DHIA ALHASHIM vs. SALIYA DESILVA - Christopher Markarian of the Markarian Law Group we believe is the attorney for the plaintiff for these sanctions.

In this final court ruling a Los Angeles County judge levies large sanctions of $2700 against the Markarian Law Group. From our research we can only identify one attorney associated with the Markarian Law Group and that is its owner Christopher Markarian. The motion to compel specifically mentioned Christopher Markarian as the attorney.






Per the ruling this is what happened:

Christopher Markarian of the Markarian Law Group represents the plaintiff.




The defendants in this lawsuit served discovery on attorney Markarian's client.

The discovery included a request for documents, admissions and written questions called form interrogatories. "Form" means these are already prepared questions drafted by the California Judicial Council for regular use in lawsuits.

Lawzilla believes many attorneys may have the information needed to answer such questions already done as part of pre-lawsuit preparation before a complaint is even filed.

Christopher Markarian, Esq., though, first had to ask for multiple extensions of time for his client to have responses to all the discovery prepared.

Then, when the responses were given they were inadequate.

The Los Angeles Superior Court scheduled a discovery conference to get the matter resolved.

Apparently, attorney Christopher Markarian's client did not bother to show up.




Not surprisingly, a motion for sanctions soon followed.

The judge ruled the answers to the written questions by Markarian's client were insufficient.

For example, in response to a question asking why a request for admission was not admitted the answer was we do not have the information.

Then the judge noted responses to document requests did not comply with California law and were insufficient.

The situation was so bad the Markarian Law Group apparently did not bother to oppose the discovery motion and request for sanctions, and did not bother to appear for the court hearing.




The judge then hammered Markarian for $2700. The sanctions were expressly ordered against the attorney. Markarian was given twenty days to pay.




Further, Markarian's client was given only ten days to supply appropriate responses, without objection, to the discovery.

In our view the ruling reflects on Christopher Markarian's competence.

If you are considering retaining attorney Christopher Mankarian - what happened, and the ramifications, are something to think about.



INGA WELEMIN VS TARGET CORPORATION - Christopher Markarian is listed by the Los Angeles online case summary as plaintiff's attorney. He is also listed as the attorney on the complaint that was filed.

From the tentative ruling and online court file this is what happened:

Attorney Christoper Markarian represented the plaintiff.






The defendant served discovery for Mr. Markarian's client to answer. This included a request for documents and written questions to answer.

Normally, responses are due in about thirty days.

Here, after six months and numerous attempts to defendant to get responses, nothing was forthcoming from the Markarian firm.

Defendant then filed motions to compel.

The situation was so bad attorney Markarian did not bother to oppose the motion or request for sanctions.

The judge then tentatively hammered attorney Christopher Markarian and his client for $1180 in financial sanctions, payable within twenty days.

However, from the online court file there is no final order. The tentative ruling is thus informative about what the attorney was doing in the case, and why the judge indicated sanctions would be awarded - but there does not appear to be a final sanctions order against Markarian or his client.

Dishonest Scamming Law Firm

In November 2018, Lawzilla received the following message from the Markarian Law Group (specifically, Ani using the email Amarkarian@markarianlg.com):

"Please remove this comment on our firm this case is not our we are not the firm on record"

We followed-up indicating "it appears to us the Markarian Law Group was the firm on record at the time the orders were made. It was only later that substitutions of attorneys were made."

No response was made. That silence, to us, speaks volumes.

In our opinion the Markarian email appears to be clearly dishonest. If indicative of the type of argument the Markarian Law Group makes in court we suggest you run away from this attorney and his law firm as fast as possible.

The sanctions order in the Alhashim case was made in MARCH 2018 and the judge sanctioned Markarian $2700.

Several months later, in AUGUST, Christopher Markarian was removed as plaintiff's counsel and replaced with another attorney.




Similarly, in the Welemin case the tentative sanctions order was made in APRIL but Markarian was not substituted out as plaintiff's counsel until JUNE.




Then in NOVEMBER the Markarian Law Group sent the email dishonestly claiming the discussion involving sanctions should be removed because it not their case and they are not the attorneys of record.

LOL.

In our opinion the email was a scam and fraudulent attempt to not have you know Markarian had been sanctioned and what judges are saying about the law firm.

Would you hire Christopher Markarian to be your attorney?

Absolutely not.

Markarian was sanctioned $2700 in a final court order. His client was also sanctioned.

Worse, in our opinion, was the email claiming the case did not involve the Markarian Law Group and Christopher Markarian was not the attorney of record. Markarian was the attorney who filed the lawsuit, the attorney against whom defendant sought sanctions against by name, and the attorney of record when the judge ruled sanctions were appropriate.

The fact Markarian was later removed as plaintiff's counsel and substituted by someone else does not change what previously happened in the case.

If this is the type of argument Markarian makes to judges we cannot imagine how this attorney can effectively represent clients in court.

Christopher Markarian was admitted to the California Bar in 2013. Bar Number 289404.

Markarian Law Group
250 East Rowland Street Covina, California 91723

Law School: University of LaVerne

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