English-Speaking Attorneys

Fidel Rodriguez, Jr.

San Antonio, TX

Fidel Rodriguez, Jr. is a senior partner and a board-certified personal injury trial lawyer with over 30 years of experience. He represents victims of personal injury and wrongful death, taking pride in advocating for working individuals against large corporations. He is fluent in English and Spanish.

Lara Brock

San Antonio, TX

Lara Brock is a partner at Espinoza & Brock, PLLC, graduating sixth in her class from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2014. She holds degrees in Political Science and Spanish, graduating summa cum laude. She is a published author, respected public speaker, and skilled litigator focusing on non-subscriber injury, third-party injury, and employment discrimination cases. She is active in several legal associations and founded the Women’s Caucus for the San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association.

Timothy Shay

Decatur, IL

Timothy Shay graduated from the University of Illinois with a BS Degree in Commerce and Business Administration in 1983 and from the University of Missouri with his Juris Doctorate in 1986. He is licensed to practice law in the States of Illinois and Missouri and in all Districts of the Illinois Federal Courts. With over thirty years of practice, he focuses on personal injury, medical malpractice, and workers' compensation. He has achieved the highest rating, AV Pre-eminent, in the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, is recognized as a Leading Lawyer, and is one of the nation's Super Lawyers. He is also a diplomate of the National Board of Trial Advocacy and a faculty member for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education.

Erlinda Ocampo Johnson

Albuquerque, NM

Erlinda Ocampo Johnson is the founder of the Law Office of Erlinda Ocampo Johnson, LLC. She is a highly experienced Criminal Defense and Personal Injury Attorney, specializing in state and federal representation for personal injury, wrongful death, and various criminal cases. She has over a decade of experience as a prosecutor and over a decade in private practice. Ms. Johnson is fluent in Spanish.

Joshua S. Lim

Palisades Park, NJ

Joshua Lim is a partner at Kim, Lim & Partners, focusing on business litigation, including business fraud and shareholder disputes, as well as employment law matters such as Fair Labor Standards Act violations, Title VII, employment discrimination, and New Jersey wage and hour statutes. He also handles adversarial proceedings in bankruptcy litigation. Mr. Lim has successfully secured six-figure verdicts and settlements, won copyright infringement cases, and defended corporate clients against claims. He graduated with high honors from the University of California at Berkeley and earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School, where he was on the dean's list. Mr. Lim is a member of the New Jersey State and Bergen County bar associations and the New Jersey Association for Justice. He is also a graduate of the Justice Morris Pashman American Inn of Court. His expertise has led to appointments by the Superior Court of New Jersey as a special fiscal agent in complex business litigation and by judges in New York and New Jersey as an arbitrator. He has been recognized as one of the Top 100 trial lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers Association for civil litigation and named a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2014, and a Super Lawyer in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025. He is licensed in New York and New Jersey state courts, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the District of New Jersey, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd and 3rd Circuits. He also serves on the New Jersey Fitness and Character Committee appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

James Buckley is the founder and former owner of Buckley & Associates. He has been an attorney for over 40 years. He served 3 years in the United States Army with 2 years in the Vietnam War, receiving various medals for bravery. His personal emphasis was as a trial lawyer handling serious injuries and wrongful death matters. He was also a prosecutor in Olympia, and a hearing examiner with the Washington State Bar Association, and serves as an arbitrator for King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties. He has personally handled over 5,000 injury and wrongful death cases and recovered over $100 million for clients. Avvo has rated him as a perfect 10.

Anthony N. Pettitt

Fort Worth, TX

Anthony N. Pettitt, also known as Tony or TFP, is a trial lawyer based in Fort Worth, Texas, practicing since 1997. He handles cases across various Texas counties, specializing in personal injury defense, plaintiff's personal injury, and commercial litigation. He also represents landowners in wind lease negotiation, pipeline easements, and condemnation issues, leveraging his background in TCU's Ranch Management program. Tony is recognized with an 'AV' Preeminent Peer Review Rating by Martindale Hubbell and has been named a Rising Star/Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly multiple times for both personal injury defense and plaintiff work. He is also a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and actively involved in community boards.

William H. Wilhoit

Grayson, KY

William H. Wilhoit is a fifth-generation attorney at Wilhoit Law Office, bringing extensive experience in personal injury law and insurance defense. He is a skilled litigator and trial attorney, admitted to practice in Kentucky, the Eastern District of Kentucky, and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Wilhoit is a member of several bar associations, has been recognized by Super Lawyers and Martindale-Hubbell with an AV Preeminent® Rating, and is a certified mediator.

John W. Jensen

Chapel Hill, NC

John W. Jensen is the founding attorney of Jensen Law Group, dedicating his practice to helping victims of catastrophic injuries obtain compensation and justice. With over 36 years of experience, he possesses sophisticated litigation and trial expertise, having achieved record-setting recoveries for his clients. As a former litigation defense lawyer, he leverages his insights into insurance company tactics to tailor representation to his clients' needs. He started practicing law in 1989 and has been recognized multiple times on the Super Lawyers® list. A graduate of George Washington University National Law Center, he is actively involved in the North Carolina Advocates for Justice.

Christopher Montes de Oca

Whittier, CA

Christopher Montes de Oca is a personal injury trial attorney dedicated to helping those injured by negligence. He is bilingual in English and Spanish and has secured millions in settlements and awards, including a $12 million car accident verdict. He is highly rated by peers and clients, recognized as a Super Lawyer and a National Trial Lawyer Top 100, and is committed to providing personalized and effective legal services.

Corey Cohen

Orlando, FL

Corey Cohen is a former public defender and state prosecutor for the 18th and 5th judicial circuit of Florida. He received his law degree from Barry University School of Law and his Masters of Law in Intercultural Human Rights from St. Thomas University School of Law. He has managed thousands of cases from arraignment to jury trial and is available for all Federal and State charges. He holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, signifying the highest rating in legal ability and ethics. Corey Cohen was previously an adjunct professor at Kaplan University and is the past President of the Seminole County Bar Association.

William Schwitzer is the Founder and Senior Partner of the firm, representing victims involved in construction site accidents, motor vehicle accidents, aviation accidents, ferry boat accidents and victims who have suffered catastrophic injuries. Born and raised in Connecticut on a farm to immigrant parents who were Holocaust Survivors, Mr. Schwitzer learned quickly he had to be a fierce powerful voice for victims. Mr. Schwitzer is a highly recognized personal injury trial attorney obtaining top verdicts in New York State, for 2012 he obtained $11.6 million for a motor vehicle accident victim. Mr. Schwitzer has obtained several multi-million dollar pre-trial settlements for clients involved in construction site accidents such as $5.6 million for an injured plumber, $5.5 million for a painter, and $5.3 million for a construction laborer to name a few. As well as obtaining some top verdicts for client’s injured at construction sites; $10.8 million, $8.9 million , $8.4 million and $6.3 million. In 2017, Mr. Schwitzer obtained FOUR of the top verdicts in the State of New York, $27.7 million for a motor vehicle accident victim, $19.8 million for a motor vehicle accident victim; $9.5 million for a motor vehicle accident victim and $8.4 million for an injured construction laborer. William Schwitzer has also received National recognition for obtaining a top-10 verdict of $37 million for an injured individual. Mr. Schwitzer’s passion for protecting the rights of injured people goes beyond the doors of the court room...every year he is nominated as a Super Lawyer by his peers for his lawyering skills and keen ability for being one of New York State’s top personal injury trial attorney. Other personal injury law firms go to William Schwitzer & Associates to have Mr. Schwitzer handle their client’s injury cases due to the tremendous successful results he obtains in the courtroom. Mr. Schwitzer has been recognized in the Legal Community as one of New York State’s TOP Trial Attorneys, and for his generous philanthropy to various organizations that help the poor and needy. He is also known for his community involvement, including an educational campaign for underprivileged workers, sponsoring educational programs for Latino students, and supporting various community events. He has received proclamations for his humanitarian efforts from various government and community organizations.

Joel Gould

Chicago, IL

Joel Gould is a personal injury and criminal defense attorney with over 30 years of legal experience. He has handled over 1,000 cases and more than 400 trials, securing millions of dollars in compensation for clients in personal injury, medical malpractice, and workers' compensation cases. He has been recognized as a top trial lawyer in Illinois for criminal defense and DUI.

Mark E. Kelly

Liberty, MO

Mark’s practice areas include workers’ compensation, Plaintiff’s personal injury, automobile accidents, general product liability, litigation, and construction law. He has tried many jury trials in Missouri and Kansas state courts and regularly appears before the Missouri and Kansas Divisions of Workers’ Compensation. He has also served as a frequent speaker as an expert on Workers’ Compensation at Continuing Legal Education seminars. Mark obtained his J.D. in 1986 from the University Of Missouri - Kansas City, School of Law. He was admitted to the Missouri State Bar in 1986 and the Kansas State Bar in 1987. He has received top honors as a Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyer in 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009.

John C. Camillus

Columbus, OH

John Camillus is a trial lawyer and the founder of the Law Offices of John C. Camillus, LLC. His practice focuses on civil litigation, including employment discrimination, civil rights, personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, complex commercial litigation, contract disputes, consumer protection, class actions, and appellate representation. He has experience as a plaintiffs' lawyer, defense lawyer, and a law clerk for a federal judge.

Lauren Kelly Gielarowski

New Castle, PA

Lauren Kelly Gielarowski is a dedicated trial attorney specializing in personal injury law, with a particular focus on medical malpractice and catastrophic injury cases. Her extensive background allows her to provide exceptional representation for individuals who have been harmed due to medical negligence or catastrophic accidents. Lauren began her legal career at a large, international law firm, where she gained valuable experience in financial services litigation, including consumer class actions and shareholder derivative suits. This foundation in complex legal matters honed her analytical skills and attention to detail. Thereafter, and prior to joining LGKG, Lauren was a partner at a national law firm, where she represented healthcare providers across Pennsylvania and West Virginia. She worked with a diverse range of clients, including nationally recognized hospitals, community hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, and registered nurses, giving her a well-rounded understanding of the healthcare industry and its legal landscape. After years of defending healthcare providers, Lauren’s passion for advocating for injured individuals led her to transition to the plaintiff side at LGKG. Her defense experience gives her a unique perspective, allowing her to understand the strategies and tactics of opposing counsel. This insight, combined with her deep commitment to her clients, enables her to fight effectively and with empathy on behalf of injured individuals. Lauren is currently a fellow of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County. The Academy is an invitation-only organization of premier trial lawyers in Allegheny County. Admission into the Academy is by nomination and only a limited number of open positions are available on a yearly basis. Through a rigorous selection process, the Academy selects for membership those trial lawyers who have exhibited excellence and the highest levels of ethical standards and professionalism.

Mark S. Rubinstein

Carbondale, CO

Attorney Mark S. Rubinstein has over 30 years of experience in criminal defense and personal injury law, with 25 years in Colorado. He is known for his deep legal knowledge, compassion for clients, and unwavering advocacy.

G. Joe Schwab

Moses Lake, WA

I was born in October of 1950, when my father, a highly decorated Air Force officer, was flying over North Korea. Mom, like so many of spouses of service people at the front was the only parent, until Dad would return home from the front. No one in our family had ever gone to college before me, including my dad. Dad progressed to the rank of Captain, with his high school degree. Out of his desire to secure a future for his family, born out of his childhood experiences during the Great Depression, he was destined to succeed. Dad brought us up with the discipline of a military family. We respected hard work, and we were expected to work hard. Like so many children of my age at the time, as soon as I was old enough to mow lawns and deliver newspapers, as I recall, in my late pre-teens, I was working outside of home. And in addition to any outside jobs I had, every day, as the eldest child, Dad left me a written list of work around the house for that day. As both parents worked out of the home, it was my job to also work within the home. The above story is not a sad commentary of my early life, but perhaps describes why I have worked so hard to represent my clients. I simply do not know any other way to work other than to work hard. When I have a case going to trial, that simply means working at home at night and at the office on the weekends. Even when I chose to step down as the president and overall manager of Calbom and Schwab, PSC, now the Calbom & Schwab Law Group, I have, for the last three years, worked 6 days a week, often 10 plus hours. I continue as group manager and trial attorney of the personal injury section of the law firm. I really started my legal career in 1977 as a personal injury defense trial attorney for Safeco Insurance Company at its national headquarters in Seattle. I left Safeco to join John Calbom in January of 1979 in Moses Lake. It was a bit of change in careers as we did little personal injury work at the John Calbom Law Firm. Our focus was on workers compensation and social security disability claims. I tried many workers compensation cases before juries when I was not trying cases before the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals. I took the law firm over in the mid 1980s. In the late 1980s, I started the office down a pioneering trail of paperless operations. As the technology improved so that we were more mobile, I used the electronic access to documents, via the early internet, to open several successive offices in eastern Washington. Today, we are fully paperless. We do much of our work via Zoom, a bonus to our clients all over the state of Washington. Our primary offices are Moses Lake, Wenatchee, and the Tri-Cities area. We also have an office arrangement in Seattle. We in fact serve all of Washington state. As of the last few years, I litigate as many cases in western Washington as in eastern Washington. As time marched on, I wanted to do more of the jury trial work I had started with Safeco. I had worked the defense side of litigation, so why not move to the plaintiff’s side, representing the people against insurers and large companies who caused them injuries. Today, while I supervise one paralegal that does L&I work, I spend 98% of my time working on cases representing those wrongfully injured or killed by dangerous truckers and bad products that burn, kill, or otherwise maim people. I also do injury litigation involving auto accidents and premises injuries and other areas. You might say the pendulum has returned to my beginnings as a trial attorney in the late 1970s. People ask me, when are you going to retire. Well, my wife, who fortunately loves me dearly, still does not want me around the home that much, and you can only play golf so much at 70 years of age before the body aches too much. As I say to those that ask me when are you going to retire, I, in response ask them, what hobby do you have that you enjoy for hours on end? Then I ask them, how does that hobby help people? Like so many doctors that I know, even when they retire, they do not retire, they just replace the old job with a new job helping people. Perhaps the new job by the senior professionals has a little more freedom in regard to their having to be at the office every minute, but like doctors, the new job allows me to learn, remain vibrant and to continue to help people. The success of our team lifts people up from economic and physical difficulties. As a recent example, this year I continue to represent a badly brain damage young person even after his case has settled. Brain damage cases are an unfortunate injury to many of my clients. But with his financial recovery brought about by so many depositions, days and days of developing the case with experts, and long and tough mediations, we were able to recover sufficient funds to supplement his other income resources that had been inadequate before we represented him. We believe that that client should never want again for the simple things in life that had been so out of his reach. Now he will have a place to live where the caregivers will truly care for him. He will never again get hand-me-down powered mobility devices that constantly fail. He will be able to get additional therapy that was not being provided to him to strengthen his body. We have raised the quality of his life immensely. This is my wonderful role I get to play today for my clients, helping people. You cannot have a better lifestyle than mine. Every day I work on cases that will lift people up financially to meet many of their care needs. Seriously disabled people are so often denied needed services because of medical insurance coverage limitations. We are that service that fills the gaping hole of needs that would remain unfulfilled if we were not successful in representing our clients.

Glen Howard

Las Vegas, NV

Glen Howard is the founder of Howard Injury Law, established in 2017. He has over 20 years of legal experience, specializing exclusively in plaintiffs' personal injury law since 2007. He graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.S. in Resource Management in 1998 and earned his Juris Doctor from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2003. Prior to founding his firm, he worked for a multi-state insurance defense firm and high-volume personal injury law firms in Las Vegas. He is licensed in Nevada, California, Colorado, Arizona, and federal courts. Glen is an active member of the Clark County Bar Association and the Nevada Justice Association. He has successfully recovered over $75 million for his clients across thousands of cases, including auto accidents, slip & falls, medical malpractice, and wrongful death. He is known for his compassionate, client-focused approach, treating every client like family, and aggressively pursuing maximum compensation.

Steven M. Bronson

St. Louis, MO

Steven M. Bronson is Of Counsel at Newman Bronson & Wallis and also runs his private practice, The Bronson Firm, APC, in San Diego, CA. He is a member of the Missouri and California Bars. Steven has been recognized as '2012 Trial Lawyer of the Year' by the Public Justice Foundation and Missouri Lawyers Media, and '2009 Lawyer of the Year' by Missouri Lawyers Media for his work on significant personal injury lawsuits, including lead poisoning and drunk-driving accidents.

William J. Lasko

Stamford, CT

William J. Lasko is an attorney with over 30 years of experience, providing legal advocacy for employers and employees. He focuses on labor and employment law, including SEC whistleblower cases, federal false claims, and workplace retaliation, as well as real estate, personal injury, pension issues, and probate. He is licensed to practice in Connecticut, New York, and Washington, D.C.

Carlos L. Williams, Esq.

Tulsa, OK

Carlos L. Williams is the Owner/Founding Attorney of The Law Office of Carlos L. Williams. Born in Greenville, Mississippi and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, he moved to Oklahoma in 2000 to pursue his legal career. In 2004, he established his own general practice firm focusing on immigration law, criminal law, personal injury law, and family law. He is a Licensed Attorney to Practice in the Tribal Courts of both Muscogee Creek Nation and Cherokee Nation, and has over two decades of experience in Oklahoma courts.

Harry H. Samarghachian

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles workers’ compensation lawyer Harry Samarghachian has dedicated his practice to assisting victims of workplace accidents and occupational injuries. He represents clients with catastrophic workplace injuries, including brain injuries, toxic exposures, workplace cancers, and strokes, and families of workers who have tragically passed away. Mr. Samarghachian has obtained many seven-figure settlements on complex cases. He immigrated from Russia at age 13, obtained his B.S. from UCLA in 1985 and his J.D. in 1990 from La Verne University School of Law. He joined Rose, Klein & Marias as an associate in 1998 and is now a partner. He is a member of the State Bar of California and a former Chairman of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation Section.

Matt Easton is the Co-Managing Partner of Easton & Easton, LLP primarily responsible for shepherding the business aspects of the firm’s meteoric growth since 2019. Matt has also been a central figure in some of Easton & Easton’s most prominent cases, including a $32,000,000 policy limits settlement in 2024, a $26,000,000 settlement in 2023, a 2019 mediated settlement for $20,000,000, a 2022 mediated settlement for $7,000,000, and a 2016 settlement for $3,060,000 - all of which were selected as Top Million-Dollar Settlements in California for their respective years and which contributed to Matt’s lifetime selection to the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum® - The Top Trial Lawyers in America® (an honor given to less than 1% of all attorneys in the United States). Matt has been selected each year since 2023 as a Southern California Super Lawyer. Prior to that, he was selected each year from 2016 - 2022 among Super Lawyers’ Up-and-Coming Top 100 (Southern California) and Super Lawyers’ Up-and-Coming Top 25 (Orange County), honors given to less than 1% of attorneys. Matt has also been chosen each year since 2018 as one of the Best Lawyers in America for Plaintiff’s Personal Injury and Product Liability Litigation. Best Lawyers selects attorneys who have earned peer recognition through exemplary legal work that attracts the notice of their colleagues. Lawyers cannot buy their way onto this list. Matt has also been featured among Southern California’s “Best Lawyers” each year since 2017 in the Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times Magazine. Additionally, he has been chosen each year since 2023 among the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers; and prior to that was selected from 2014 - 2022 for the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 in California, honors given to less than 2.5% of attorneys in Southern California. Matt has also been selected each year since 2015 for the American Academy of Trial Attorneys’ Premier 100 Trial Attorneys, the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys “10 Best” Attorneys for California, the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys’ Top 10 Under 40, and for the highest AV Preeminent rating offered by Martindale-Hubbell, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious peer rating service for legal ability and ethics. The recognition that Matt is receiving from his peers in the legal community is not surprising, as he first came to our firm with high marks and accomplishments in college and law school. He received his B.A. in 2006 from Brigham Young University, where he majored in English and minored in Philosophy and Editing. Whittier Law School awarded Matt a full academic scholarship and he received his Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Whittier Law School, graduating in the top 10% of his class in 2009. He was admitted to the California Bar in 2009. While at Whittier Law School, Matt was chosen as the “Best Oral Advocate” of the 3rd Annual Susan E. McGuigan Oral Advocacy Competition and “Best Overall Competitor” of the 2008 Spring Trial Advocacy Competition. He also competed in numerous external oral advocacy competitions on behalf Whittier Law School’s Trial Advocacy Honors Board and Moot Court Honors Board, which took him as far as Vienna, Austria in Competition. In 2008, Matt was selected as the Chief Justice of the Moot Court Honors Board and served in that position from 2008 till his graduation in 2009. Based on the significant trial skills and incorporation of trial technology that Matt has brought to bear in his cases, he was asked to join the faculty at Whittier Law School as an Adjunct Professor to teach a class on Trial Technology from 2015 - 2017. Matt was also a graduating member of Whittier’s prestigious Law Review, where he assisted in the editing and publication of numerous scholarly legal articles. In addition, Matt’s own article was published in the Whittier Law Review in Fall 2008 (Volume 30, Number 1). Matt’s article, “Disparate Outcomes Among Medical Malpractice Victims: A New Look at an Equal Protection Challenge to MICRA,” allowed him to passionately address the continuing problems that MICRA poses to California medical malpractice victims, which is an issue he has seen the effects of first-hand through his work at Easton & Easton. Since joining Easton & Easton, Matt has litigated hundreds of cases for meritorious plaintiffs, including important cases against the State of California, numerous cities, numerous school districts, and countless large corporate entities and other defendants. Matt has acquired more than $100,000,000 for his clients by way of verdict, settlement, or arbitration award. Apart from the verdict and settlement funds Matt has acquired for his clients, he has also been able to affect lasting change in how corporations, cities, and the state of California conduct themselves in order to prevent similar future injuries. For example, as part of Matt’s handling of a roadway defect bicycle case against the state of California, the state of California later coordinated complex efforts with the cities of Newport Beach and Irvine to correct the dangerous condition relating to the designated bike lane at the location of the incident. Matt is the second youngest son of Doug and Rae Easton and grew up most of his life with the strong desire to work with his father and brothers in providing passionate service to the legal community. Matt spent almost every summer since High School working for the law firm in various capacities and, in doing so, he saw how lawyers like his father could really help the ordinary person achieve extraordinary and needed aid in their individual lives. This inspired Matt to become a lawyer and continue the Easton’s legacy of helping the ordinary man achieve justice, no matter how big of a goliath he may be facing off against. While Matt grew up in Orange County and has a strong love for the community here, he also spent two years abroad in Mexico City on a mission for his church. There he sincerely fell in love with the Hispanic culture and the people that so warmly welcomed him into their lives. He also became fluent in Spanish, which has allowed him to help clients in Southern California that do not speak English. Matt is also an Eagle Scout and continues to enjoy many outdoor activities including camping, mountain biking, snow skiing, rock climbing, waterskiing, wakeboarding, wakesurfing, golf, and tennis. Matt has a strong sense of family commitment, much like his parents, and truly feels blessed to work alongside his family at Easton & Easton. In addition, Matt and his beautiful wife Rachel have four children.