Avetisyan v Bartolucci Los Angeles County Superior Court Case Number 19STCV17878.


From the freely available Los Angeles County online records for this case it is Lawzilla's understanding the following occurred:

Attorney John Ksajikian represented the plaintiff in a motor vehicle accident case.




During the lawsuit the defendant served two sets of written questions for Ksajikian's client to answer in addition to a request to produce documents.

However, no responses were received.

Defense counsel contacted attorney John Ksajikian.

Still no responses.

Defendant then filed three motions to compel and sought sanctions.

Still no responses.




The judge in a tentative ruling said defendant was entitled to have the motions granted, and ordered responses to the discovery be made within twenty days.

The judge also said sanctions were appropriate.

$853.95 in sanctions were ordered against attorney John Ksajikian and his client.




At the court hearing for the motions the court's minute order reflects that John Ksajikian did not appear.

The judge then adopted the tentative ruling as the final order of the court.




It does not appear that John Ksajikian filed any written opposition to any of the three motions to compel and sanctions requests against him.

From the judge's order it is unclear what Ksajikian is doing.

- No responses to discovery, despite contact from opposing counsel, and despite three motions to compel being filed.

- No written opposition to the motion and request for sanctions was filed.

- No appearance at the court hearing.

Based on this ruling - what is your conclusion about attorney John Ksajikian, his competence, and whether you would want to hire him to represent you?



Lawzilla found a California State Bar order, involving a different attorney, that being sanctioned and violating a court order to pay the sanctions can lead to State Bar discipline for failing to competently perform legal services.

John Ksajikian was admitted to the California Bar in 2002. Bar Number 220606.

Ksajikian Law Firm
330 North Brand Boulevard Suite 920
Glendale, California 91203

Law School: Vanderbilt University School of Law

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