Ari Friedman
Equity Partner | Wisner Baum
Ari Friedman is a personal injury, product liability and mass torts trial lawyer and equity partner at Wisner Baum in Los Angeles, California. J.D., Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law (2007).
Meet Ari
Ari S. Friedman is an equity partner and trial attorney at Wisner Baum in Los Angeles, California. Since joining the firm in 2022, he has focused on complex and multidistrict litigation, product liability, and personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from aviation accidents, truck crashes and other catastrophic events.
Friedman has spent more than 15 years on litigation against corporate defendants, including wildfire cases blamed on utilities. He has represented homeowners, renters and businesses with losses from the Camp, Thomas, Woolsey and Bobcat fires in California. His trial results include a $5.7 million verdict for a 62-year-old executive left fully disabled by a traumatic brain injury in a low-speed rear-end collision and a $2 million verdict for a hobby mechanic exposed to asbestos in brake products.
A Los Angeles native, he earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California in 2004 and a law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2007, and he was admitted to practice in California in 2008. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and the Consumer Attorneys of California.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law, 2007
- B.A., University of Southern California, 2004
- State Bar of California, 2008
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 2012
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, 2018
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 2020
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California, 2021
Practice Areas
- American Association for Justice (Leaders Forum; Aviation Law Section; Technology and Science Section)
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- American Bar Association
- Lawdragon 500 X - The Next Generation, 2026
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, Civil Plaintiff
- Super Lawyers, Southern California, 2027
- Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Southern California, 2016-2018
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- $5.7 Million Verdict: Schwartz v. Industrial Steam Cleaning: verdict for a 62-year-old executive salesman left 100% disabled by a traumatic brain injury and related injuries after a 13 mph rear-end collision.
- $2 Million Verdict: Lovelace v. Abex: verdict for a hobbyist mechanic exposed to a brake manufacturer's asbestos.
- $765,000 Verdict: Wang v. Sun Hospitality Inc.: verdict for a 4-year-old who fell from a hotel window.
- $715,000 Verdict: Houpt v. AK Steel Corporation: verdict for a retired Navy veteran and ironworker over one week of bystander asbestos exposure, against a shipyard contractor.
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