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ILONA ANTONYAN: Founder of the Firm
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| Attorney Ilona Antonyan is a litigation trial attorney. She is also a Certified Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Specialization. Litigating civil cases keeps the evidence and procedural skills sharp in any courtroom. |
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| Ms. Antonyan is trilingual, fluent in Russian and Spanish. She immigrated to United States as a refugee in 1992. She quickly learned English and then Spanish. |
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| In 2.5 years, she graduated from Case Western University with honors in two majors and two minors. She holds a dual B.A. degree in Psychology and Political Science, with Philosophy and Spanish as minors. |
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| Ms. Antonyan is one of the few who finished law school in two years and immediately passed the California Bar Exam. She then immediately opened up her own practice. Just a few months later she won her first commercial litigation trial against a large firm. Ms. Antonyan may be the youngest person in California to become a Certified Family Law Specialist after meeting the vigorous requirements in only five years. She invented a product for which the Patent and Trademark Office granted her a patent. She is also a licensed Real Estate Broker. Besides work she enjoys running, dancing, reading self-improvement and business literature, and traveling. |
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| In her words: "I love what I do, I love my clients, and I love being in Court. Dalai Lama had a positive message, he said "live one day at the time and make it a masterpiece." I view my life and work this way. As to our firm, we work as a team. One of my favorite Henry Ford quotes is "coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." I define our firm's success by our team efforts. When it comes to other things in life my view is well stated by T.S. Elliot, "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." Hence here comes our own firm's punch line, we are "Attorneys on Your Side... We Go to Battle for You." |
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| Mrs. Antonyan is a member of: American Association for Justice; Consumer Attorneys of California; San Diego County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, National Association of Realtors, San Diego Association of Realtors. |
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| Admitted By: California Supreme Court, U.S. District Court-Southern District of California, 2005. |
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| Education: California Western School of Law, J.D., 2004; Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, B.A., Psychology/Political Science, cum laude, 2002. |
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