I’ve interviewed over 5o Attorneys in Los Angeles, and only one offered to take me to lunch: David Azizi. I told David this as we sat waiting for our food, and he responded in his characteristic humble manner: “Well, thank you,” he started, “I treat everyone with the same level of respect.” Of course, this kind of forward-thinking would have to translate into his work as an Injury Accident Lawyer – David continued: “As a Trial Lawyer, it is very important to be honest with the jury about your client’s case as well as proving to the jury that your client is an honest person with a legitimate injury claim. Honesty and integrity is very important. The jurors
As a teenager David actually thought he might pursue a career in his father’s restaurant business. When David asked his father for a job, his father offered him a job, but not as a waiter. “My father had me start at the ground level, as a busboy, which at the time I didn’t really understand, but now I am very happy about my father’s decision. It taught me the value of working hard and understanding that to accomplish anything, it takes time and effort. That is a really important lesson to learn at an early age.” One of the keys to David’s success as a Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer is the enormous importance he places on the proper handling of his personal injury accident cases. “You can’t skip any steps when you’re building your case,” David tells me emphatically, “You can’t cheat and bypass anything. It’s tedious, but you have to pay meticulous attention to every detail. You have to commit to your injured client 100%.”
David’s parents are immigrants to America, and David has always felt an inherent responsibility to fight for the underdog, but in a broader sense, he feels an obligation to protect anyone who’s being treated unfairly. “Even as a kid I always stuck up for people if I felt they were right.” As David got older, family and friends encouraged David to pursue a career as a lawyer. Admittedly, being an attorney in L.A. is not an easy job. It’s a highly stressful occupation, but once David discovered his natural talent in debating, there were no other options for his future. “I knew I wanted to be a lawyer since high school. It just made sense.”
So, here’s the million dollar question, and what most people want to know about their attorney: I asked David what keeps him going in this business of law. Now, David talks with a sort of ceaseless energy; there’s a definite rhythm to his speech and mannerisms – but this question seemed to stop the motors for a moment. He replied, “Making a Difference. At the end of the day, when I am able to fight on behalf of my clients by litigating their claims against the negligent person and/or entity thereby resulting in my injured clients’ recovery of the compensation they deserve for their injuries, that keeps me going. On a bigger scale, if you really think about it, attorneys are responsible for a lot of safety measures and laws that protect all of us. For instance, when lawyers take on a case where a manufacturer’s negligence has led to someone being injured, one of the things that happens after the case is resolved is the manufacturer has to fix the problem or recall the defective product so no one else can be harmed– that in and of itself is very rewarding to me, because it’s really about doing my part as a lawyer to make our society safer.”
David went on to give me examples of some of the cases which he has litigated that have made a difference in making our society safer. David told me about a tragic wrongful death case wherein the majority of the family members died in a head-on automobile collision due to a lack of a median barrier on the freeway. The State of California had failed to install a median barrier despite prior similar car accidents. As a result of the accident, the State of California installed a median barrier. Other examples included a defective product case involving a hula skirt that engulfed in flames because it was not flame retardant and caused severe burn injuries; and an auto accident case against a car manufacturer for manufacturing and designing a defective product. The seat back failed in the vehicle and caused the client to sustain spinal cord injury rendering the client a quadriplegic. The list of examples went on about almost every imaginable accident.
We finished our lunch and David drove me back to his office. We shook hands and I walked to my car, thinking about all the laws probably unknown to the general public that attorneys like David helped to pass and enforce by litigating lawsuits against any wrongdoers. The silent Heroes and Heroines… I climbed in my car feeling a little guilty and thought, “Okay, next time I see this guy I’m buying lunch…”
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