Carney Shegerian Net Worth 2026: Trial Attorney Career

No reputable publisher has released a net worth estimate for Carney Shegerian, and the $45 million figure and income table previously shown on this page had no source, so we have removed them. Shegerian is a Los Angeles plaintiff-side employment lawyer who founded Shegerian & Associates in 1996. His firm says he has tried more than 100 jury trials to verdict and recovered more than $1 billion for clients, and his best-known win, a 2021 verdict against Farmers Insurance, totaled about $155 million.

What Is Carney Shegerian's Net Worth?

There is no published estimate. Shegerian's income depends on contingency fees, which plaintiff lawyers typically take as a share of what a client recovers, but his fee arrangements, the firm's revenue and the amounts actually collected after appeals and settlements are private. Large jury verdicts are often reduced or settled for less, so headline numbers are a poor guide to a lawyer's earnings.

The career totals below come from a profile published in the Los Angeles Business Journal's sponsored Leaders of Influence section in July 2026, which is based on information supplied by the firm. They give a sense of scale, not a net worth.

Where the Money Comes From: Shegerian & Associates

Shegerian & Associates represents employees in discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination cases, mostly under California's Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). The firm is based in Los Angeles and Santa Monica and has grown into a multi-lawyer practice; Justin Shegerian, another trial lawyer at the firm, was a 2026 finalist for a Law.com newcomer award.

• Founded: 1996, by Carney Shegerian.
• Focus: employee-side employment law against large companies.
• Trials: more than 100 jury trials to verdict, according to the firm's 2026 LABJ profile.
• Results: more than 50 seven-figure verdicts and over $1 billion in career recoveries, by the same account.

Notable Cases

Rudnicki v. Farmers Insurance (2021)

In December 2021 a Los Angeles jury awarded Andrew Rudnicki, a former senior vice president and top in-house lawyer at Farmers Insurance, $5.4 million in compensatory damages and $150 million in punitive damages. Reuters reported that Rudnicki said he was fired after 37 years as he prepared to testify in a pay discrimination case brought by the company's female lawyers. Farmers said he was dismissed for inappropriate comments and that it disagreed with the verdict. Shegerian represented Rudnicki.

Lawsuits against Ye (Kanye West)

Shegerian's firm has brought several employment suits against Ye and his businesses. In February 2025 CBC News reported that Shegerian filed a complaint for a former Yeezy employee, identified as Jane Doe, alleging religious and sex discrimination, harassment and retaliation; Ye's side had not responded at the time. Courthouse News reported the same month that the firm was behind four suits against the rapper and that a judge ordered Ye to sit for a deposition in one of them, filed by former employee Trevor Phillips, or face a default judgment. These are allegations in civil cases, and none had gone to verdict in the coverage we reviewed.

Defamation suit over rumors of his death

In 2022 Shegerian sued two large law firms and three lawyers for defamation, Courthouse News reported, after an email with the subject line about sad news spread a false claim that he was in hospice and dying. His complaint said the rumor hurt his practice at a time when COVID restrictions limited in-person contact with the defense bar.

Career and Recognition

The Los Angeles Business Journal has included Shegerian in its Leaders of Influence lists for labor and employment attorneys (2023) and litigators and trial attorneys (2026). The firm's 2026 profile claims a success rate above 98% on his FEHA trials; that figure is the firm's own and has not been independently checked.

We could not verify his education from an independent source. The old page claimed both a UCLA law degree and a Hofstra business degree, and we removed both along with an invented description of internships and partnerships at another firm.

Personal Life

Shegerian keeps his private life out of the press. The previous version of this page included an unsourced section about a wife, plus age, height and weight figures; all were removed. We also do not publish phone numbers or addresses.

Net Worth Compared

For other lawyers profiled on this site, see Amy Witherite, a personal injury lawyer who runs her own firm, and Ben Chen. You can also compare him with restaurant owner Charles Loflin and Carmine De Falco.

Why There Is No Reliable Figure

Law firm partners' earnings are private unless a firm is ranked by a trade publication with its revenue, and Shegerian & Associates does not publish financials. Verdict totals are public, but what a firm finally collects is not. We will add an estimate only if a reputable outlet publishes one.