Practice Areas
For our Workers' Compensation clients, there is no need to pay a dime up front upon retaining our firm. We will come to you at your location of choice for our initial consultation. Para nuestros clientes de Compensacion de Trabajadores, no necesitan Uds. pagar nada de enganche. Vamos para su lugar donde quieran Uds. si no pueden visitarnos en nuestra oficina. Estamos aqui por telefono los 7 dias de la semana.
We are proud to serve firefighters, police officers, nurses, care givers for the sick and/or elderly and airline employees injured on the job in California. We fight both large and small corporations including, but not limited to, McDonald's, United Airlines, Sprouts Farmers Market, Trader Joe's, Kaiser Permanente, Marina Del Rey Hospital, plumbing companies, manufacturing companies, shipping/warehouse companies ----- multiple temp agencies including Temps, Inc., MVP Personnel Staffing Group and Acrobat Outsourcing ----- iHerb, Inc., Aramark Uniforms Corp., St. Joseph Health System of California, Ross Dress For Less, Inc., Elements Behavioral Health and Signature Party Rentals.
Feel free to contact us at anytime, as we take pride in making ourselves personally available to speak with our clients seven days a week. At some of the larger firms, it can seem impossible to even speak with your lawyer. Experience our positive difference.
Serving all of Southern California, including Los Angeles, Hollywood, Boyle Heights, Santa Monica, Malibu, Venice, LAX area, Inglewood, Culver City, Marina Del Rey, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, El Segundo, Gardena, Carson, Signal Hill, San Pedro, Lynwood, Lawndale, Hawthorne, Long Beach, Torrance, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, South Gate, Huntington Park, Compton, Lakewood, Pico Rivera, Montebello, Pomona, San Fernando Valley, Woodland Hills, Chatsworth, Granada Hills, Santa Clarita, Pacoima, Van Nuys, San Fernando, Sylmar, North Hollywood, Burbank, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Tarzana, Glendale, Eagle Rock, Pasadena, South Pasadena, Alhambra, Rosemead, Altadena, Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Azusa, El Monte, South El Monte, Glendora, San Gabriel Valley, Temple City, Whittier, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Perris, Moreno Valley, all Inland Empire, all Orange County, Orange, Anaheim, Stanton, Fullerton, Santa Ana, Westminster, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Beach, Coto de Caza, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Cypress, Brea, Yorba Linda, La Habra, Buena Park, Mission Viejo, San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente and Irvine.
Law Office of George J. Ashkar
Attorneys
George J. Ashkar, Esq., Attorney at Law
After working a union job for a major airline for almost one decade, Mr. Ashkar decided to change career paths and chose the law. Mr. Ashkar attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where he received his Bachelor's Degree in Economics with an emphasis in Spanish. After, Mr. Ashkar attended Southwestern Law School where he graduated in the top 10% of his class. Mr. Ashkar received Cali Awards (top grade in the class) in four law school courses: Property, Contracts II, Constitutional Law I, and Business Associations. While in law school, Mr. Ashkar was a notes and comments editor for The Southwestern Journal of International Law, having his law journal article published at:
17 Sw. J. Int'l. Law 143 (2011). Furthermore, Mr. Ashkar served as extern for The Honorable Magistrate Judge Patrick J. Walsh, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Western Division where he assisted Judge Walsh in drafting various habeas corpus decisions and social security disability (SSDI) decisions.
Mr. Ashkar has defended insurance carriers and third party administrators before the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) at two well-known defense firms prior to representing applicants for two different applicant-side law firms.
Mr. Ashkar is admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of California in addition to admission to practice law before the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Mr. Ashkar is a member of the California Applicants' Attorneys Association (CAAA), where he regularly participates in the many events held to advocate on behalf of injured workers throughout our great state of California.
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