Paul Krekorian was elected to the California State Assembly in 2006 to serve the communities of Burbank, Glendale, Los Feliz, North Hollywood, Silver Lake, Valley Glen, Van Nuys and Toluca Lake.  Mr. Krekorian serves on two of the Assembly’s most powerful committees, Appropriations and Rules.  He also serves on the Utilities & Commerce, Judiciary, and Human Services committees, the Select Committee on Hate Crimes, and as Chair of the Select Committee on Preservation of California’s Entertainment Industry.

Within his first few months in the State Assembly, Mr. Krekorian has introduced a collage of legislation with far reaching impact on education, the environment and public safety.  He has also introduced legislation that will protect our senior citizens, and a landmark bill that will secure the integrity of elections in California, the Secure, Accurate, Fair Elections Act of 2007.

Prior to his service in the Assembly, Mr. Krekorian served as President of the Burbank Board of Education.  He was elected to the school board in May 2003, during a devastating fiscal crisis in which the Burbank schools faced budget cuts that would have been devastating to the quality of education.  Under Mr. Krekorian’s leadership, the district was able to save many educational programs and vital jobs, while still paring administrative costs, and produced a balanced budget for the next three years.  During Mr. Krekorian’s tenure, the district significantly improved student attendance and test scores, increased teacher pay, launched the Burbank Priority in Education Foundation, focused on student nutrition and exercise, and implemented groundbreaking programs to protect the environment and achieve energy efficiencies.  At the same time, Mr. Krekorian served as President of the Five Star Education Coalition, a consortium of five suburban school districts that works to shape state and federal education policy.

Paul Krekorian has always been a strong champion for children.  He was instrumental in helping to create GenerationNext, a mentorship program for at-risk youth in Glendale public schools, and he serves on the advisory board of the D&M Foundation, which offers after school programs in both Burbank and Glendale.  Previously, Mr. Krekorian served on the Burbank Childcare Committee.

Paul Krekorian is a partner in the law firm of Fisher & Krekorian, and he has practiced as a business, entertainment and intellectual property litigation attorney for over 20 years.  He has been a leader in his profession, having served on the Board of Trustees of the LA County Bar Association, the Board of Trustees of the LA County Law Library, the California State Legislature’s Task Force on Court Facilities, and many local and state bar committees.  He served on the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, and the L.A. Police Commission appointed him as counsel to the Webster Commission in the aftermath of the riots in 1992.

Paul Krekorian received his law degree from UC Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from USC.  He lives in Burbank with his wife Tamar and their sons Hrag, 14, and Andrew, 2.