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Ruben Montoya
TUSTIN, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Employment and Workers' Comp
Trinity Law School
Attorney Ruben Montoya founded MONTOYA LAW with the idea that if you hire an attorney you should deal with an attorney. Before MONTOYA LAW attorney Ruben Montoya worked for highly respected Workers Compensation / Personal Injury firm. During his time as the managing attorney for such firm he multiplied workers compensation settlements. Those Workers Compensation claims that would not settle for what the injured worker deserved Mr. Montoya tried and prevailed for his clients. Ruben Montoya has tried many trials with favorable outcomes and settled millions out of court. At MONTOYA LAW...
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Paul W. Ralph
Orange, CA Products Liability Attorney with 33 years of experience
(714) 919-4415
500 N. State College Blvd., Suite 1100
Orange, CA 92868
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Employment and Insurance Claims
Southwestern Law School
Mr. Ralph has been in practice for 24 years, representing the injured and recovering millions of dollars in compensation on their behalf. He has appeared on the cover of The Los Angeles Daily Journal and Trials Digest and has been featured nationally on CNN's Headline News. With extensive trial and appellate experience, Mr. Ralph is dedicated to providing his clients the very best representation. NO FEES are charged unless there is a recovery for the client. All INITIAL CONSULTATIONS ARE FREE.
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Karina N. Lallande
Long Beach, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Consumer
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Karina N. Lallande received Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Sociology and Global Studies with a Socio-Economic and Political Emphasis from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of California Hastings, College of the Law in San Francisco, California. Her practice focuses on litigating personal injury and wrongful death cases, primarily involving claims of premises liability; trucking accidents; collisions between automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians; defective products; civil rights; and medical malpractice. Ms. Lallande represents victims who have suffered catastrophic injuries, such as brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, birth injuries, amputations, and traumatic...
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Tony T. Liu
Anaheim, CA Products Liability Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Business, IP and Real Estate
Chapman University Fowler School of Law, Chapman University Fowler School of Law and Golden Gate University School of Law
Law Offices of Tony T. Liu is a criminal and civil trial firm located in Orange County, California. Mr. Liu is aggressive but cautious, focused but flexible, thorough but always efficient. He listens to and works with his clients to identify litigation goals, then to develop and implement cost-effective strategy and tactics. He constantly attempts to re-evaluate and reassess these objectives and methods as the litigation landscape shifts, to ensure that the litigation continues to serve the client’s objectives, and not vice versa.
As a trial attorney, he knows how and what is needed win the case if it goes...
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Joshua Alan Burt
Ventura, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Employment, Entertainment & Sports and IP
Northwestern University School of Law
The Law Office of Joshua A. Burt provides experienced advocacy in the areas of copyrights, rights of publicity, trademarks, trade secrets, employment and labor, personal injury, civil litigation and client counseling.
Joshua Burt’s goal is to provide high quality big firm legal services in a cost-effective small firm environment. Because of Joshua Burt’s big firm experience and small firm environment, the firm is capable of achieving great results for its clients at a much reduced cost to the client.
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Stephen B Mashney
Anaheim, CA Products Liability Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Bankruptcy, Real Estate and Workers' Comp
San Francisco Law School
Born on the 4th of July, Stephen Mashney has independence in his genes! Since childhood, he confronted bullies & fought his way from elementary school till today. Stephen will not look the other way when he sees injustice. He will fight for the underdog & win. Stephen has compassion for & respect to others including animals. As a child, Stephen adopted countless stray cats & dogs & he would not hurt a fly today.
In 1978, Mr. Mashney received his Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from Cairo University, Egypt & worked as a pharmacist in Ramallah. In 1979, he immigrated...
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Jeffrey Travis Roberts
Newport Beach, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
University of Miami School of Law
Jeff Roberts, Orange County attorney has 27 years experience providing caring and compassionate service to car accident victims and family members suffering the wrongful death of a loved one.
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Taylor Traut
Santa Ana, CA Products Liability Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
UCLA School of Law
Taylor joined Traut Firm in September 2011. She tried and won her first jury trial within one year of practicing law. She has since tried numerous personal injury cases, as well as co-trying all of Jim Traut's cases. She has achieved numerous six-figure verdicts and Arbitration awards.
Taylor represents plaintiffs in serious personal injury cases involving truck, auto, motorcycle, bike accidents, and property owner negligence. These cases involve brain injuries, spinal injuries, severe fractures, and wrongful death cases. She also represents individuals pursuing legal malpractice claims against other lawyers.
She is known for top-quality, aggressive, tenacious representation of her clients,...
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Jason William Wansor
Santa Barbara, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Products Liability, Business and Real Estate
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
Mr. Wansor is an accomplished civil litigator. His practice is focused on personal injury, real estate, land use, hospitality, products liability, business torts, construction, and will and trust contests.
Mr. Wansor's analytical strengths allow for the accurate assessment of potential exposure and liability and the creation and implementation of sophisticated litigation strategies. Mr. Wansor's strategic sense and writing abilities lead to successful results, whether by keen negotiation or motions leading to the disposition of cases.
Prior to joining Rogers, Sheffield & Campbell, Mr. Wansor worked as a litigation partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, where he defended Fortune 500...
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Lawrence Scott Eisenberg
Irvine, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Southwestern Law School
Larry Eisenberg (Cell: 949-547-2782) is a highly rated Personal Injury Trial Lawyer: AVVO 10.0 Rating; AV Pre-eminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell; 2014 Litigator Award - Top 1% of Attorneys in the U.S. in Personal Injury, Wrongful Death & Medical Malpractice cases; Member, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) since 1996; Trial Lawyer of the Year - 2007; Past-President of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association - 1993. CONTACT US AND WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A COMPLIMENTARY ANALYSIS OF YOUR CASE: (888)753-1550; Email: lse@lselaw.com
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Steve Mehr
Newport Beach, CA Products Liability Attorney with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Employment and Insurance Claims
California Southern LS
Managing Partner and Attorney at Steve Mehr Accident Attorneys, Steve Mehr and his team of experienced lawyers have helped thousands of injured families reach Hundreds of Millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements throughout California and Nationwide. His practice extends from personal injury to wrongful death claims, auto and truck accidents, product liability, employment law, insurance claims, and nursing home abuse.
Mr. Mehr's experience in settlements is supplemented with his 15 years of speaking and educating other lawyers on how to run a legal practice. If you are injured in an accident and need a team of attorneys that will...
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Mr Norman Gregory Fernandez
Huntington Beach, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 27 years of experience
(800) 816-1529
18685 Main Street
Suite 101-193
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
University of La Verne College of Law
Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq., is a top rated, Nationally Recognized.Attorney at Law, and founder of The Law Offices of Norman Gregory Fernandez & Associates, a California personal injury law firm.
Mr. Fernandez has been made a member of the Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, by the National Trial Lawyers Association. He was also named one of the 10 Best by the American Insitute of Personal Injury Attorneys for the year 2016-2017.
Mr. Fernandez is an aggressive trial lawyer who has extensive experience handling Personal Injury, Family Law, and other types of legal matters, throughout the State of California.
He handles cases which...
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Matthew James Faulkner
Bakersfield, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Products Liability
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
I belong to a family firm that has been in business since 1974. I have been a partner with Faulkner Law Offices since 2001. I have exceptional experience in personal injury litigation and trial practice including: products liability, brain injury cases, medical device class actions and other significant cases. I have changed the law concerning premises liability on the appellate court level. I was born in 1969 in Bakersfield, California. I received my undergraduate degree at the University of Santa Barbara and Juris Doctorate degree at Golden Gate University of Law in San Francisco. ...
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Brianna Ashley Younglove
Riverside, CA Products Liability Attorney
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Chapman University Fowler School of Law
Brianna Makishima received her B.A. in Political Science with a Minor in International Studies from the University of California, Irvine. She then received her J.D. from Chapman University Fowler School of Law. She has years of experience in personal injury handling a wide range of cases, even before becoming a licensed attorney. Her passion, knowledge, and creativity in the field have enabled her to obtain amazing results for her clients.
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Edward Antonio Fernandez
Riverside, CA Products Liability Attorney with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Business
Pepperdine University School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
Edward A. Fernandez has over 25 years' experience in general civil litigation with an emphasis in personal injury, premises liability, construction (both injury and defect) and business litigation. He has tried, arbitrated and mediated hundreds of cases throughout Southern and Central California. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of California San Diego in 1979 and his Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego in 1982. More recently, he completed the Pepperdine University School of Law/Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution Mediating the Litigated Case program. Mr. Fernandez also recently attended "Impasse Is...
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Robert Edward Blythe II
Tustin, CA Products Liability Attorney with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Consumer and Insurance Claims
Southwestern Univ School of Law
Born: Los Angeles, California, July 19, 1948; admitted to bar, 1981, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of Southern California; California State University of Northridge (B.A., 1976); Southwestern University (J.D., 1980). Emergency Trauma Technician, UCLA School of Medicine Emergency Department, 1973-1979; Santa Monica Hospital Emergency Department, 1973-1977. Past Personal Counsel for the Following: Director of Emergency Medicine, County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, Emergency Medicine Program; Director of Emergency Medical Care, County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, Fire Department Paramedic Program; Director of Pharmacology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center....
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Aaron T Hicks
Orange, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
At Hicks Law Firm, you will receive the individual attention that your case needs. We are highly experienced and have handled thousands of cases, resulting in the recovery of millions of dollars for our clients. All initial consultations are free and confidential. We are available to you at all times. We are paid on a contingency fee basis, so you don’t pay us unless we win your case. When you hire us, you will be given your attorney’s personal cell phone number. Call us today to begin your road to recovery. (949) 541-9944
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Glen D. Duvel
Santa Ana, CA Products Liability Attorney with 25 years of experience
Products Liability, Business and Employment
Western State College of Law at Argosy University
Glen D. Duvel has represented clients in a wide variety of employment law and estate planning matters. His extensive experience means that clients are given everything they need to reach favorable conclusions to their cases. Glen graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a Bachelor’s of Science in Political Science in 1994. He then went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from Western State University College of Law in 1999. He has had several speaking engagements and publications covering topics such as employment law and estate planning. To learn more about how he can assist you and your legal...
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Timothy John Broussard
Irvine, CA Products Liability Attorney with 28 years of experience
Products Liability, Business, Employment and Insurance Defense
Whittier Law School
All Aspects of Construction, Litigation and Commercial Law
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Ryan Pinkney
Huntington Beach, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Whittier Law School
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John Michael Montevideo
Irvine, CA Products Liability Attorney with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Business and Insurance Claims
Howard University School of Law
John Michael Montevideo became a trial attorney to help people. He dedicates his practice to sharing his clients’ stories and bringing them justice for the wrongs committed against them. He is Founder and Senior Trial Attorney of Montevideo Law, PC.
After earning his degree in Business Management and Marketing from Loyola Marymount University, John Michael dedicated a year of service to the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) in Houston, TX. He served full-time with Vita Living, Inc., a non-profit working with those with mental and physical developmental disabilities. It was during this time of service that he became inspired to pursue his...
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Lawrence H. Geller J.D.
Laguna Hills, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 46 years of experience
(888) 982-2323
24422 Avenida De La Carlota
#310
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Real Estate
Western State College of Law at Argosy University
Well known by his peers and the courts for his high integrity, strong negotiation skills and trial competence. Clients know him for positive results, sound advice and fair dealing.
He is an excellent and experienced lawyer whose practice specializes in family and divorce litigation. His firm is respected and known as tough negotiators and competent trial attorneys. The firm is dedicated and committed to the strong representation of their clients’ rights with high integrity, in depth knowledge and years of experience in FAMILY LAW.
Staff members are professional, experienced, responsive and understanding of your needs....
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Jeffrey Reed Marquart
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Products Liability Attorney with 37 years of experience
(949) 589-0150
22342 Avenida Empresa
Suite 250
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
University of Notre Dame
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Jeffrey R. Marquart attended the Illinois Institute of Technology where he was on the Dean's List and graduated in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Thereafter, he attended the University of Notre Dame Law School where he was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Commercial Transactions and received his Juris Doctorate in 1987. Following his admission to the Illinois and Federal Bars in 1987, he practiced with a prominent Intellectual Property firm in Chicago, with an emphasis on Patent, Trademark and related litigation. In 1989, he was admitted...
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Kevin Michael Kneupper
Huntington Beach, CA Products Liability Attorney with 19 years of experience
(714) 786-5045
17011 Beach Blvd., Suite 900
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Products Liability and Consumer
The University of Texas School of Law
I represent consumers in arbitrations, individual lawsuits, and class actions when they've been mistreated by companies using unfair business practices or false advertising. We primarily represent clients on a contingent fee basis, so any money we make comes from any recovery we get.
I spent a number of years litigating high-profile technology cases for one of the top plaintiff's firms in the country, so I have lots of experience going up against the best lawyers a big company can buy.
In my free time I write novels as a hobby and I helped fight for romance novelists to be able to...
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Christy Lee Thomasson
Irvine, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
University of La Verne College of Law
Ms. Thomasson worked as a legal assistant for a Plaintiff subrogation law firm in Orange, California, for ten years while attending California State University, Fullerton, and the University of La Verne, College of Law. In July 2007, she graduated with her Juris Doctorate from the University of La Verne. After passing the bar exam on her first try, she accepted a position with a medium-sized professional malpractice defense law firm in Long Beach, California. There she represented hospitals, doctors, nurses, chiropractors and other healthcare professionals against claims involving malpractice, employment disputes and disciplinary proceedings. Thomasson has litigated countless cases in...
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Garrett R. Chambers
Santa Ana, CA Products Liability Attorney with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Western State University College of Law and William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
I spent the better half of a decade, getting my college and legal education, to follow my dream of becoming an attorney. During my college days, I started at right guard for two seasons with the Leopards football team at University of La Verne. In 2011, I graduated with a degree in Business Administration. In between college and law school, I spent a month and a half travelling around Europe with a couple of buddies from college. We travelled through France, Germany, England, Netherlands, and Ireland (Some of the pictures can be found on my Instagram). Then, I attended Western...
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James Wilson Vititoe
Oxnard, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Products Liability
Southwestern Univ School of Law
Attorney James Vititoe has a long track record as a consumer advocate and has been involved in numerous landmark legal cases. He was a key part of the water contamination case in Hinkley, California made famous by the Academy award winning film, Erin Brockovich. Jim and Vititoe Law Group continue this legacy of advocacy and continue to fight for those who need.
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Jason Flores
Orange, CA Products Liability Attorney
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Jason Flores is an attorney living in the Orange County area, focusing on personal injury law. Originally from the East Coast, his love for the law brought him to Trinity Law School in California. Mr. Flores successfully earned his Juris Doctorate from Trinity Law School, where he graduated in the top 10% of his class, and was selected for and served as an editor of the Trinity Law Review. Prior to attending law school, Jason Flores began his career working at some of the biggest auto insurance companies in California handling auto claims and focusing on defending the interest...
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Paul Overett
Long Beach, CA Products Liability Attorney with 25 years of experience
(562) 758-0435
5150 East Pacific Coast Highway
Suite 201
Long Beach, CA 90804
Products Liability
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Paul Overett is the founder of the Long Beach personal injury firm, Overett Group. During his 14 years of experience, Attorney Overett has successfully helped each one of his clients win compensation. Whether the case involves a car accident, dog bite, burn injury, premises liability or wrongful death, Mr. Overett works tirelessly to see that justice is restored on his clients’ behalves. To find out more about retaining the representation of Attorney Overett, be sure to contact the firm today!
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Roger Evan Booth
Torrance, CA Products Liability Attorney with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
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David Hull Ricks
Rancho Cucamonga, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Business and Real Estate
Brigham Young Univ J Reuben Clark LS UT
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Jonathan King
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA Products Liability Attorney with 17 years of experience
8301 Utica Ave Suite 101
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Insurance Claims
New York University School of Law
Jonathan King is a passionate and skilled attorney. Jon loves pouring his energy into helping people most in need find hope and justice.
Jon began his legal career representing large corporations, first at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and then at Gibson, Dunn, and Crutcher. Dissatisfied representing corporate interests, Jon switched course. He worked as a criminal defense lawyer for many years, where he gained extensive trial experience, before switching to personal injury law.
For the past seven years, Jon has represented injured people against insurance companies and corporations, trying numerous cases to verdict. For Jon, representing injured people is about...
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Emily Ruby
El Segundo, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Workers' Comp
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Michael J. Chaloupka
Santa Barbara, CA Products Liability Attorney with 7 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Insurance Claims
Santa Barbara College of Law
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David Michael Blain
San Juan Capistrano, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Business
Whittier Law School
David Blain is a general civil litigation attorney. His pracitce primarily concerns general liability issues in personal injury and business litigation. He has represented numerous individuals in their claims against insurance companies, pharmaceutical drug manufacturers and governmental entities. He has also handled landlord-tenant disputes.
Mr. Blain's objective is to efficiently and ethically resolve his cients' disputes while maintaining or restoring their trust in the justice system and in attorneys.
If you wish to speak with Mr. Blain you can reach him at (949) 412-3654.
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Frank Arnold Bayr
San Juan Capistrano, CA Products Liability Lawyer with 28 years of experience
(949) 538-3050
30320 Rancho Viejo Road
Suite 101
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Products Liability, Business, Employment and Real Estate
Univ of LaVerne COL
For over 20 years Frank A. Bayr, Esq. has aggressively protected the rights of clients in products liability, employment, personal injury, construction and business claims valued at over $100 million. His clients have included large corporations, small family-owned businesses and individuals. He has significant construction law experience, developing close working relationships with some of the nation’s top construction industry experts. Since 1996, he has utilized his expertise to provide his clients with the very best in legal representation.
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Wendy Diane Wayland
Mission Viejo, CA Products Liability Attorney with 26 years of experience
(949) 504-4949
23120 Alicia Parkway, Suite 230
Mission Viejo, CA 92692
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Administrative and Business
Western State University College of Law
I am passionate about helping people. I love getting to know my clients and providing them with a positive experience and services that offer real value to their lives.
Your Estate plan is important to you and should fit your life and values, not just a form printed out with your name stuck in it. My estate plans are tailored to you and are of immediate use to help you organize your life with a personalized Grab-and-Go book.
My broad business career in high technology with several Fortune 500 companies gives me a unique perspective and business sense...
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Samantha Smith
Irvine, CA Products Liability Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, Antitrust, Consumer and Employment
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Since 2004, Ms. Smith has dedicated her practice to representing individuals - including employees and consumers - in complex litigation against some of America's largest companies. She has successfully fought for these plaintiffs in cases involving labor law (wage and hour) violations, consumer fraud, unfair competition, securities fraud, antitrust, asbestos exposure and defective products.
Prior to joining Aegis Law Firm, Ms. Smith worked with the Hon. Scott B. Cooper at The Cooper Law Firm prior to him being appointed to a judgeship with the Orange County Superior Court, where they represented employees and consumers in wage and hour and consumer...
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Jennifer R. Johnson
Irvine, CA Products Liability Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
University of Arizona
As a former nurse, current lawyer and longtime advocate of social justice, Jennifer Johnson has dedicated both her personal and professional life to making a difference in her community. "Often, the people I represent wouldn't otherwise have a voice," she says, "and that's why it's such an incredible honor to represent them in the court of law."
In her legal practice, Ms.Johnson concentrates on catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice and elder abuse, providing injured individuals with committed and compassionate representation in Southern California and many other parts of the...
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Don Ledgard
Newport Beach, CA Products Liability Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Western State Univ COL