I will fight for my clients in the courtroom and, as a result, my clients receive the compensation they deserve.
Ara R. Avrigian
Ara Richard Avrigian, a partner in the Firm, joined Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky in 1998. He concentrates in medical malpractice liability, motor vehicle accidents, workplace injuries, premises liability, and products liability.
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He is a 1988 graduate of Moravian College, received his J.D. from Penn State Dickinson School of Law in 1992 and his LL.M. in trial advocacy from Temple University in 2003.
Practice Areas
Mr. Avrigian serves as a Judge Pro Tempore for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on medical malpractice cases. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Avrigian worked as a medical malpractice defense associate with Wright Young & McGilvery, where he participated in bringing more than 25 malpractice trials to verdict over the course of five years.
Mr. Avrigian has obtained plaintiff’s jury verdicts for injured clients in medical malpractice cases, products liability cases, premises liability cases, and motor vehicle accident cases.
He is a member of the American, Pennsylvania, and Montgomery County Bar Associations, and the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations.
Ara was named by his peers to the 2023 and 2024 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list, a distinction reserved for only the top 5 percent of attorneys in Pennsylvania.
Honors & Awards
- Named by Peers to the 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers List
Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1992
- New Jersey, 1998
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court, State of New Jersey
Education
- Penn State Dickinson School of Law, J.D. 1992
- Temple University, LL.M. 2003
- Moravian College, 1988
Professional Organizations
- American Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Montgomery County Bar Associations
- Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
- Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association