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Robert J. Girard II is a founding partner of Girard Bengali, APC, and has more than 16 years of experience in the areas of securities litigation, arbitration and employment disputes.  As a result of his experience, dedication and skill, Mr. Girard has built a reputation as a fierce and effective advocate for his clients.  Pragmatic and incisive, Mr. Girard approaches each case with a keen eye toward meeting his clients’ needs and exceeding their expectations.. Mr. Girard applies his tenacity to each case, with demonstrated results.  Mr. Girard has recovered millions of dollars on behalf of his investor clients from some of the biggest Wall Street brokerages.  As part of his success as a trial lawyer, Mr. Girard has extensive experience with claims unique to the securities industry, such as unsuitable recommendations, unauthorized trading and proprietary product failures, and a broad range of financial and investment products, including stocks, bonds, options, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), private placements, mutual funds, hedge funds, variable annuities, derivatives, and commodities.. Before law school, Mr. Girard first completed his undergraduate education at the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1996. He then went on to attend the Seton Hall University School of Law, from where he graduated cum laude with his Juris Doctor in 2001. He was admitted to practice law in California in 2001. Following law school, Mr. Girard worked at two major law firms in Los Angeles, specializing in securities arbitration and litigation. His skill and determination have allowed him to build a reputation as a dedicated and fierce representative of his clients' interests.. From 2015 through 2018, Mr. Girard was named to the Southern California Super Lawyers list, and for three consecutive years (2012-2014), he was selected to the Southern California Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers Magazine, a designation earned by less than 2.5% of attorneys under the age of forty.. Dedicated to his profession, Mr. Girard is actively involved in multiple legal organizations. His memberships include the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), the American Bar Association and the Italian American Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, among others.

Randall Miller has 29 years' litigation experience focusing on defending professionals, corporations, directors and officers and insurers. With extensive trial experience in state and federal courts, he has handled legal malpractice cases with matters arising out of intellectual property, patent, bankruptcy, class action, family law, personal injury, products liability, and trusts and estates, and virtually every form of commercial transaction. He has been retained by law firms ranging from sole practitioners to multi-national firms, and represents financial professionals and businesses in matters ranging from suitability and selling away to churning and breach of fiduciary duty. He has broad appellate experience, with 10 published State and Federal decisions and numerous non-published opinions. He regularly handles private and industry arbitrations, as well as attorney ethics counseling, fee disputes and arbitrations, risk management, insurance coverage and underwriting, and claim monitoring.

Armen S. Martin is an experienced corporate attorney with an extensive background in merger and acquisition transactions, venture capital, corporate securities, and capital markets.  Mr. Martin represents clients in diverse fields including technology, media, financial services, manufacturing, life sciences and telecommunications.. Mr. Martin’s mergers and acquisitions experience includes the representation of numerous companies in sell-side transactions, leading to successful liquidity events for his clients.  Mr. Martin has also represented a number of acquirors including Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. (a subsidiary of Warner Music Group), Catapult Communications Corporation (acquired by Ixia), Life Technologies (LIFE), Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM), Actel Corporation (acquired by MicroSemi) and Solectron Corporation (acquired by Flextronics).. Mr. Martin’s venture capital financing experience includes representation of companies and investors in well over 60 financings, constituting over $650 million in aggregate proceeds.  The investors in these financings have included a diverse set of funds such as Alloy Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Blueprint Ventures, Canaan Partners, Charter Life Sciences, ComVentures, Crescendo Ventures, D.E. Shaw & Co., Draper Fisher Jurvetson, HM Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mayfield Fund, Mission Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Telesoft Partners and TL Ventures.  These venture capital financings have also involved a number of strategic investors, such as Bertelsmann Media Worldwide, Intel, Lions Gate Entertainment, Lucent Technology, Nokia, Qualcomm, Pramer Television, Sony and Warner Music Group.. Mr. Martin has also represented several public companies in connection with public offerings and securities compliance work including Actel Corporation, Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation (ANH), Catapult Communications Corporation, Loronix Information Systems, Inc. and Meruelo Maddux Properties, Inc.. Mr. Martin also advises corporate clients and their boards of directors with respect to acquisitions and strategy, corporate governance, corporate finance and various other matters pertinent to their day-to-day legal requirements.. Mr. Martin is a member of the Armenian Bar Association and the Los Angeles Venture Association.  He has served on numerous non-profit boards and organizations including the Armenian National Committee of America, the largest Armenian American grassroots organization in America, the Armenian National Committee Political Action Committee and the ANC Professional Network.