Born in Los Angeles, California, Dickran "Dicky" Tevrizian received a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the University of Southern California in 1962 and a Juris Doctor from the USC Gould School of Law in 1965.

While at USC, Tevrizian was a member of the Gamma Tau Chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

In 1994, he was awarded the Oxford Cup, the highest honor a brother of Beta Theta Pi can receive.

Tevrizian assumed senior status on August 5, 2005, and retired completely from the bench on April 19, 2007.

[3] Tevrizian sentenced Barry Minkow, the criminal teenage entrepreneur who has since become a Christian minister and anti-fraud detective, to prison in 1987.