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In 2020, Sophie Etemadi won CAALA’s Rising Star Award. This prestigious award recognizes one’s ability and track record in the courtroom via nomination. Winning the award illustrates high regard by one’s peers as fellow trial attorneys vote to select the most deserving recipient. CAALA’s Board of Governors also nominated Ms. Etemadi for the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award. As a nominee for this award, Ms. Etemadi was not only recognized for her substantial jury verdicts, but also for their effects in the community at large.
That same year, Ms. Etemadi became the youngest attorney to make it as a finalist for the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association’s Top Gun Award. Each year, OCTLA honors outstanding trial attorneys whose recent verdicts exemplify how trial lawyers use their skills and determination to create a more just society. The OCTLA recognized Ms. Etemadi’s ability to obtain 1.6 million dollars in general damages from an Orange County jury for her elderly client.