Lawyers

TAHEREH (TARA) MAHMOUDIAN

Of Counsel — Los Angeles

EXPERIENCE

Tara Mahmoudian was a structural engineer for several years before going to law school. She worked on retrofitting projects on older commercial buildings to ensure compliance with the seismic codes. She also worked with architects and developers in designing of new commercial buildings.

Prior to joining Ropers, Majeski, Ms. Mahmoudian’s practice focused on representation of businesses and health care insurers and providers and managed care entities in complex litigation, including class actions. Ms. Mahmoudian is also experienced in insurance coverage (advertising injury, property damage and personal injury) and bad faith litigation. She has also successfully represented clients in the courts of appeal.

Most recently, she has been involved in several complex environmental litigation cases; including the defense of a case involving a CERCLA contribution claim and various state claims.  The action, filed by an oil company after settlement with the EPA, was brought against the owners of a trucking company whose business was located adjacent to a permitted dump site and which was later declared a Superfund Site by the EPA.  

Ms. Mahmoudian also worked on several cases (representing manufacturers) involving contamination of ground water in San Gabriel Valley which allegedly resulted in serious injuries and death   

She is the author of paper on the “Bubble Concept”, i..e. whether the level of emissions of harmful substances from a factory should be measured as if all the buildings of that factory were placed under an imaginary bubble or the level of emissions should be measured as to each building.