Education and Bar Admission
Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, Brown University, 1981
Juris Doctor, University of California, Los Angeles, 1984
Admitted to the State Bar of California, 1984
Professional Experiences:
- Designated a Super Lawyer in a survey of his peers, as announced in Los Angeles Magazine, 2006 & 2008
- Rated A.V. (highest possible rating for preeminent legal ability and ethics) by Martindale Hubbell, the national directory of attorneys
Cases of Note:
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- Felder v. Fleming $1,500,000 was recovered for the client who was injured when the defendant driver made a left hand turn in front of his vehicle.
- Hofmann v. Connex West $575,000 was recovered for a woman who was injured when she was bumped off a commuter bus at Los Angeles Union Station.
- Rojas v. Confidential Defendant $850,000 was recovered in a slip-and-fall cause against the restaurant whose bathroom floor the client slipped on.
- Sandoval v. Winkler Forming and Lyle Industries – $900,000 was recovered for a client who lost a portion of his left hand when he reached into the machine to clear a jam.
- Simental v. Eli Jr. Pumping –$1,185,000 was recovered for the client who suffered leg amputation (at the knee) as a result of a work-related accident
- Whiteside v. St. Bernardine Medical Center –$3 million was recovered for the husband and wife clients in a medical malpractice action against a hospital whose medical staff failed to promptly diagnose and treat a myocardial infarction suffered in the telemetry unit while he was under observation post cardiac stenting
- Bastida v. Confidential Insurance Company –$500,000 was recovered for a client in a bad faith claim against the insurance company of a driver who rear ended plaintiff, causing life-threatening injuries.
- Schlock v. Frith-Smith Construction –$6.5 million was recovered for the clients when the husband, who was the construction site superintendent was injured as a result of an impalement through his face on uncapped rebar.
Bar Activities:
- Los Angeles Superior Court, Mediator/Arbitrator
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Pasadena Bar Association
- American Association for Justice (formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles