Paul Arshagouni, M.D., J.D.

Associate Dean of Western State College of Law

EDUCATION:
University of California, Los Angeles, Bachelor of Arts, 1984
University of California Irvine College of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, 1988
University of California Los Angeles, Masters of Public Health, 1992
University of California Los Angeles, Juris Doctor, 1999

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Contract Law
Health Care Law

Professor Arshagouni is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Western State College of Law. He began his career in legal academics in 2002 as an assistant research professor at the University of Houston Law Center’s Health Law Policy Institute. He then spent several years teaching at Michigan State University College of Law where he taught a number of health law related courses as well as first year Contracts and Property. Professor Arshagouni has also taught at California Western School of Law and Whittier School of Law. Prior to legal academics, he practiced law as an associate in the health care practice groups at Sidley Austin in Los Angeles and at Foley Lardner, also in Los Angeles. Before entering the legal profession, Professor Arshagouni had a career in medicine. He worked for several years as a pediatrician and assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine. While at UCI, he acted as director of pediatrics at a community clinic in north Orange County, CA.