Santa Rosa, CA

Brooks Cutter

Personal injury and civil justice attorney Brooks Cutter is a leading advocate for consumer justice and protecting the rights of the severely injured. He founded Cutter Law, P.C., with a mission of providing injured people with great lawyers to help them get the compensation they deserve and the resources they need. He is recognized nationally for his experience and skillful prosecution of complex consumer class action litigation and multidistrict mass tort cases.

Richard K. Bridgford

Founding Partner of Bridgford, Gleason & Artinian. He has represented close to 12,000 wildfire victims, handled mass tort cases, class actions, and various civil litigation matters. He graduated from Stanford Law School in 1985.

James D. Rush

James D. Rush is a Marin County native and the founder of Rush Injury Law in 2005. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Riverside and his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law. He has been representing people in personal injury cases since 2005 and has tried cases to jury verdict in numerous California counties. He has represented injured people against large companies and cities.

Jeffrey Nadrich

Jeffrey Nadrich is an experienced, nationally-recognized, well-known plaintiff’s personal injury contingency lawyer who is a relentless advocate for victims. He has been known throughout his legal career as a relentless litigator. Mr. Nadrich is a California-based lawyer with a B.A. from UC Berkeley and a law degree (J.D.) from UC Hastings College of the Law. Mr. Nadrich is the principal partner at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers, a statewide personal injury, defective products, dangerous drugs, defective medical device and dangerous chemicals law firm. The firm handles cases throughout California and throughout the country. Mr. Nadrich is a lifetime member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. The Multi Million Dollar Advocates Forum honors attorneys who have secured verdicts and/or settlements in excess of $2 million. Less than 1 percent of practicing lawyers have achieved such status. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research and peer evaluations. Jeffrey Nadrich is well-known throughout California and nationally for demonstrating his relentless advocacy and the highest ethical standards. He cares very much about his clients. Mr. Nadrich focuses much of his practice on the litigation of catastrophic injury, serious injury, and wrongful death cases throughout California in addition to representing victims of defective medical products and dangerous drugs (mass torts), fire victims caused by California utilities including Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric, and represents plaintiffs who have been victims of sexual abuse, carbon monoxide poisoning and paraquat exposure. Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers has recovered over $750,000,000 on behalf of thousands clients since 1990. The firm’s personal injury and mass tort areas of practice include: auto accidents, bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, dog bite injury, slip and fall, wrongful death, defective medical devices, dangerous drugs, defective products, hazardous exposure, paraquat, Camp Lejeune water contamination, and wildfire cases. Our success has allowed Nadrich Law to grow to 17 offices throughout California including offices in Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Fresno, Hayward, Merced, Modesto, Palm Desert, Quincy, Richmond, Sacramento, Salinas, San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Susanville, Tracy, Tulare, and Yreka.

James P. Frantz

Mr. Frantz’s 45 years of legal experience includes litigating catastrophic injury claims, tractor-trailer collisions, amusement park accidents, product liability, motorcycle, and automobile collisions, aviation accidents, fire and explosion-related injuries and wrongful death claims, mass transit accidents, construction accidents, industrial accidents, complex business disputes, class actions, and mass torts. Mr. Frantz served on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for the Porter Ranch Gas Leak litigation (one of the largest mass tort litigation in U.S. history), as well as the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the wildfire litigation against Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE). He is a cum laude graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara and a graduate of Thomas Jefferson School of Law. He represented the San Diego County Bar Association as a Delegate to the State Bar of California and has served as a Special Master for the State Bar of California for the past 30 years. He has also been an Arbitrator for 30 years. He is a Master of the William B. Enright Chapter of the American Inns of Court. He is a Fellow and Associate of the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates and is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Patrick W. Emery

Pat Emery has been a trial lawyer in Sonoma County for over 35 years. His efforts have resulted in his recognition as a Super Lawyer of Northern California and his inclusion in Best Lawyers in America. In addition, he is one of only three practicing attorneys in Sonoma County elected to the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers. He is also an elected member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Pat also received the Sonoma County Bar Association’s Award for Careers of Distinction. His trial experience extends to personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from many types of accidents, product failures, and medical negligence events. He is also experienced in major consumer class actions. Pat has won a number of Sonoma County’s highest verdicts and settlements, several of which have been achieved against major national corporations. Pat’s early career was diverse and exciting. He acted as trial counsel in nearly every kind of case, including felony prosecutions, easement disputes, divorces, medical malpractice claims, custody disputes, and many other types of serious litigation. In 1990, he shifted his focus to the representation of plaintiffs in serious personal injury and wrongful death cases, and he has become one of Northern California’s leading plaintiffs’ attorneys. During the last 25 years, in addition to his focus on the representation of plaintiffs, he has continued to represent selected individuals and businesses in large case commercial litigation, most often involving issues of agricultural production and financing. Pat has been an active member of the legal community, serving as President of the Sonoma County Bar Association and as a member of the Sangster Chapter of the American Inns of Court. He has presided over cases as a judge pro tem of the Sonoma County Superior Court and has acted as an agreed arbitrator and mediator in many matters. He is a frequent continuing education lecturer on civil litigation subjects for a variety of organizations, including California Continuing Education of the Bar. He has taught Trial Practice at Empire College of Law for many years and taught in the Trial Advocacy Workshop at Stanford Law School. Pat’s community involvement includes the Presidency of the Boards of Directors of the Sonoma County Bar Association, the Sonoma County Fair, and The Volunteer Center of Sonoma County. He has also served as Chair of the Sonoma County Civil Service Commission.

Michael A. Fiumara

Michael A. Fiumara is the founding partner of Fiumara Law, PC, with over three decades of experience in childhood sexual abuse cases, education law, criminal defense, and serious plaintiff’s personal injury. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Rutgers University, holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Law Degree from Rutgers University Law School. He is inducted into the National Top 100 Trial Lawyers of America and has an unmatched knowledge of Sonoma and Marin County court systems.