Redondo Beach, CA

Christopher B. Dolan

Christopher B. Dolan, founder of the Dolan Law Firm, shares his inspiring journey from humble beginnings to becoming one of California’s top trial lawyers. He is dedicated to fighting for the vulnerable and holding powerful corporations and governments accountable. With a proven history of changing laws and securing justice, he leads the Dolan Law Firm with passion and purpose. He has obtained jury verdicts or settlements of more than $1 million in over 26 cases, including a $61 million verdict for racial discrimination and a $20 million whistleblower retaliation case. He is recognized as one of the top plaintiff's lawyers in California by the Daily Journal and Super Lawyers, and has received an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale Hubbell. He served as President of the Consumer Attorneys of California and the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.

Michael Louis Kelly

One of the most prestigious and accomplished trial lawyers in the United States, Michael Louis Kelly brings a unique depth and breadth of experience to Kirtland & Packard LLP. Mr. Kelly joined Kirtland & Packard LLP directly out of law school in 1978 and has made the firm his home since. He started out his career trying medical negligence, and aviation injury cases. He took these cases to trial locally in California and in aviation matters, also in states across the United States. Mr. Kelly supervised, and in many cases traveled to participate in aviation litigation in far-away countries such as Pakistan, Australia, Guam, Germany, Canada, Mexico and Great Britain. He has worked with technical experts in just about every discipline imaginable in the multitude of cases he has litigated. A senior partner at the firm, Mr. Kelly has won hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients while representing them in cases involving: Wrongful death, Class action litigation, Mass torts, Auto defects, Personal injury. Mr. Kelly is AV Preeminent rated, which means he has earned the highest possible evaluation of his ethics and legal ability from the legal community, and retains an AVVO rating of “Superb” in five different personal injury and employment law categories. Mr. Kelly is an avid outdoorsman, who is an accomplished mountaineer, backpacker, hiker, skier, snowboarder and mountain bike rider. He is also an accomplished pilot, holding the highest civilian Federal Aviation Administration rating: Air Transport Pilot. Mr. Kelly has donated his time as a pilot and aircraft to animal rescue charities for over 15 years, transporting dogs from the kill shelters of Los Angeles to new homes in places as far North as Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and Nashville, Tennessee. He has been ranked in the top 1% of all litigators in the United States for his representation of consumers in personal injury cases, wrongful death cases, mass tort cases, which include his representation of persons harmed by defective drugs and defective medical devices. And class action and fraud claims against businesses and corporations and in representing persons injured or killed by defective automobiles or other vehicles. He also represents employees that have been discriminated against or wrongfully terminated for any number of reasons, including in whistleblower type cases. He has obtained a record jury verdict for an individual employee fired from his job of 69.2 million dollars. If you’ve suffered a spinal cord injury due to someone else’s negligence it’s very important to hire a lawyer experienced in spinal cord injuries for your case. Spinal cord injuries are injuries that may affect how you live the rest of your life. These injuries make it necessary to deal with so much more than the actual medical treatment of the original injury. You must deal with future surgeries, rehabilitation, physical therapy and maybe most importantly obtaining the best care and treatment for your future medical and personal needs. With the remarkable progress science and medicine is making in the field of spinal cord rehabilitation, providing the money and means to take advantage of future medical and scientific developments may mean the difference between the 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 spinal cord injuries and has obtained hard-fought multi-million dollar results for our clients. As you know California is one of the states which requires operators and passengers of a motor vehicle to wear a seatbelt. What if you were involved in an accident and not wearing your seatbelt? In California you can still recover for injuries caused by someone else even though you were not wearing the seatbelt. Your damages may be discounted or reduced because of this but it will not act as a bar to your recovery. The determination of whether your damages should be discounted and, if so, by how much will require the skill of a lawyer experienced in this type of case and claim. Our firm has handled many cases involving this exact discounting issue and has obtained hard-fought multi-million dollar results for our clients.

Michael J. Kent

Michael J. Kent, co-founder of Kent | Pincin, is an accomplished attorney with a decade of experience in labor and employment law, as well as personal and catastrophic injury, wage and hour, product liability, and public utility litigation. He has achieved over $700 million in compensation for clients. He is admitted to practice in California and Wisconsin State Courts and the U.S. District Court for California (Central, Northern, and Southern Districts).

Robert A. Muhlbach

Robert Muhlbach is a trial attorney, admitted to the State Bar of California in 1976. In his second year of law school, Bob clerked for the Los Angeles Public Defenders office and then upon passing the bar spent two years practicing there before moving into civil law. In 1979, Bob joined Kirtland & Packard and ever since has maintained an active practice, specializing in the areas of product liability, construction defect, professional negligence, and handling insurance coverage litigation. In fact, one of Bob’s more notable trials came with the eruption of asbestos cases in the 90s wherein he served as lead counsel in a significant, multi-party insurance case related to coverage for asbestos claims. Bob graduated from UC Berkeley with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, then from Cal State Long Beach with a Masters in Engineering. He thereafter joined the US Air Force in 1969, attended officer school, and also served as Capt., Pilot until completion of his service in 1973. Courtesy of the GI Bill, Bob commenced his legal studies at Hastings College of Law, serving as a member of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly while there, and graduated in 1976. Within his first few years of practice, he managed to also acquire his Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California along with his professional real estate broker licensure. There is no doubt he is committed to education and lifelong learning. At this stage in his career, Bob handles depositions of both witnesses and experts, conducts research, trial preparation, and trials. He advises as to the legal standards for complex motions and proceedings. He lends his years of expertise to nearly every active client-file within the firm, diligently working toward the best result for the client, and aptly countering the strategy of the opposition.

Mike McLachlan

With twenty-five years of experience in civil litigation, Mike McLachlan has successfully handled a wide range of jury trials and arbitrations in numerous state and federal courts across California and the United States. The bulk of his practices is devoted to representing the rights of individual consumers, handling civil litigation matters including personal injury, business, real estate, class actions, consumer rights, and insurance disputes. He has secured over one hundred million dollars in verdicts and settlements.

Jeremy M. Jessup is a Senior Managing Litigation Attorney and team leader at Dolan Law Firm, representing individuals who have suffered catastrophic losses in personal injury cases and families of loved ones who died in wrongful death lawsuits. He graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a B.S. in Social Science in 1997 and received his J.D. from University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law in 2000. He has 15 years of experience representing defendants in high exposure/catastrophic loss personal injury litigation cases. He has successfully represented hundreds of clients, assisting them in recovering over $170 million in verdicts and settlements. He has been nominated as a finalist for CAOC’s Trial Attorney of the Year Award and consistently voted a Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Star and Super Lawyer.

Joseph M. Barrett

Joseph M. Barrett is a premier trial lawyer dedicated to obtaining justice through litigation, trials, and settlements for plaintiffs in tort actions, focusing on catastrophic injury and wrongful death. With over three decades of practice, he has secured millions of dollars in compensation for clients and driven systemic change. He is an active leader in the Los Angeles and California legal communities.