Steven Vartabedian 6575

Justice Steven Vartabedian is a retired justice of the Court of Appeal, Fifth District. His family heritage is Armenian and Lebanese, and his grandparents came to the United States with very little education. His grandfather, Solomon, worked for United States Steel and eventually moved to Fresno, California to become a farmer. Justice Vartabedian was encouraged to pursue an education by his grandparents, and he graduated from Roosevelt High School and Fresno State. He then went on to Santa Clara University Law School, where he was initially intimidated by his classmates from Ivy League schools. He and his wife, Marilyn, met at Fresno State.