Best Lawyers Near You in Van Nuys, California for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Bobby Saadian, Esq., a renowned attorney and nationally recognized law firm business operator, is the Founder of Wilshire Law Firm, one of California's largest and most successful plaintiff law firms. A distinguished graduate of Pepperdine University, he earned both his Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees and was subsequently honored as the Law School’s Young Alumnus of the Year for his outstanding professional achievement and social advocacy. In 2007, Bobby found...
Paul Kiesel received his Juris Doctorate from the Whittier College School of Law in Los Angeles in 1985. In 2005, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Whittier Law School. His practice is devoted to representing consumers in personal injury, class action, environmental, and toxic tort litigation. Mr. Kiesel has repeatedly been selected as one of the top plaintiff attorneys in the State of California and the country. The Los Angeles Business Journal recognized Mr. Kiesel as one of ...
Brian J. Breiter is a civil trial attorney with more than 30 years of experience representing plaintiffs in personal injury litigation. As a founding partner of Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter LLP in Los Angeles, California, he represents individuals and families in complex injury and wrongful death matters throughout California and Florida. Mr. Breiter is licensed in both states and is fluent in Spanish. Mr. Breiter has obtained several hundred million dollars in settlements and verdicts on ...
Samer S. Habbas is the Founder and Managing Partner of Samer Habbas & Associates , a California personal injury law firm focused on catastrophic injury and wrongful death litigation. With more than 20 years of experience , Mr. Habbas represents individuals and families in complex, high-exposure cases involving commercial trucking collisions, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, motorcycle and pedestrian accidents, and premises liability. Over the course of his career, Mr. Habba...
Cory R. Weck chairs the Personal Injury Practice Group at McCune Wright Arevalo LLP and represents plaintiffs in personal injury litigation throughout Ontario, California and the greater Inland Empire. Raised in the San Bernardino Mountains, Mr. Weck has spent nearly three decades advocating for injured individuals and families, as well as clients connected to the United States Marine Corps, in a wide range of personal injury and product liability matters. Mr. Weck’s background reflects...
Rachel Lanier practices in the areas of toxic torts, pharmaceutical litigation, mass torts, and product liability. Prior to joining The Lanier Law Firm in 2016, Ms. Lanier was an associate at a mid-sized firm in Manhattan, where she focused on representing individuals suffering from asbestos-induced diseases, such as mesothelioma and lung cancer. Ms. Lanier earned her undergraduate degree from Pepperdine University in California, and her law degree from the St. John’s University School ...
As one of the premiere Los Angeles personal injury attorneys in Southern California, Andy Ellis attributes his success to the work ethic and self-discipline he learned while serving in the United States Army. Before enlisting in the Army, a stint as a craps dealer in the casinos of Atlantic City, NJ, allowed him to develop the poise and quick-thinking under pressure, which is so necessary to a successful trial lawyer. But Ellis's career trajectory as a premiere serious personal injury trial l...
Gary M. Paul is a veteran trial lawyer and partner in the Los Angeles office of Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel, where he focuses on complex civil litigation. With more than four decades of experience as a trial lawyer, Gary is widely respected for his advocacy on behalf of individuals injured by exposure to asbestos, herbicides and pesticides, and other dangerous chemicals, as well as defective products and negligent corporate practices. He has authored numerous articles for legal journals an...
Timothy J. Wheeler is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs. Timothy J., who practices law in El Segundo, California, has been recognized since 1995. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Timothy J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Founding Partner John McNicholas has more than five decades of experience representing plaintiffs in the areas of catastrophic personal injury, employment law, class actions, sexual abuse and other consumer-oriented matters. He is a recognized leader with more than 150 jury verdicts and 20 reported appellate decisions in copyright infringement, breach of contract, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical and aviation cases. Mr. McNicholas has obtained millions in verdicts and settlements. His clie...
Christopher Adamson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Christopher, who practices law in Los Angeles, California, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Christopher is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Geoffrey S. Wells is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs. Geoffrey S., who practices law in El Segundo, California, has been recognized since 2007. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Geoffrey S. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Brendan Gilbert is a Partner at Taylor & Ring who handles cases involving the sexual abuse of minors, sexual assault and harassment, products liability, and complex personal injury actions with catastrophic injuries. Brendan has been the handling attorney on numerous cases that have resulted in eight-figure and seven-figure settlements as a result of his aggressive and persistent style of litigating cases. He has also second chaired multiple personal injury trials to verdict and was lead ...
John C. Taylor is a nationally recognized trial lawyer in California. The broad variety of cases he has tried during his career is matched by few attorneys, trying more than 135 cases to verdict, including: police shootings and civil rights, sexual abuse, serious personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, insurance bad faith, and employment. Among his record-setting outcomes are: $57.5 million verdict in an insurance bad faith action arising from an aviation accident resulting in th...
A practicing trial attorney for over thirty years, Dan Dunbar has obtained tens of millions of dollars for his clients in verdicts and settlements in personal injury, product liability and pharmaceutical cases. Over Mr. Dunbar’s career, he has personally represented over 5,000 clients involved in personal injury claims, including 1,100 women injured by the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device. Mr. Dunbar is an “AV” rated lawyer, which is the highest rating established by Martin...
P. Ryan Banafshe established BANA LAW, PC in 2003 to provide client focused and results oriented legal services. After years of representing clients in several areas of law, he knew he found his passion the first time he represented an injured client. He has a sincere passion representing injured victims against insurance companies and he prides himself on obtaining the best possible outcome for his clients. Ryan is a skilled negotiator, an advocate of the people and fights for those who have...
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