Spanish-Speaking Attorneys

Charles C. DeStefano

Staten Island, NY

Charles C. DeStefano is an attorney with over 35 years of experience in personal injury law, licensed in New York and New Jersey. He holds a BA from Fordham University and a JD from Pace University School of Law. He is highly active in the legal community, serving as Chairman of the Mayors Committee on City Marshal and President of the Staten Island Trial Lawyers Association. He has received multiple awards, including 'Super Lawyers' recognition for several years and humanitarian awards for community service. He is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Italian.

Diane L. Cardoso

Kearny, NJ

Diane L. Cardoso is a Partner at Brady Reilly & Cardoso. She has been Certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney and is admitted to practice law in both New Jersey and New York State. Her practice is concentrated in the area of civil litigation, including automobile negligence, premises liability, construction site negligence, legal malpractice and medical malpractice. She is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish. She is the immediate past President of the Hudson County Bar Association, 2nd Vice President of the New Jersey Association for Justice and a member of the American Board of Trial Attorneys (ABOTA).

Wawi Tijerina

Laredo, TX

Wawi Tijerina is a native Laredoan with over 35 years of legal experience. She graduated from Martin High School in 1976 and pursued higher education, earning an Associate of Arts degree from Laredo Junior College, a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Southwest Texas State University, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 1985. She has practiced law for 35 years, handling diverse civil and criminal litigation, including wrongful death, slip and falls, and car accident cases. Wawi also served as a professor for the Regional Police Academy (1989-1998) and as a Criminal Justice Professor at Laredo Community College (1988-2008). From 1998 to 2002, she was elected as Judge for the Municipal Court of the City of Laredo, Texas, and has also served as a County Commissioner for Webb County, Texas. She is dedicated to helping injury victims obtain civil justice and is known for her empathy and commitment to clients.

Fabian Zazueta

Phoenix, AZ

Attorney Fabian Zazueta is the founder of Zazueta Law, PLLC, where he specializes in trial and litigation. His practice focuses on representing small businesses, entrepreneurs, professionals, and personal injury victims. Mr. Zazueta regularly counsels clients on a variety of litigation issues in state and federal court. His civil litigation experience includes litigating issues arising out of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act, complex business disputes, contract disputes, conducting administrative law trials, and representing victims who have been injured through the negligent conduct of others-all while doing so in a cost-effective manner. He is also fluent in Spanish.

Eric B. Strongin

Ladera Ranch, CA

Eric Strongin is a skilled trial attorney specializing in serious personal injury, insurance coverage and insurance bad faith litigation. He has a track record of success, personally recovering millions of dollars for clients, and is known as one of the most tenacious trial lawyers in Southern California. He has extensive trial experience, including winning back-to-back-to-back jury trials in 2023, and is an approved panel attorney with the Orange County Bar Association. He is rated 'AV Preeminent' by Martindale-Hubbell and has been named a Super Lawyer or Super Lawyer Rising Star multiple times. He also handles toxic exposure, product liability, and tenant rights cases.

Shannon Del Prado

Miami, FL

Shannon Del Prado is a Shareholder at Pita Weber Del Prado, a former President of the Miami-Dade Trial Lawyers Association, and an active member of the MDTLA. She is a member of the Million Dollar Advocate Forum and has been recognized as a Top Lawyer by the South Florida Legal Guide since 2004 and by The Best Lawyers in America since 2019. She is licensed in both Florida state and federal courts and is fluent in Spanish and English.

David W. Singer

Hollywood, FL

David W. Singer is one of Florida’s best known personal injury attorneys, practicing law for over a quarter of a century. He is dedicated to representing victims of accidents in Broward, Miami-Dade County and across Florida and the U.S. His firm has successfully represented thousands of accident victims. He is admitted to practice law in Florida, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and the Federal Trial Bar of the District. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, the Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County Bar Associations and the Southern Trial Lawyers Association. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He is a frequent guest lecturer to other lawyers, law students and civic groups, and has written articles for various publications. He is also actively involved in community charities, including serving as Chairman of the American Cancer Society’s biggest fundraiser, President of the South Broward Unit of the American Cancer Society (1996-1998), and a founding Board Member of the Professional Lions Club of Hollywood, UJCBA (Jewish Federation of Broward), and Jewish National Fund. He has been honored twice by the American Cancer Society as 'Volunteer of the Year' and recognized by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as 'Small Business Person of the Year' and winner of their 'Annual Community Service Award'.

Edward F. Chacker

Philadelphia, PA

Edward F. Chacker is the Senior Managing Partner and Chair of Gay Chacker & Ginsburg, recognized as one of Pennsylvania's leading trial lawyers. He specializes in personal injury and civil litigation, including car and truck crashes, workplace injuries, slip and fall accidents, medical malpractice, and police/correctional guard abuse. He has achieved notable multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements and has received numerous awards for his legal work and pro bono contributions, including the Justice Michael A. Musmanno Award and the Pillar of Justice.

O. John Alpizar

Palm Bay, FL

O. John Alpizar has been involved in civil trial litigation since 1978, focusing on personal injury, wrongful death, auto accidents, insurance bad faith, and premises liability cases. He has secured numerous million-dollar verdicts and settlements for clients. He is an active member of the community and various legal associations.

Ralph G. Patino

Coral Gables, FL

Ralph G. Patino is a nationally recognized corporate and civil trial lawyer and businessman with more than three decades of courtroom and professional experience. He is managing shareholder, President and Chief Operating Officer of Patino & Associates, P.A., the Coral Gables law firm he founded in 1992. His firm has since grown to include offices and affiliates throughout the U.S. and in Latin America and the Caribbean. Mr. Patino has been recognized for his work involving corporate counsel, products liability, automotive negligence, premises liability, police misconduct and banking fraud. The secret to his success is both his fearlessness and his compassion. In the late 1990s, Mr. Patino was among the first U.S. attorneys to make a connection between defective Firestone tires and SUV rollover accidents that were causing catastrophic injuries and deaths on South Florida roadways, as well as in other American cities and foreign countries. His tenacity and determination led Patino & Associates to successfully sue corporate giants Firestone and Ford on behalf of 30 victims and their families. In each case, Mr. Patino won substantial settlements for his clients and a personal apology for each from the manufacturers. His efforts led to making the roads safer for the public at large. Mr. Patino is credited as one of the U.S. attorneys who prompted the historic recall of 6.5 million defective Firestone ATX Wilderness tires that were proven to have caused widespread death, injury and destruction. During this landmark case, Mr. Patino was chosen by his legal peers to co-chair the Ford Firestone Multi-District Litigation Financial Committee with oversight for approximately 300 consolidated personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits against Ford and Firestone. His work on behalf of tire tread separation victims earned him the prestigious American Justice Association’s James L. Shard Award for the Pursuit of Public Justice. Today, Mr. Patino is widely regarded as a champion of consumers rights and protections against defective products, corporate negligence, online banking fraud and other areas of the law. Under his leadership, Patino & Associates has won more than one hundred multimillion dollar jury awards and settlements and, as a result, Mr. Patino is a member of the prestigious Million Dollar Verdict Club. Mr. Patino is also a civic and community leader, philanthropist, patron of the arts and baseball enthusiast. He is frequently asked to share his opinion and expertise in the media. He is a member of the South Florida 100, a group of influential community leaders whose weekly opinions appear in Sun Sentinel’s Editorial Page, digital and print version. He has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, and has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, Despierta America and other media outlets. On the world stage, Mr. Patino has played a vital role in helping improve U.S.-Cuba relations. As a founding member of Cuba Now and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Cuba Business Council, Mr. Patino helped the Obama administration restore diplomatic relations with Cuba and was among the White House’s special guests at the July 2015 reopening of the U.S Embassy in Havana. Mr. Patino continues to travel frequently to Cuba where he helps U.S. corporations establish and maintain commercial ties with Cuba. He is a firm believer that normalized relations between the two countries is in the best interest of both the American and the Cuban people. Mr. Patino’s work in the region extends beyond Cuba. He is a member of the prominent Brookings Institution Americas Council whose goal is to create greater relations and policy changes toward the Caribbean and Latin America. On the home front, Mr. Patino has long been active in national politics. Together with Eva Longoria, Henry Muñoz and other prominent Hispanics, he founded the Futuro Fund, which in 2012 raised $36 million for the Democratic National Committee. In 2014, he co-founded the Latino Victory Project, a bi-partisan initiative that supports Hispanic candidates for national office throughout the United States. At the community level, Mr. Patino is committed to helping South Florida on numerous social and cultural issues. For more than a decade, he has led the fight to save Miami’s historic Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for Performing Arts and currently serves as chairman of the non-profit that runs the theater. He’s a board member and former acting director of the Mourning Foundation, a charity that helps inner-city children. He’s actively involved in other charities and community initiatives.

Robert Kornfeld

Kirkland, WA

Robert "Rob" Kornfeld has over 40 years of experience in personal injury law, licensed in Washington, New York, and Arizona. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1976 and Gonzaga University School of Law in 1979. He is admitted to practice in federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and has handled cases in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Massachusetts. Rob has a working knowledge of Spanish and is dedicated to the Hispanic community. His accolades include being a Distinguished Justice Advocate (2017), a Super Lawyers® member (2016-2021), a recipient of the Medical Malpractice Trial Lawyers Association Top 25 Award, named to The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 (2019), a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and awarded an AV Preeminent® Rating for Construction Law (2017).

Christian Luciano Santiago

Chicago, IL

Christian Luciano Santiago joined Vogelzang Law in June 2021. He is a seasoned lawyer with extensive experience drafting pleadings and motions, conducting and defending depositions, and preparing expert witnesses for trial. He is passionate about his clients and defends families against corporations that exposed them to asbestos. Before joining Vogelzang Law, he worked at a prominent litigation defense firm and a Chicago plaintiff’s personal injury firm. His inspiration to become a lawyer came from working for U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. He graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law with a certificate in trial advocacy and participated in national trial advocacy competitions.

Hector L. Sandoval

Houston, TX

Hector L. Sandoval is a Houston Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Attorney with over 20 years of experience. He focuses on non-subscriber work injury and car wreck cases, advocating for injured workers and families. Fluent in Spanish and English, he has a strong track record of fighting for his clients' rights.

Brian LaBovick

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Brian LaBovick is a passionate personal injury attorney who enjoys fighting for his clients and helping people. His interest in law began in high school after successfully fighting a traffic ticket. He identifies with the 'Warrior for Justice' vision, driven by a desire to push back against 'bullies' and secure positive outcomes for his clients. He enjoys boating, socializing, traveling, politics, history, and spending time with his family.

Tina Odjaghian

Woodland Hills, CA

Tina Odjaghian is a renowned Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) litigator specializing in complex brain injury mechanisms, particularly those in the workplace. She has over two decades of experience and success in worker’s compensation litigation, securing multiple record-breaking settlements, including a $5.7 million settlement for a contested stroke case. Ms. Odjaghian is deeply involved in the brain injury community, serving on the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery and Neurosciences board and the Armenian Bar Association's Board of Governors and Judicial Evaluation Committee. She founded Brain SoCal, a nonprofit dedicated to educating professionals and supporting brain-injured individuals. She is a certified course instructor licensed by the California Department of Insurance and has been recognized as a 'Rising Star' and 'Super Lawyer' in Southern California for multiple years, and 'Top Attorney of the Year' by IAOTP in 2021. She is fluent in Armenian, English, Farsi, and Spanish.

Marshall Silberberg

Irvine, CA

Marshall Silberberg is the founding partner of the Law Office of Marshall Silberberg. He previously served for 29 years as a defense attorney for hospitals and physicians before establishing his own practice in 2004 to represent injured clients. He has tried over 200 medical malpractice cases to verdict and the firm has recovered over $500 million for clients. He has been recognized by Super Lawyers since 2004, The Best Lawyers in America since 1989, and holds the American Jurisprudence Award for Civil Procedure and Family Law, among other accolades. He is qualified to practice in California, U.S. District Court Central District of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit.

David M. Van Sant

Atlanta, GA

David M. Van Sant received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Kennesaw State University and his Juris Doctor with honors from Georgia State University College of Law in 2003. He focuses his practice on representing individuals who have suffered injuries through the fault of others, including car accidents, motorcycle wrecks, tractor-trailer accidents, nursing home neglect, wrongful death cases, and other personal injury cases. He is an experienced trial lawyer nationally recognized as one of the best personal injury trial lawyers in the country.

Kristina N. Kastl

Dallas, TX

Krisi Kastl founded Kastl Law PC to help those with personal injury claims in Texas. For years, Kastl Law has been the lifeline that victimized parties needed to recover maximum compensation for their injuries. Making a difference in the lives of her clients has always been her main goal. Krisi has many years of courtroom experience as a Dallas trial attorney and has covered a wide variety of cases, including catastrophic motor vehicle accidents, motorcycle wrecks, truck wrecks, premises liability, wrongful death, and products liability. Ms. Kastl has earned the respect of her peers and insurance companies and the gratitude of the clients she represents. Krisi is a no-nonsense attorney who is proud to be the voice of the victims against big insurance companies that attempt to use intimidation to unfairly get out of accepting responsibility for their insured’s wrongdoing.

David J. Zappitell

Delray Beach, FL

David J. Zappitell is the founding partner of Zappitell Law Firm and is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Civil Trial Litigation. He is a highly awarded attorney, recognized by National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and Super Lawyers, and is known for his extensive trial experience and personalized client approach.

Pat Barrera

El Segundo, CA

Pat Barrera is a trial lawyer committed to obtaining justice for individuals and businesses since 1990. He has achieved over $100 million in recoveries for clients and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He has been recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer for eleven consecutive years and holds an AV Preeminent Rated distinction from Martindale-Hubbell for ethical standards and legal ability.

Adrianos Facchetti

Burbank, CA

Adrianos Facchetti is the Founder and Principal Attorney of The Law Offices of Adrianos Facchetti, established in 2006. He earned his Bachelor's Degree from UCLA and his law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law. With over 18 years of experience and more than 1,000 cases handled, he specializes in various personal injury cases including auto, pedestrian, motorcycle, and trucking accidents, premises liability, and police misconduct. He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. Adrianos has received accolades such as Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2014-2016), an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and was named Best Attorney in Burbank in 2025. He is also actively involved in the community as a Transportation Commissioner for the City of Burbank and through the Burbank WorkAbility Program.

Monty L. Cain

Oklahoma City, OK

Monty L. Cain is the owner and managing attorney at Cain Law in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. Cain focuses his practice on personal injury law, representing clients in matters involving traumatic brain injuries, truck accidents, car accidents, product liability. Cain Law also handles Bankruptcy, Social Security Disability, Family Law, Probates and Criminal Law. He serves clients throughout the state of Oklahoma and states across the United States. Mr. Cain has more than 30 years of experience and provides personalized and dedicated representation to injured victims. Over his career, he has recovered over 100 million in successful verdicts and settlements for his clients. Additionally, he has successfully won appeals that changed laws to help people injured accidents. His appellate win in Fox v. Mize and Van Eaton Ready Mix allowed victims injured in commercial motor vehicle crashes to pursue direct actions against the commercial motor carriers for negligent entrustment of a semi to incompetent semi driver. This law holds unsafe commercial motor carriers accountable for damages caused by their actions and makes Oklahoma roads safer. He is passionate about helping Oklahoma residents who have been injured or lost a loved one due to a catastrophic injury receive just and maximum compensation.

Joe Stephens is a Houston Accident and Injury Lawyer, double board-certified by the state of Texas in personal injury law and nationally by the National Board of Trial Advocates. With over 35 years of experience, he has tried over 150 cases, many of which have garnered statewide and national media attention. He is a published author and a frequent guest on TV programs, providing expert opinions on personal injury cases. His work has been featured in publications like The Houston Chronicle, The San Antonio Express, The Texas Lawyer, Verdict Search, The Texas Reporter, and The National Law Journal. Other experienced attorneys often refer cases to him, and he is known for his hands-on approach, personally handling cases rather than delegating to junior attorneys.

James O. Cunningham

Orlando, FL

James O. Cunningham is a personal injury attorney admitted to The Florida Bar in 1977. He is a Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by The Florida Bar (since 1984) and a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (since 1985). He was recognized as a Charter Fellow of the American College of Board Certified Attorneys in 2015. As of August 1st, 2023, he entered an 'Of Counsel' relationship with Wooten Kimbrough Damaso & Dennis, P.A. He has over 46 years of experience representing accident victims and their families in Central Florida.