Victims' Fund - The Accident Guys

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Changing the lives of victims catastrophically injured or killed in a car accident – one donation at a time.

In 2018, an estimated 40,000 people lost their lives to car crashes and about 4.5 million people were seriously injured in crashes. In California there were around 3,651 reported motor-vehicle deaths. Accidents are unpredictable. Moreover, accidents can be devastating to the victim’s finances. They may have to exhaust their savings account, might be unable to get back to work until they recover or both. Moreover, many families in California are not prepared to cover surprise expenses like medical bills and unexpected funeral costs.

Our Mission

As a result, The Accident Guys created a Victims fund to help low income victims that were injured in a car accident and are unable to pay for medical bills because the at-fault party was not insured or underinsured. The fund will help support victims who suffered from substantial injury and are unable to return to work or cannot go back to work until they fully recover. Additionally, the fund will assist with funeral costs if someone lost a loved one in a car accident.

About Us – Board of Directors

Omid E. Dayan – CEO

Omid Elyaoudayan – is a co-founding partner at Dayan | Houman, a personal injury law firm. Prior to opening up his own firm, Omid was an associate at another personal injury law firm for approximately 3 years. Omid is a graduate of Pepperdine School of Law and earned his BA degree at UCLA.

Eliot Houman – President

Eliot Houman – is a co-founding partner at Dayan | Houman, a personal injury law firm. Prior to opening up his own firm, Eliot was an associate at 2 civil litigation law firms. Eliot is a graduate of Northwestern School of Law and earned his BA degree at UCLA.

Navid Barkhodar – CFO

Navid Barkhordar – is a Client Relations Manager at Merriwether & Williams. Navid Barkhordar provides leadership and direction for Merriwether & Williams’ Southern California Contractor Development and Bonding programs, handles day-to-day client service and quality account management, and provides oversight for program planning and evaluation.

Having joined Merriwether & Williams in 2008, he was instrumental as part of Los Angeles Unified School District’s Contractor BondWorks program, providing bonding assessments, technical assistance and individual counseling to contractors to help them obtain adequate bonding and financing capacity to maximize their contracting potential. With a decade of experience in the industry, he is a champion of small business development and excels at building collaborative relationships, and offering organizational enhancement and municipal relationship management to help contractors eliminate barriers to bonding and access to capital. He frequently lectures on bonding, financing and public works construction. Navid holds a B.B.A. degree from Baruch College, with a concentration in Finance and Investments, and has won numerous awards in recognition of his endeavors on behalf of local contractors.

David Tehrani – Secretary

David Tehrani – Associate Marketing Manager at Mattel. David earned his MBA from Indiana University’s Kelley school of Business. Skills acquired from his MBA have taught him to be a strategic marketing professional. He uses the data and insights to develop strategies and driver for results. Prior to working at Mattel, David was worked at Target’s Corporate office in Greater Minneapolis. David also earned his B.A. degree at UCLA.

Pouyan Famini – Vice President

Dr. Pouyan Famini grew up in the San Fernando Valleyand earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He then went on to the Albany Medical College in New York for his Medical Degree and returned to Los Angeles to complete residency training in Internal Medicine and specialty training in Endocrinology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Following his training, Dr. Famini has been treating hormone related disorders at UCLA in addition to training medical students, residents, and fellows.

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