Overview
Areen Babajanian is a seasoned litigator with extensive experience representing clients in employment and business disputes – on either side of the "v.” He has a keen understanding of plaintiffs’ side tactics, having represented employee litigants for the greater part of his career. At Fisher Phillips, Areen leverages this know-how to advocate effectively on behalf of management.
Prior to joining the firm, Areen honed a particular focus in wage & hour class action and Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) jurisprudence. In that context, he has attained multiple appellate decisions in complex litigation matters involving the enforceability of arbitration agreements.
Areen is also well versed in issues relating to fair employment and employee defection. In these fact-intensive cases, he has a winning record with dispositive motion practice, leveraging process and substance to secure his clients’ interests. Areen has second-chaired multiple arbitration evidentiary hearings and litigated "Me Too" sexual harassment cases through case conclusion.
Active in the community, Areen has served as a volunteer attorney with Public Counsel, Bet Tzedek and the Glendale City Attorney's Office. He served as a Fellow with the Luys Education Foundation’s Develop Armenia Program, stationed in the Republic of Artsakh. In his pro-bono advocacy, he previously assisted an undocumented Guatemalan client in securing his special juvenile immigrant status and desired legal guardianship.
While at Penn Law School, Areen served as a judicial extern in the chambers of the Honorable Judge Glynnis Hill, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas - Criminal Division. He also served as a Senior Editor of the Journal of International Law, Vol. 33.