Ordubegian Featured as New Managing Partner in Los Angeles Office

Aram succeeded Automotive & Transportation Industry Chair Aaron Jacoby, who served in the role for more than 10 years.

“It has been an honor to serve as office managing partner over the past decade and to work alongside my colleagues as our Los Angeles office has grown and evolved to provide comprehensive services to clients in California and across the globe,” Aaron said. “Having known Aram for many years as a colleague and friend, I know I speak for all of us when I say that he is the ideal leader to step into this role and take our office to new heights.”

Aram began his legal career in financial restructuring and bankruptcy law.

“I’m a financial restructuring and bankruptcy lawyer. I’ve been doing that since day one—I’m talking since pretty much the second week of law school,” he said.

He practiced at an Orange County firm and then at Weinstein and Eisen, which became Weinstein Weiss and Ordubegian in 2000.

“We reorganized a lot of companies, and you’re really in a trust relationship when you’re in the trenches with a company or a person that’s in financial distress,” Aram said. “So many of them were thriving afterward, and they were calling me back because I was that trusted advisor.”

Aram started at ArentFox Schiff in July 2009.

“Since then, it’s been expanding my practice, having a local and regional touch,” he said. “I’m still and always will be sort of a middle-market bankruptcy lawyer. But because of the national practice, I was able to work on and generate business in more of the public debt type forums—Delaware, Southern District of New York, and the last few years, of course, Texas has been booming in that regard.”

Aram has served on the firm’s executive committee since 2018, as well as on the compensation committee. His growth strategy for the Los Angeles office focuses on strengthening current practices – Health Care, Intellectual Property, Bankruptcy, Restructuring, Labor & Employment, and White Collar Defense – and adding to the real estate and litigation practices. 

“My predecessor, Aaron Jacoby, who’s become a friend and a mentor both in my personal life and professional life, has done a great job,” Aram said. “In the legal business — there is a need for growth; we can see the uncertainty of what’s going to happen with AI — it’s only proper to help grow the LA office and get us to at least 100 lawyers. That has to happen.”

He added, “It’s about what I’m seeing in the general law firm business space, the need to grow and be strong because of the uncertainties that are out there. But frankly, it’s also driven by client needs and demands.”

The Los Angeles office relocated to redesigned space in late 2024, featuring high-tech conference rooms and indoor/outdoor spaces.

“Our Los Angeles office is as strong as it is today because of Aaron’s strategic vision and calm, steady leadership,” Aram said. “I have big shoes to fill but could not be more excited to step into this role and help guide our LA office into its next chapter.”

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