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. Mardirossian has had significant law cases involving personal injury, civil rights, complex litigation, product liability, and constitutional law. Several of the cases he has been involved in have brought national and international attention, including the Dole bridal shower and Thomas beating cases by different police agencies. The Dole Family case involved many victims, including the television celebrity female wrestler known as Mt. Fiji (Emily Dole),

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, 2006 April 7, Friday, “Westside Weekly”, p. 3.Emily Dole professionally in wrestling is known as Mountain Fiji, sometimes abbreviated incorrectly in publications as Mt. Fiji rather than Mtn. Fiji. and resulted in the highest monetary jury award against a policing agency in U.S. history.Berg, Martin, “Judgment Day – Lawyer Wins Biggest Police Abuse Verdict Ever”,

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, 1995 August 18, Friday, p. 1, Vol. 108, No. 157. Dole v. County of Los Angeles, C751398 (Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No.).The legal case involved 36 plaintiffs, including the taking of the depositions of Sheriff Sherman Block and over 50 deputies. The final judgement by jury verdict that was paid with interest was $24,850,000.

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