Lucy A. Vartanian

Lucy A. Vartanian

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Lucy Vartanian counsels clients in a wide range of family law issues, including dissolution of marriage, parentage, custody and support. Having exclusively practiced family law throughout her legal career, Lucy develops effective legal strategies with her clients’ best interests at the center. A fierce advocate for her clients, Lucy maintains a sensible approach and rational demeanor which lead to favorable outcomes for her clients. 

Beyond advising on legal matters, Lucy fills a valuable role as a trusted listener for her clients who may find discussing personal events with friends and family difficult. Lucy first developed her interest in family law as a result of her positive classroom experience with leading family court judicial officers in Los Angeles County. The course revealed the personal and psychological aspects of being a family law attorney, which Lucy found deeply impactful and fulfilling.  

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Speaking Engagements

Panelist Speaker, Interview Skills Workshop, Loyola Law School Armenian Women's Bar Association, 2024

Panelist Speaker, Domestic Violence Community Forum, YWCA Glendale in partnership with the City of Glendale Commission on the Status of Women & Assemblymember Laura Friedman, October 11, 2018

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California

Education

Southwestern Law School, J.D.

University of California, San Diego, B.A. 

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Armenian

Publications

Author, “Five Ways to Privatize the Public Nature of Divorce,” Attorney at Law Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 4, 2017

Author, “Recent Grandparent Visitation Decision Signals Changing Perceptions of Family Unit,” Attorney at Law Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 9, 2016

Author, “Good News for Grandparents,” Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), Family Law Section E-Newsletter, Vol. 16, No.5, 2016

Honors & Awards

Named in Lawdragon's “500 Leading Family Lawyers” list, 2024

Recognized in the “Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation” list, 2023 

Selected to the Up-and-Coming 50: Women Southern California Rising Stars list, 2021–2024

Selected to the Southern California Rising Stars list, 2018–2024

Selected to the Up-and-Coming 100: Southern California Rising Stars list, 2021–2022

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“I take great pride in serving a dual role for my clients as both a legal advisor and confidante, both of which are critical to facilitating the client’s healing and the optimal restructuring of their post-divorce life.”

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Professional Organizations

Los Angeles County Bar Association: Family Law Section
Member, 2013present

Pasadena Bar Association: Board of Trustees
Secretary, present
Member (Second Term), 20192023

Armenian Bar Association
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Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine (Official publication of LACBA): Editorial Board
Secretary, 20232024
Member, 2021present

LACBA's President's Advisory Committee on Women in the Legal Profession
Member, 2021present

Southern California Family Law American Inn of Court
Member, 20152016