Judge Armand Arabian is scheduled to speak on his new book "From the Gravel to the Gavel"
Judge Armand Arabian is scheduled to speak on his new book “From Gravel to Gavel” at Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Sunday January 15th 2012, at 4pm “From “Gravel to Gavel” chronicles Judge Arabian’s life and his Armenian background.
Justice Arabian was raised in New York; he was the first born son of Armenian immigrants who came to America after surviving the Armenian Genocide of 1915. He received a Juris Doctor Degree in 1961 from Boston University’s School of Law and became a deputy district attorney of Los Angeles County. In 1972, Governor Ronald Reagan appointed him judge of the Municipal Court, and then in 1973, he was appointed to the Superior Court. In 1983 he was appointed as an Associate justice of the Court of Appeal, and in 1990, Judge Arabian was appointed as the 105th associate Justice of the Supreme Court. He authored 104 majority opinions and retired in 1996.
After his career on the bench, Judge Arabian became president of ARMS Providers, Inc., which is engaged in alternative dispute resolution such as arbitration and mediation in all areas of law.
His honors are extensive. He received the St. Gregory the Illuminator Medal of Honor in 2004 by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholics of all Armenians, and the Albert Einstein Gold Medal of Honor and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences award in 2003.
In 2005, the Justice Armand Arabian Judicial Reception Hall was dedicated at the Constitutional Court in Yerevan, Armenia, and in 2006, the County Board of Supervisors dedicated the Justice Armand Arabian Reception Hall at the Chatsworth Superior Court Building.
“From the Gravel to the Gavel” will be on sale and available for signing by the author after the event.
For more information about Judge Arabian’s book presentation, please contact the Ararat-Eskijian Museum at 818-838-4862 or ararat-eskijian-museum@netzero.net
