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Mom, wife and advocate. Nancy Doumanian has devoted her professional life to developing and applying the skills of a fierce civil trial attorney. Hard work and aggressive lawyering are elements essential to her success in representing employers and employees in workplace disputes, as well as in representing litigants in significant injury and wrongful death cases. Nancy’s law practice includes a unique blend of representing both plaintiff and defense clients. She represents plaintiff clients in significant employment law and personal injury litigated matters. Her present defense clients include municipalities, police departments, school districts, community college districts and universities. She has routinely prosecuted and defended civil cases involving labor and employment law issues, wage and hour, premises liability, dangerous conditions of public property, sexual molestation and child abuse, civil rights violations, excessive force by law enforcement, sexual harassment, race discrimination, disability discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, and general tort liability litigation. She manages her own law firm located in the heart of old town Pasadena. Nancy is licensed to practice in California, and routinely litigates matters in both State and Federal Courts throughout California. She is active in diverse legal organizations and is a passionate supporter of various community organizations.

Michael W. M. Manoukian is an attorney at Hopkins & Carley and is on the Firm’s Employment & Labor Law team. Michael advises and represents employers in a wide range of labor and employment legal matters, including litigation, arbitration, and mediation. Michael focuses his practice on civil lawsuits and administrative proceedings involving allegations of: wrongful termination; employment discrimination; sexual harassment; retaliation; wage-and-hour issues; and breach of contract. Michael also provides day-to-day advice and counsel to clients in all areas of employment law including: employment contracts; employee handbooks and personnel policies; leaves of absence; reasonable accommodation; termination of employment and employee discipline; and wage-and-hour compliance. Prior to joining Hopkins & Carley, Michael was an Associate at Littler Mendelson P.C. Michael earned a Juris Doctorate from Santa Clara University School of Law in 2014; a Masters of Arts in Sport Management from University of San Francisco in 2009; and a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science with a minor in Sociology from the University of California, Davis in 2007.

Gerard V. Kassabian, J.D., LL.M., is a California Bar licensed attorney since 2002 with his law office located in Sherman Oaks, California. Gerard performs legal services in the following areas: Estate and Tax Planning, Trust Administration and Litigation, Probate Administration, Family Law, Real Estate Transactions and Litigation, Business Entity Formation and Litigation, and Trademark Applications. After graduating Southwestern Law School where he was an associate editor of the Southwestern Law School Law Review, Gerard earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Estate Planning from the University of Miami School of Law, which is the premier graduate law school program in the country offering a master’s degree in estate and tax planning and is closely associated with the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning. These law degrees coupled with dual-degrees from the University of Southern California in Business Finance with emphasis in Real Estate and Political Science allow him to offer well-rounded business and legal advice. Gerard currently serves on the board of directors of the following entities: Golden State Bank, Armenian Bar Association, Southwestern Law School Alumni Association, West Hollywood Sheriff’s Booster Club, House of Lebanon, and Artsakh Development Group.

Disclosure: Gerard V. Kassabian, J.D., has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests