Joseph Arias
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Joseph Arias
Arias & Lockwood, APLCTotal Records: 1Biography
Mr. Arias's focus is general civil litigation and trials. He has tried in excess of 225 jury trials to verdict in the following areas: personal injury; all categories of employment law including employment discrimination, sexual harassment, whistleblower, disability discrimination, Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (race discrimination/ right to contract), claims based upon the California Fair Employment and Housing Act; Federal Employers Liability Act (railroad cases); products liability, land subsidence, negligence, professional negligence, eminent domain, government tort liability, breach of public works contracts, insurance bad faith, constitutional law including 42 U.S.C. § 1983-based claims against government employees and municipalities, federal civil rights and police officer liability.
Bar Admission
California, 1971
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1971
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1975
Other Affiliations
California State Bar (Member, 1971 to Present )
U.S. District Court (Southern, Central and Northern Districts), 1971 - Present
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1975 - Present
San Bernardino and Los Angeles County Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
California State Bar Labor and Employment and Litigation sections
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
Association of Southern California Defense Council (Current Member, Past Director)
American Board of Trial Advocates (Diplomat )
Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino and Redlands
Riverside County Arbitration Panel
California State Bar referee (Past Member)
Judicial Evaluation Committee (Past Member)
San Bernardino County Bar Association
San Bernardino County Municipal court (Judge Pro-Term)
Education
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California State University at San Bernardino, 1967 B.A.Major: Political Science
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University of California at Davis School of Law, Davis, California, 1970 J.D.
Honers
- U.S. Army, Faculty Company, Fort Dix, N.J., 1963-1965
- * AV rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- ** AV Preeminent rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- ***Diplomate, American Board of Trial Advocates