Heather M. Baker Dobbs

Kirtland & Packard LLP

Redondo Beach, CA

17+ Years Experience

Licensed in 1 State

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Kirtland & Packard attorney Heather Baker Dobbs has been recognized as an Outstanding Young Women Lawyer in the Top Lawyers issue of Los Angeles Magazine. This recognition is awarded to a select few attorneys every year and is based on 12 different criteria including peer nomination and peer evaluations. Attorney Dobbs has also been recognized as a Rising Star by Southern California Superlawyers® several times. She has been an attorney at Kirtland & Packard since 2008. Attorney Dobbs is a proven litigator whose practice encompasses a wide range of legal issues including Employment Law, Business Litigation, Calls Action Lawsuits. In addition, Ms. Dobbs handles all manner of catastrophic injury cases as well as wrongful death claims involving auto accidents, defective products, and other accidents resulting from negligence. Heather Baker Dobbs is a native of Orange and is deeply connected to the people and places of Southern California. A graduate of USC in Los Angeles, Attorney Dobbs received her Juris Doctorate from the University Of Pepperdine School Of Law where she also received certification in Alternative Dispute Resolution. While in law school, Ms. Dobbs clerked for the Honorable Kathleen Thompson, a judge on the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. She was admitted to the California Bar in 2008 and has had admission to practice law in the United States District Court, Central District of California since that time. Thorough, thoughtful, and committed to justice, Heather Baker Dobbs has been an exceptional addition to the team at Kirtland & Packard for the past eleven years. Harrassment in the workplace is one of the many things California employers have a legal duty to prevent. They’re also legally obligated to make sure you are not retaliated against if you report harrassment by a coworker. California law specifically prohibits many different types of harrassment, including sexual, physical, visual, and verbal. Verbal harrassment is prohibited in California if the subject of harrassment is based on the employee’s race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, gender, or sexual orientation. If you believe you have been subject to harrassment at work call or email us today for a free consultation on your case. Often people are confused about who they should talk to after an accident or incident. It is important to use caution in discussing any accident or incident you’ve been involved in until you’re represented by an attorney. Don’t give any statements, written, recorded or oral to anyone about the accident other than your lawyer, your insurance company or the police. Don’t talk to a representative of another insurance company without the knowledge of your attorney. If called by the other insurance company, be polite but ask them to call your attorney to arrange an interview. Also, tell your lawyer or your insurance company about the call. Although you should tell your insurance company that the accident occurred and give the insurance company factual information regarding the date and time of the accident, its location, and the names and addresses of all other persons involved in the accident. It is usually best to consult a lawyer before you tell the representative how and why the accident happened or discuss issues concerning fault. The general rule is that you should not give a recorded statement about the accident to anyone including your own insurance company without first discussing this with your lawyer. Lastly, do not make any incorrect statements about prior injuries or accidents to any doctor who treats or examines you. If you don’t remember prior accidents or injuries just say so. Amputation injuries are a type of catastrophic injury case that needs to be handled by a firm with the resources to hire the best experts and fight for your case through trial, if necessary. You cannot assume that the responsible party will agree to pay you a reasonable settlement. Amputation injuries involves so much more than the actual medical treatment at the original injury. You must deal with future surgeries, rehabilitation, physical therapy, and maybe most importantly, obtaining the best prosthetic devices to compensate for your injury. With the remarkable progress science and medicine is making in the artificial limb field, this may mean the difference between a functioning life or being stuck with something less. You can be sure that insurance companies and medical providers are not always ready to pay for the best option for you. Our firm has handled many cases involving amputation and has obtained hard fought multi-million-dollar results for our clients. A lifecare plan is how we present the future care and treatment you will need to present to a jury for their consideration in awarding you damages for future pain and suffering and medical care you will require. Our lifecare plans are prepared by trained medical professionals. Doctors and nurses who prepare detailed plan for future care you will need. It includes such things as medical care, future examinations or procedures, rehabilitation, medications you require in the future as well as the cost of each of these items. A lifecare plan can cover a few years or the rest of your life if the injuries you have will have lifetime effects. The plan is personalized projection of your future needs so that we can make sure to get you the award you will need to compensate you for your injuries. If a relative who is not your spouse or an unmarried child has been killed or injured you may still have a claim for their injuries or death. In California there are statutes which determine when such a claim may be made and who may make them. There are also time limitations on whom you can make the claim against and how quickly your claim must be made. Sometimes a number of people can make a claim for the death or injuries of another. Because this is sometimes a complicated analysis is best to consult an experienced attorney at the earliest date to make sure you do not let any possible claims expire.