent insurance companies, real estate agents, brokerages, property managers, and attorneys in professional negligence claims.
Associate
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
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Defended major insurance companies, ERISA benefits administrators, managed care entities, and Fortune 500 corporations in ERISA benefits lawsuits involving claims for long-term disability, short-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, life insurance, and health care benefits. Additionally, worked on several appellate matters.
Certified Law Student
Loyola Law School Ninth Circuit Appellate Clinic
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Co-authored successful appellate brief on novel issues of the right to bodily privacy under the Fourth Amendment and qualified immunity and argued before the Ninth Circuit. See Ioane v. Hodges, 903 F.3d 929 (9th. Cir. 2018).
Judicial Extern
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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Norvik was selected to serve as a judicial extern to a prominent Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In this capacity, Norvik assisted the Circuit Judge and his law clerks in evaluating civil and criminal appeals involving a broad range of issues and drafted portions of appellate opinions. This experience allowed Norvik to learn how appellate judges consider and assess cases.
Research Assistant to Professor Aaron Caplan
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Norvik assisted Professor Caplan with updating his constitutional law textbook, An Integrated Approach to Constitutional Law.
Law Clerk
Hartounian Law Firm
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Assisted Managing Attorney, Alex Hartounian, with litigating California employment matters, including discrimination claims.
Law Clerk
Hartounian Law Firm
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Assisted Managing Attorney, Alex Hartounian, with litigating California employment matters, including discrimination claims.
Professional Associations
State Bar of California  # 325315
Member
- Current
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
California
State Bar of California
ID Number: 325315
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Fees
  • Free Consultation
  • Credit Cards Accepted
  • Contingent Fees
Practice Areas
Insurance Claims
Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
Personal Injury
Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
Appeals & Appellate
Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
Languages
  • Armenian
  • English
Websites & Blogs
Website
Firm Website
Blog
What is ERISA?
Blog
Definitions of Disability Under ERISA Plans
Blog
Eligibility Terms of ERISA Disability Plans
Blog
Administrative Appeals of Long-Term Disability Denials
Blog
Maximum Benefit Durations of ERISA Disability Plans
Contact & Map
1009 W. Olive Avenue
Burbank, CA 91506
Telephone: (818) 468-7701