Steve Pasarow graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in English and received his juris doctor degree from Southwestern Law School. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1980. He is a Director with the firm.
Steve has specialized in civil litigation throughout his career, with an emphasis on the defense of automobile accident, commercial transportation, and premises liability cases.
He is an experienced trial lawyer who has tried more than 100 civil jury trials to verdict. He was recognized as the 1992 Defense Trial Lawyer of the Year by Verdictum Juris Publications.
Steve is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) with the rank of Diplomate. Less than four percent of the national ABOTA membership holds this rank, which is the highest attainable in ABOTA. Formed in 1957 to protect the right to jury trial and to advance trial advocacy skills, ABOTA is the premier trial organization in the United States for both the plaintiff and the defense bars. Members must have a minimum of 20 civil jury trials taken to verdict. Steve has been a member since 1993. He serves on the Los Angeles Chapter Executive Committee and was cochair of the 2010 Masters in Cross Examination Seminar.
He is also a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC), an organization of approximately 1,000 civil defense attorneys whose membership is selected by invitation. The FDCC was founded in 1936 as an international defense organization dedicated to the principles of knowledge, justice, fellowship, and the preservation of American civil jury trials.
Steve also belongs to the Defense Research Institute (DRI). He is an active member of the Trial Tactics Committee and the DRI Damages Seminar Steering Committee. He served as marketing chair for the 2010 Damages Seminar and is vice chair for the 2011 Damages Seminar.
Steve is a member of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, the American Bar Association, and the Transportation Lawyers Association. He is rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings.
Steve has been an invited speaker on trial techniques and strategy at the Masters in Trial seminar sponsored by ABOTA, the annual Las Vegas convention of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and the FDCC 2010 Winter Meeting.
Areas Of Practice:
- Automobile accident and premises liability – defense
- Civil litigation
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