Partamian Law Firm is a Pasadena law firm, born and based here. If you or a loved one has been seriously injured, abused, or wronged by an insurance company in Pasadena, help is minutes away. Founder Gary Partamian, named a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” for 2025 and 2026, has secured six and seven figure recoveries for survivors and injury victims across California, and he represents his hometown clients personally.
How We Help Pasadena Residents
Our firm focuses exclusively on plaintiffs’ civil litigation. We represent people, not corporations or insurance companies.
- Sexual AbusePursuing justice for survivors while fiercely protecting their privacy.
- Childhood Sexual AbuseHolding individuals and institutions accountable, including under California’s extended filing windows.
- Sexual HarassmentTaking on employers, schools, and organizations that fail to protect people from harm.
- Personal InjuryFighting for full compensation after serious accidents caused by negligence.
- Wrongful DeathStanding with families after the unimaginable loss of a loved one.
- Mass TortsRepresenting groups harmed by defective products and corporate negligence.
- Insurance Bad FaithMaking insurers pay what they owe when they wrongfully deny or delay claims.
A Pasadena Lawyer for Sexual Abuse Survivors
From our office on Lake Avenue, Gary Partamian represents survivors of sexual abuse and assault from Pasadena, Altadena, South Pasadena, and San Marino in civil claims against abusers and against the schools, churches, youth programs, employers, and other institutions that failed to protect them. Consultations are free and confidential, survivors can often file under a pseudonym such as Jane Doe, and California law now gives many survivors far more time to come forward than they realize.
Learn more about working with a Pasadena sexual abuse lawyer, our childhood sexual abuse practice, read about suing schools and institutions, or see California’s filing deadlines.
Car Accident and Injury Cases in Pasadena
Pasadena’s busiest crash corridors are the ones residents drive every day: the 210 and 134 freeways where they meet near Old Pasadena, Colorado Boulevard, Lake Avenue, and the streets around the Rose Bowl on game and event days. Our guide to 210 Freeway accidents in Pasadena explains who investigates a freeway crash and who pays. Pedestrians and cyclists share those same streets, and a crash at 30 miles per hour can change a life. Our office is on Lake Avenue, so when you call, you are talking to a local firm.
- Car AccidentsFreeway and surface-street crashes, from rear-end collisions to serious multi-car wrecks.
- Pedestrian AccidentsPeople hit in crosswalks, parking lots, and busy shopping districts like Old Pasadena.
- Bicycle AccidentsCyclists struck by drivers who did not look, turned across a bike lane, or opened a door.
- Truck AccidentsBig-rig and delivery-truck crashes on the 210 corridor, where more insurance and more evidence are at stake.
- Uber & Lyft AccidentsRideshare passengers and other drivers hurt when the app was on.
- Dog BitesCalifornia holds dog owners strictly liable for most bites, even a first bite.
The Legal Landscape in Pasadena
Pasadena is a city of roughly one hundred forty thousand residents that swells far beyond that on any given day. The 210, 134, and 110 freeways converge here, Old Pasadena and the Playhouse District draw crowds every night, and events at the Rose Bowl bring tens of thousands of visitors at a time. That daily volume produces serious traffic collisions, pedestrian and cyclist injuries, and premises liability incidents at businesses, venues, and parking structures across the city.
Pasadena is also an institutional city: a large unified school district, prominent private schools, universities, youth sports leagues, religious institutions, and major healthcare employers all operate here. Institutions carry legal duties to the people in their care, and when a school, program, or organization fails to protect a child or vulnerable person, California law allows survivors to hold the institution itself accountable. Our firm has secured confidential six and seven figure settlements in institutional abuse cases, and recent California law gives many survivors of childhood sexual abuse more time to file than they realize.
Civil cases arising in Pasadena are filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court system, at the Pasadena Courthouse on East Walnut Street, blocks from our office, or at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles for many significant civil matters. This is the courthouse our firm calls home.
Why Pasadena Clients Choose Partamian Law Firm
Most firms advertising to Pasadena residents are headquartered somewhere else. We are not. This is where Gary Partamian chose to build his practice after years litigating high-stakes injury and abuse cases at one of Southern California’s premier plaintiffs’ firms, and the firm’s reputation lives or dies on how it treats its neighbors. Pasadena clients meet with their attorney, not a case manager, in an office they can reach in minutes. Survivors of abuse receive trauma-informed, strictly confidential representation. Every case is prepared as if it is going to trial, because that is what makes insurance companies pay what a case is truly worth. We take cases on contingency, so hiring us costs nothing out of pocket. We only get paid if we win for you.
What to Do After an Injury or Incident in Pasadena
- Get medical attention first and keep every record, bill, and referral.
- Document everything: photos of the scene and injuries, witness names, and all correspondence.
- Do not give a recorded statement to any insurance adjuster before speaking with an attorney.
- Act before deadlines pass. California statutes of limitations vary by case type, and some, like childhood sexual abuse claims under AB 218, have special rules that may give survivors more time than they think.