About Arash Beral

Arash Beral is a first-chair trial and appellate lawyer who represents businesses, investors, executives, entrepreneurs, and other principals in high-stakes commercial disputes. Arash handles matters involving business ownership and partnership disputes, real estate and valuable assets, corporate governance and fiduciary obligations, trade secrets, franchise relationships, and other complex contractual and commercial matters.

Arash is frequently retained when a dispute presents significant financial exposure, complicated business relationships, or difficult strategic choices. He handles cases from their earliest stages—including emergency injunction proceedings—through trial and appeal, and has represented clients in state and federal courts across the country.

Arash has developed a notable record in both the trial and appellate courts. In a six-day federal jury trial involving claims under the Defend Trade Secrets Act and RICO, he secured a complete defense verdict for his client after the jury found against other defendants. The court subsequently awarded his client the fees and costs incurred in defending the action.

Since December 2022, Arash has secured five unanimous appellate victories in California, New York, and Texas. Those victories include four appellate reversals and, in 2026, a California Court of Appeal decision affirming his clients’ anti-SLAPP victory and dismissing a related fee appeal. His appellate matters have involved complex issues concerning real estate, lending, contractual rights, business ownership, and other commercial disputes.

Arash’s approach to litigation is driven by the client’s ultimate business objective rather than the litigation process itself. He works closely with clients to identify leverage early, simplify complex disputes, and determine the most effective path to the desired result—whether through negotiated resolution, emergency relief, dispositive motion practice, trial, or appeal.

His clients have included privately held and public companies, investors and investment groups, business owners, executives, entrepreneurs, professionals, and other individuals facing significant commercial disputes. His experience includes partnership and ownership disputes, real estate and construction litigation, lender-borrower disputes, trade secret and unfair competition claims, franchise disputes, executive compensation matters, business torts, and disputes involving complex ownership structures and valuable assets.

Beyond his litigation practice, Arash holds leadership roles within Blank Rome, the legal profession, and the Los Angeles community. He serves on Blank Rome’s Partner Board and on the Board of Directors of the Southwestern Law School Alumni Association.

Arash is also deeply involved in youth development and athletics. He serves the Beverly Hills Basketball League and also founded Stars Youth Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on creating athletic, mentorship, educational, and development opportunities for young people.

Arash’s professional and community contributions have been recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal, which named him among its Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys; The Recorder, which recognized him as a California Lawyer on the Fast Track; Blank Rome, which honored him as a Community Impact Champion; and the Beverly Hills Basketball League, which named him Division Director of the Year.

Arash earned his B.A., summa cum laude, and his J.D., cum laude, when he was 22 years old, completing both degrees in just five years

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Experience

  • Led, argued, and obtained a unanimous reversal before the California Court of Appeal in a complex real estate dispute involving former brothers-in-law and various other parties. (Blank Rome Secures Reversal in the California Court of Appeal in a Complex Real Estate Dispute | Blank Rome LLP)
  • Lead counsel for client, Mike Stumpe, in DTSA and RICO jury trial in the United States District Court of the Central District of California. Obtained favorable partial summary judgment ruling and unanimous defense verdict after six-day jury trial. (Blank Rome Secures Defense Victory in Trade Secrets and RICO Jury Trial in California | Blank Rome LLP)
  • Led, argued, and obtained a unanimous reversal before the New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division in a lending dispute involving claims that the lender improperly declared a default, accelerated the subject loan, and foreclosed on a hotel securing the loan based on an alleged prohibited transfer (the transfer of membership interests within the organizational structure of the borrower’s minority ownership group, layers removed from the borrower). (Blank Rome Secures Unanimous Reversal in NY Supreme Court Appellate Division for 1250 North SD Mezz LLC)
  • Assisted with the drafting and submission of an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court of the United States involving the scope of the attorney-client privilege. (Supreme Court Grapples with Scope of Attorney-Client Privilege)
  • Argued before and obtained a unanimous reversal from the Texas Court of Appeals in a case concerning unique issues under Texas law surrounding the right of the State of Texas to confer jurisdiction over out-of-state party defendants in a commercial dispute. (Blank Rome Secures Unanimous Reversal in TX Court of Appeals Fraud Lawsuit for TBS Business Solutions USA, Inc. and CEO Tewodros “Teddy” Sahilu)
  • Represented and successfully resolved claims in the Central District of California on behalf of defendants in a receivership action who were alleged to be “net winners” in an alleged “Ponzi-like” scheme in an action originally filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • Represented parties involved in a regulatory enforcement action brought jointly (for the first time) by the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Financial Protection and Innovation involving mortgage relief assistance claims.
  • Acting as lead counsel to majority investors in major hotel properties across the United States lost to foreclosure due to fault of others. This set of disputes has led to multiple cases filed in many states, including California, New York, Illinois, and Delaware. The cases involve the interplay of complex loan agreements and operating agreements, the lender’s obligations, and the duties and responsibilities among members involved in the intricate capital structures arranged to own and operate the hotels.
  • Acting as lead counsel in a real estate partnership dispute involving luxury residential developments and properties in Los Angeles, California. 
  • Acted as lead defense counsel in a complex executive compensation case in the Northern District of California involving various contract, tort, and labor-based claims in which plaintiff seeks over $100 million in damages. 
  • Acting as lead counsel to managing executive of the U.S.-based arm of an international fast food franchise chain. Successfully obtained preliminary injunctive relief restoring client’s position and exclusive right to operate the business. The litigation involved approximately 30 parties and seven law firms.
  • Represented a Massachusetts company accused of misappropriating trade secrets and other tortious conduct under California law at trial and on appeal. Served as local defense counsel for a 2014 jury trial before the Central District of California and was instrumental in prevailing on a Rule 50(a) motion for judgment as a matter of law and on a Rule 50(b) renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law following the jury’s verdict. Those rulings were appealed and upheld by the Ninth Circuit in 2016. 
  • Was lead trial counsel in a case involving luxury real estate in an upscale California community. Following a bench trial in 2015, the trial court entered judgment in favor of Arash’s client, later granting his client’s motion for attorneys’ fees, costs, and prejudgment interest. Defendants appealed the attorney fee ruling, arguing that the California Association of Realtors agreement required Arash’s client to have contacted a mediator before filing suit to qualify for the recovery of attorneys’ fees. Arash opposed the appeal and, at his request, the California Association of Realtors filed an amicus curiae brief siding with Arash that no pre-suit contact with a mediator was required, only an attempt to mediate (with which Arash’s client complied before filing suit). Following Arash’s argument in the Court of Appeal, the court sided with Arash’s client, affirmed the judgment, and ruled that his client was entitled to costs on appeal.
  • Defended client in a federal RICO action in the Western District of Texas. Arash filed a motion to dismiss under Rules 12(b)(2) and 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. After evaluating Arash’s arguments, the court granted his motion, finding that plaintiff had failed to plead a plausible RICO enterprise involving Arash’s client.
  • Prevailed in an appeal following his oral argument before the California Court of Appeal involving 2011 rulings imposing substantial monetary sanctions against his opposing counsel. The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court orders in favor of Arash and his California municipal client.

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Recognitions

  • 2025, “Leader of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys,” listed in Los Angeles Business Journal
  • 2023, “Lawyer on the Fast Track,” listed in The Recorder
  • 2012–2023, Los Angeles “Rising Star” in Business Litigation, listed in Super Lawyers
  • 2019–2021, “Leader in Law,” listed in Los Angeles Business Journal

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Professional Activities

Arash serves the alumni association board of his alma mater, Southwestern Law School.
Within Blank Rome, Arash is co-lead of the BR MENA affinity group, a community for Middle Eastern and North African (“MENA”) ethnocultural colleagues to gather, share, and address issues and concerns that impact the group, and to educate and spread awareness about the different cultures and ethnicities within MENA. He is also an active member of BR United, the firm’s multicultural affinity group, focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion within the firm and the legal industry.

In addition to the firm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, Arash is heavily involved in the firm’s pro bono and community and civic engagement programs. Arash also serves on his law school’s alumni association board of directors, as well as on the board of directors of a local youth basketball league.
 

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Bar Admissions

  • California

Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court - Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court - Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court - Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court - Southern District of California

Education

  • Southwestern Law School, JD, cum laude
  • University of California - Los Angeles, BA, summa cum laude, with honors

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