James Azadian

James Azadian is an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University's Caruso School of Law, specializing in appellate advocacy and litigation strategy. He serves as co-leader of Dykema's Appellate and Critical Motions Practice, representing clients in hundreds of appeals and writ proceedings nationwide. His career includes clerkships with Ninth Circuit Judge Consuelo Maria Callahan and District Judge Ricardo Manuel Urbina, and he has taught Law and Economics at UCLA, Supreme Court Practicum at Northwestern University School of Law, and Legal Ethics at USC.

Professor Azadian is renowned for his contributions to appellate law, including serving as principal editor of the Ninth Circuit’s Appellate Lawyers’ Practice Guide. He currently chairs the Ninth Circuit Advisory Board and has held leadership roles in appellate lawyer representative groups.

• Top 40 Under 40 Attorneys in California (The Daily Journal)
• Pepperdine University Inaugural 40 Under 40 Honoree
• West Trailblazer (The American Lawyer)
• Leader of Influence (Los Angeles Business Journal)
• Best Lawyers in America®

His expertise spans legal ethics, law and economics, and dispute resolution. While the provided text does not list specific publications, his professional focus suggests engagements with appellate law trends and judicial process analysis.