Spanish-Speaking Attorneys

Carlos A. Santos

Naugatuck, CT

With nearly two decades of practicing law and a lifetime in the local community, Connecticut Attorney Carlos Santos has successfully represented thousands of local residents throughout his career. A partner with Fitzpatrick Mariano Santos Sousa P.C. since 2002, Santos has been with the Connecticut law firm for 19 years, honing his skills, deepening his experience and continuously giving back the community. Santos's focus practice areas are personal injury, criminal law and real estate, and he has resolved more than 1,000 personal injury cases alone for his clients. His experience extends to various levels of the law, with a history of cases tried in Connecticut Superior Court and arguments heard before the Connecticut Appellate Court and Connecticut Supreme Court. In addition to his flawless command of English, Santos is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Dale Gribow

Palm Desert, CA

Dale Gribow Attorney at Law's 'concierge/boutique' PI/DUI award-winning firm has protected the 'Constitutional Rights' of the Seriously Injured & Criminally Accused for over 35 years. The firm focuses on accidents and drunk driving & domestic violence matters. His former service as Judge Pro Tem/Arbitrator, community involvement, and hosting legal talk shows have merited him numerous top lawyer awards.

Rafael J. Roca

West Palm Beach, FL

Although relatively new to the GOLDLAW team, - he joined the personal injury firm in early 2020 - Rafael’s impact has been significant. Born in Cuba, his family immigrated to the United States when he was just 10 months old. Raised in Miami, Rafael graduated from Florida State University before attending the St. Thomas University School of Law, where he was a member of the Charter Class, earning his JD in 1987. Rafael Roca began his legal career as a law clerk for prominent personal injury firms in South Florida in 1986. He cut his teeth in the courtroom advocating for his injured clients as an associate attorney for many years, before earning his first partnership at a well-known West Palm Beach firm. Fluent in Spanish, he is extremely proud to serve the Hispanic population of Palm Beach County, both by representing individuals and families, as well as civil and legal associations that benefit these communities. Rafael Roca has earned many important accolades and secured millions in verdict and settlement recoveries for hundreds of injured clients. He has demonstrated a level of expertise achieved by only 1% of Florida attorneys as a Board-Certified Civil Trial Lawyer® for cases involving wrongful death, catastrophic automobile accidents, and slip and falls.

Christina D. Kelleher

Naples, FL

Christina D. Kelleher is a personal injury attorney at Kelleher Law, PA, practicing in Naples and Fort Myers, Florida. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts Degree from CUNY Queens College on a full scholarship for academic and athletic achievements, majoring in Media and minoring in Sociology. She then attended Ave Maria School of Law in Naples, receiving her Juris Doctor degree and named to the Dean’s List. Before joining Kelleher Law, she worked as an insurance defense attorney, gaining valuable insight into insurance company operations and developing a passion for helping injured victims.

Javier Villarreal

Houston, TX

Javier Villarreal is rated one of the best personal injury attorneys in South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley. He fights for his clients, aggressively, against insurance companies to secure their rights. He has over 20 years of experience defending victims of accidents.

Patrick V. Douglas

Lake City, FL

Patrick V. Douglas is a trial lawyer. He is a fourth-generation north Floridian who prides himself on providing honest and competent advice to his clients and ensuring they receive the maximum recovery possible. Prior to co-founding Douglas & Douglas, Patrick worked for a law firm defending corporations and insurance companies in automobile liability, medical malpractice, premises liability, product liability, and employment discrimination cases. He also worked for a national construction and commercial litigation law firm. His insight gained as a defense attorney enables Patrick to very effectively represent his clients and anticipate arguments and strategies employed by the defense. Patrick has been involved in numerous personal injury cases and has achieved successful resolutions of their cases in pre-suit, mediation, and at trial. Patrick also represents clients in employment law matters including discrimination in the workplace based on age, disability, race, color, religion, national origin or sex. Patrick was born and raised in Lake City, Florida and attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he received his Bachelor of Science, with University Honors, from the Marriott School of Business Management (English Minor). During his undergraduate studies, Patrick spent two years as a full-time volunteer in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He received his Juris Doctorate from Florida State University, where he was selected as a member of the Mock Trial Team as well as the Journal of Transnational Law and Policy. Patrick is fluent in Spanish and is an avid tennis player. He is also a board member of the Jacksonville Justice Association and an active member of the Florida Justice Association as well as the Third Circuit Bar Association.

Alan J. Mensh

Washington, DC

Alan Mensh is an experienced litigator at Ashcraft & Gerel, specializing in lead poisoning cases and general negligence, known for securing significant verdicts and settlements for clients, particularly children injured by lead exposure.

James F. Sexton

Chula Vista, CA

During the first 10 years of his legal practice, James F. Sexton, Esq. represented insurance companies, defending them against claims from persons injured in car accidents and at work. In 2001, Mr. Sexton decided he would rather help people than advocate against them. Mr. Sexton now represents car accident victims and injured workers against the insurance companies and is dedicated to protecting his clients’ legal rights. He is an ethical and dedicated individual who strives to be the most honest and professional attorney around, communicating effectively with clients in English and Spanish.

Ashley Atwell-Soler

Kansas City, MO

My practice is focused on representing individuals in Employment Discrimination and Personal Injury matters. Following law school, I spent several years working at a large civil defense firm where I represented corporate clients. I put the knowledge and expertise I gained working on ‘the other side' to use in order to better advocate for my clients, and find great satisfaction in helping each of my clients to achieve a fair outcome to their case. I have experience at all phases of litigation, including first and second chair trial experience, and I enjoy working with clients of all backgrounds. As a fluent Spanish-speaker, I am uniquely suited to represent Spanish speaking clients. I also frequently co-counsel with other law firms on personal injury, products liability, or employment discrimination matters involving Spanish-speaking clients or witnesses. I also serve as appointed counsel under the Criminal Justice Act for clients facing federal criminal charges in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Before entering private practice, I served as a law clerk for the Honorable Dean Whipple of the Western District of Missouri, where I assisted Judge Whipple at every phase of both civil and criminal litigation. Before law school, I worked in Washington, D.C. as Press Secretary for United States Congressman Silvestre Reyes and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. I am a certified Spanish- language Court Interpreter and have lived and travelled throughout Latin America and Spain.

Anna Plaia Noakes

Prospect, KY

Ms. Noakes has established herself as a competent attorney now having represented thousands of clients. Anna has a reputation with the insurance companies that she never takes the first, second, or even the third offer to settle her client’s cases. Ms. Noakes does not shy away from filing lawsuits on behalf of her clients to maximize results. Ms. Noakes specializes in all aspects of personal injury, including medical malpractice, wrongful death, sexual assault, and birth injury.

Holly Martin

Rogers, AR

God seemed to lead Holly to the practice of law. She helps clients in family law, bankruptcy law, accident cases, wrongful death matters, wills and trusts, and adoption. She is passionate about helping people through difficult times, drawing on her personal experiences with financial worry and accidents. She enjoys spending time with her husband, kids, and grandkids, and is a fan of ballroom dancing and Harley Davidson motorcycles.

Javier Villarreal

Pharr, TX

Javier Villarreal is rated one of the best personal injury attorneys in South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley. He fights for his clients, aggressively, against insurance companies to secure their rights. If you want an attorney who is a “fighter,” reach out to Javier for a free consultation.

Larry J. Litzky

Los Angeles, CA

Larry J. Litzky is a Partner and Supervising Attorney at The Dominguez Firm with over 30 years of experience in catastrophic injury cases. He has helped recover over $50 million for clients and is critical in resolving complex claims.

Dan Vondra

North Liberty, IA

Dan Vondra is an attorney at Vondra Law Office PLC, admitted to the Iowa Bar in 2004. He graduated 'Order of the Coif' from the University of Iowa College of Law and holds undergraduate degrees from Iowa State University. With over 20 years of experience, he practices in state and federal courts, specializing in criminal defense, immigration, and personal injury. He is a frequent speaker at legal education events.

Saul Solomon

Norristown, PA

Mr. Solomon graduated from Penn State University as President of the class of 1970. He went on to Temple University Law School where he participated in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s legal intern program. He next went on to serve in the District Attorney’s office as an Assistant District Attorney until 1975. At that point he chose to begin a private practice in Montgomery County Pennsylvania. Starting out in Norristown, Pennsylvania; Mr. Solomon began handling all types of personal injury matters, as well as criminal cases; only this time for the defense, not the prosecution. Over the nearly four decades since leaving the D.A.’s office, Mr. Solomon has handled thousands of criminal cases as well as thousands of cases for injured persons. He is well known throughout Montgomery County and the surrounding counties for his continuing hard work and excellent results. It is possible that no other attorney in Montgomery County can count as many people as clients as Mr. Solomon and his law firm dating back to the 1970’s. In 1973 Mr. Solomon began an association with Big Brothers of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He has continued his involvement mentoring 5 different youngsters over the past 40 years. In addition, he has served on the Board of Directors. During the 1980’s and 1990’s he was the President of the Board of Directors. He has been honored by being named Big Brother of the Year as well as numerous commendations.

Shafeeq Sadiq

Stockton, CA

Shafeeq Sadiq is a personal injury attorney born in Stockton, California. He earned his B.A. from U.C. Davis and his Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from U.C. Hastings College of the Law in 2004, the same year he was admitted to the Bar. He spent seven years as in-house counsel for an insurance company, litigating hundreds of cases. Since 2011, he has dedicated his practice to advocating for personal injury and wrongful death victims, trying jury trials in multiple California counties. In 2022, he secured the highest personal injury verdict in San Joaquin County history, nearly $24 million. He is a member of the Capital City Trial Lawyers Association (CCTLA) and the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), receiving CCTLA’s 2022 “Advocate of the Year” and ABOTA’s 2023 “Trial Lawyer of the Year” awards. He is fluent in Spanish and several Indian and Pakistani dialects.

C. James Williams III

Richmond, VA

Jim Williams is a summa cum laude graduate of George Mason University School of Law who began his legal career with a prestigious assignment as a law clerk to United States District Court Judge Glen M. Williams in Roanoke, Virginia. He practiced at Gentry, Locke, Rakes, and Moore in Roanoke and at Morris & Morris in Richmond before becoming litigation counsel for Progressive Insurance Company. With Progressive, he gained extensive experience as a trial attorney, giving him wide-ranging expertise in the complexities of Virginia insurance law, and knowledge of how the defense side approaches litigation. In 1999, Jim left defense and coverage work and began representing injured plaintiffs. A veteran litigator, he has tried more than one hundred personal injury jury cases and was appellate counsel in Virginia’s leading scientific evidence case, Tittsworth v. Robinson. Jim Williams joined Burnett & Williams in 2006 as the lead partner in the Richmond area, with offices in Midlothian and Hopewell, Virginia. He is a regular contributor of law journal articles on personal injury law and litigation issues, and provides expert legal analysis and commentary as a contributor to leading media platforms including Yahoo and Hello Magazine. Jim’s wealth of experience in insurance coverage matters provides invaluable expertise in an insurance-driven legal environment that becomes more complex each year. Born in France and raised in Germany, Jim grew up speaking German, French, and English. He still speaks French with such a pure accent that native Frenchmen can’t tell he is American. He has recently taken up Spanish, delighting in discerning the differences linguistically between Spanish, French and English. Jim has passed his love of languages on to his five children. Ranging in age from mid-teens to mid- twenties, his children are his main focus and his primary source of joy. Over the years he has been an active participant in the Midlothian PTA and a leader of the Evergreen Athletic Association. In 2006, Jim founded The Beth Williams Field of Dreams Foundation, a nonprofit organization named after his late wife, whom he lost to cancer. The foundation is dedicated to bringing people together to make sure children have the best facilities possible to play the sports they love. Partnering with the community, the foundation recently helped transform a 3-acre tract adjacent to the Watkins Annex from an hideous into a multi-use athletic facility that will serve the entire Midlothian community. Jim enjoys being outdoors, whether he is running with his dogs, playing golf, skiing, camping, or fishing. His most relaxing diversion, however, is flying airplanes: like his father and uncle before him, Jim is a licensed pilot.

Jay Kim

Encino, CA

J. Kim is an associate attorney at Williams and Seemen, APLC. Mr. Kim focuses his practice on personal injury, civil rights, and employment litigation. A graduate of Southwestern Law School, Mr. Kim joined Williams and Seemen as a law clerk and has continued to dedicate his efforts to helping clients receive the legal representation they deserve. Mr. Kim is passionate about helping clients seek justice and advocating for their rights.

Steven B. Tannenbaum

Lake Success, NY

Steven B. Tannenbaum has over 40 years of experience in representing seriously injured people in medical malpractice and all types of personal injury cases. He is admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the United States Court of Federal Claims and in all courts in the state of New York. His areas of concentration are the litigation of complex medical malpractice, military medical malpractice, personal injury, product liability, and labor law cases on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. He has been recognized as one of the Top Attorneys in North America and serves as a mediator and arbitrator. He is also a grateful survivor of a sudden cardiac arrest and an American Heart Association certified CPR/AED instructor, and serves as National Vice-Chair of Parent Heart Watch and a Board of Directors Member of the Louis J. Acompora Memorial Foundation and the Dominic A. Murray 21 Memorial Foundation.

Javier Villarreal

Harlingen, TX

Javier Villarreal is a highly-rated personal injury attorney in South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley, including Harlingen, TX. He aggressively fights insurance companies for his clients' rights, specializing in pedestrian, trucking, and other accident cases. He has over 25 years of experience and is known for securing maximum compensation for injured individuals. He is also a pilot and knowledgeable about airport environments.

Thomas E. Rockett, III

New York, NY

Thomas Rockett is Founder and Chief Trial Counsel at the Law Offices of Thomas E. Rockett III, where he practices in a wide range of civil ligation areas, including catastrophic injury, wrongful death, personal injury, employment and labor disputes, professional malpractice, and other complex civil litigation. Rockett has 30+ years of experience as a trial attorney in both state and federal court. Rockett was selected and named by his peers as a Southern California Super Lawyer in 2013. This top-rated status with Super Lawyers® is achieved by attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement in their respective practice areas. Rockett has maintained his top-rated status with the organization as a Super Lawyer throughout 2016-2021. Rockett is best known in the legal community for his level of professionalism and zeal that he brings to his practice. He has won millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients throughout the state of California and beyond.

Jackson R. Reed co-founded Reed & Terry Law Firm in 1994 and has practiced personal injury law since then. He is bilingual in English and Spanish.

Kimberly Valentin

Las Vegas, NV

Kimberly Valentin is an attorney and partner at De Castroverde Accident & Injury Lawyers, specializing in personal injury litigation. She graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2007, and earned her Juris Doctor magna cum laude from the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV in 2011, ranking in the top ten percent of her class. While at Boyd, she was a member and notes editor for the Nevada Law Journal and received CALI awards in three classes. Admitted to the Nevada Bar and the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada in 2011, Kimberly is a native Spanish-speaker of Colombian descent, dedicated to advocating for Spanish-speaking clients unfamiliar with the American legal system. She is recognized as Legal Elite by Nevada Business Magazine and a 'Lawyer to Watch' by Latino Leaders Magazine.

Michael D. Goforth

Concord, CA

I represent the hardest working people in the world. For over 40 years I have exclusively represented those who have had the misfortune becoming seriously injured in industrial accidents or through the negligence of a third party. I am known for my ability to assemble the right team to respond to the unique requirements facing injured workers and their families in injury cases in order to maximize their economic recoveries. Workers' Compensation: Emphasis on maximizing injured workers and their families' monetary recovery under the ever-evolving California Labor code. Protection of workers' rights to temporary disability, lifetime medical care, permanent disability, and vocational retraining benefits. Personal Injury: Represents severely injured persons and their families throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Assuring injured person and their families' recovery of lost wages and lost earning capacity, medical care, pain and suffering damages, emotional distress. Cases include big rig accidents, industrial claims, child sexual abuse, elder abuse, wrongful death, and defective products.