Bijan Esfandiari
11111 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 1750 Los Angeles, California 90025
Firm:
Wisner Baum, PC
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Overview
Bijan Esfandiari is a pharmaceutical product liability litigation attorney and a senior shareholder partner at Wisner Baum (formerly Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman) in Los Angeles. He has successfully represented clients in state and federal courts across the nation, at both the trial and appellate level, in wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury cases.He has participated in several cases that have shaped and developed the law for the benefit of injured victims and consumers of pharmaceutical products. In one case of first impression (a case that presents a new issue for legal interpretation), the Court agreed with Bijan's argument and held that drug manufacturers owe an affirmative duty to warn regarding risks associated with children's off-label use.Bijan's published cases have also exposed reprehensible corporate conduct. In one instance, a federal court in Pennsylvania allowed Bijan's clients to proceed with their punitive damages claims after finding that internal documents demonstrated the defendant had "acted with a wanton and willful disregard for the safety of its consumers."Where drug makers have tried to convince courts that federal preemption (the doctrine that federal law preempts conflicting state laws) grants them immunity from state lawsuits, Bijan has time and again prevented their escape. In Mason v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., the first and only prescription drug preemption case to be heard by the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the drug maker argued that FDA approval of a drug shielded its manufacturer from fault even if the company later learned of harmful negative reactions. The court, however, sided with Bijan and held that plaintiffs' claims were not preempted by federal law.Bijan has likewise successfully opposed preemption in numerous other state and federal court cases. He co-authored amicus briefs in support of the respondents in the Supreme Court's landmark cases Wyeth v. Levine, 129 S.Ct. 1187 (2009) and Pliva v. Mensing, 131 S.Ct. 2567 (2011). Bijan received his bachelor's degree (cum laude, 1999) and J.D. degree from UCLA. He has been selected to Best Lawyers®, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, and Southern California Super Lawyers®. He also - has an rating of 10 out of 10: Superb.
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Bar Admissions
United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
Admitted in 2021
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Admitted in 2013
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Admitted in 2012
United States Supreme Court
Admitted in 2011
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Admitted in 2009
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Admitted in 2008
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Admitted in 2008
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Admitted in 2008
United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Admitted in 2008
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Admitted in 2005
United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Admitted in 2005
California
Admitted in 2002
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Admitted in 2002
United States District Court for the Central District of California
Admitted in 2002
Awards
- Products Liability Trial Lawyers Association – Top 25
- Avvo.com Superb Score 10 out of 10
- Selected to: Southern California Super Lawyers®, 2017 – 2021
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- Selected to: Southern California Super Lawyers® – Rising Stars, 2009 – 2016
- Up-and-Coming 100: 2016 Southern California Rising Stars – Top List
- Listed, The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™
Organizations & Affiliations
American Association for Justice: Leaders Forum
Member
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
Member
National Trial Lawyers of America - Top 100
Member
Products Liability Trial Lawyers Association – Top 25
Member Executive Committee
State Bar of California
Member
Languages
English
Farsi
German
Education
University of California - Los Angeles, J.D.
Graduated 2002
University of California - Los Angeles, B.A. cum laude
Graduated 1999
Contact Details and Office Locations
Other: (310) 909-8212
11111 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 1750
Los Angeles, California 90025
Los Angeles, California 90025
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