Lara Markarian

Lara is an experienced litigator whose practice focuses on white collar criminal defense and government enforcement actions, regulatory and internal investigations, securities litigation, and class action defense. Lara focuses a significant portion of her practice on conducting sensitive internal investigations and interfacing with the government on behalf of her clients. This includes representing business entities, independent directors, and executives in federal grand jury, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and other government investigations. She also advises clients on negotiating with the government and responding to civil investigative demands and broad investigative subpoenas.  

In the civil arena, Lara has significant experience representing financial institutions, insurance companies, religious institutions, and other global companies in state and federal courts nationwide in civil trial and appellate matters, with a particular focus on complex commercial, securities fraud, class action, and defamation matters. She is experienced in all phases of litigation, including case assessment and strategy development, briefing and arguing motions, and managing all aspects of discovery in complex litigation—including defending depositions, preparing cases and witnesses for trial, and briefing appeals.

Prior to law school, Lara worked at a large global investment bank in the treasury department, where she gained experience managing the bank’s relationships with Fortune 500 companies as a part of both the financial institutions and technology & media sales team.

In addition to her litigation practice, Lara is an active participant in providing pro bono services to the Los Angeles community, with a focus on adoption cases and immigration matters.

Lara is fluent in Armenian and proficient in Spanish.