Norvik Azarian

Norvik Azarian is the Managing Attorney at Tact Law Firm, APC.  His practice focuses on assisting individuals with long-term disability and short-term disability ERISA claims, personal injuries, and appellate matters. While advocating for his clients, Norvik draws on his past experiences to provide unique insights to their cases and level the playing field. 

Prior to starting Tact Law Firm, Norvik worked at two prestigious defense firms in Los Angeles, where he defended major insurance companies, ERISA benefits administrators, managed care entities, and Fortune 500 corporations. During his time as a defense attorney, Norvik represented many ERISA benefits lawsuits involving claims for long-term disability, short-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, life insurance, and health care benefits.

Norvik understands how insurance companies and ERISA claims administrators operate and approach the cases he now advocates for his clients.

Norvik also has years of experience handling complex appellate matters.  During law school, Norvik served as a judicial extern to a prominent Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, where he assisted the Circuit Judge in evaluating appeals, drafted portions of appellate opinions, and learned how appellate judges consider and decide cases.

In his practice, Norvik has worked on numerous civil appeals. He has represented clients at the California Courts of Appeal, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and has authored a successful opposition to a petition for writ of certiorari at the United States Supreme Court in a complex ERISA case involving a circuit split regarding co-fiduciary liabilities. See Cho v. First Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., 852 Fed. Appx. 304 (9th Cir. 2021), cert. denied, 142 S. Ct. 1118 (2022).

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California

State Bar of California

ID Number: 325315

Since 2019

Associate

Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP

2022 - 2023

Represented prominent insurance companies, real estate agents, brokerages, property managers, and attorneys in professional negligence claims.

Associate

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

2019 - 2022

Defended major insurance companies, ERISA benefits administrators, managed care entities, and Fortune 500 corporations in ERISA benefits lawsuits involving claims for long-term disability, short-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, life insurance, and health care benefits. Additionally, worked on several appellate matters.

Certified Law Student

Loyola Law School Ninth Circuit Appellate Clinic

2017 - 2018

Co-authored successful appellate brief on novel issues of the right to bodily privacy under the Fourth Amendment and qualified immunity and argued before the Ninth Circuit. See Ioane v. Hodges, 903 F.3d 929 (9th. Cir. 2018).

Judicial Extern

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

2017 - 2017

Norvik was selected to serve as a judicial extern to a prominent Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In this capacity, Norvik assisted the Circuit Judge and his law clerks in evaluating civil and criminal appeals involving a broad range of issues and drafted portions of appellate opinions. This experience allowed Norvik to learn how appellate judges consider and assess cases.

Research Assistant to Professor Aaron Caplan

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

2017 - 2017

Norvik assisted Professor Caplan with updating his constitutional law textbook, An Integrated Approach to Constitutional Law.

Law Clerk

Hartounian Law Firm

2017 - 2017

Assisted Managing Attorney, Alex Hartounian, with litigating California employment matters, including discrimination claims.

Law Clerk

Hartounian Law Firm

2013 - 2015

Assisted Managing Attorney, Alex Hartounian, with litigating California employment matters, including discrimination claims.

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

J.D. (2018) | Law

2015 - 2018

Graduated in top 15% of class

Honors: Dean's Honor List

Activities: Ninth Circuit Appellate Clinic; Armenian Law Students Association

University of California - Irvine

B.A. (2015) | Economics

2015

Honors: Dean's Honor List

State Bar of California  # 325315

Member

2019 - Current