California

Jacoby & Meyers Injury Lawyers

San Diego, CA

4.8(4477)

14 Locations

Morgan and Morgan, P.A.

Los Angeles, CA

4.4(18853)

11 Locations

Sweet James Accident Attorneys

Victorville, CA

4.6(1560)

10 Locations

Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi LLP

Los Angeles, CA

4.6(150)

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP

Los Angeles, CA

3 Locations

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Ben Crump

Sacramento, CA

Listed amongst the Most Influential People of 2021 by TIME100, Ebony Magazine’s Power 100 Most Influential African Americans, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers, and the 2014 NNPA Newsmaker of the Year, Attorney Ben Crump is referred to as Black America’s Attorney General. Through a steadfast dedication to justice and service, renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Benjamin Crump has established himself as one of the nation’s foremost lawyers and advocates for social justice. His legal acumen has ensured that those marginalized in American society are protected by their nation’s contract with its constituency. He is the founder and principal owner of Ben Crump Law. Crump’s tireless advocacy has led to legislation preventing excessive force and developing implicit bias training and policies. He has represented families in several high-profile civil rights cases including Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Stephon Clark. He also represented victims in the Holtzclaw Oklahoma City Police rape case and worked on the Robbie Tolan excessive police force case. More recently, he represented the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, the residents of Flint, Michigan, who were affected by the poisoned water of the Flint River, as well as the family of Henrietta Lacks in a landmark reparations case. Crump has helped reach historic settlements and verdicts for families that have faced injustices, including a $411 million verdict for Duane Washington, a $641 million settlement for Flint, Michigan, a $27 million settlement for George Floyd's family, a $12 million settlement for Breonna Taylor's family, and over $200 million in banking while Black cases. Crump is the President of the National Civil Rights Trial Lawyers Association and previously served as President of the National Bar Association. He was the first African-American to chair the Florida State University College of Law Board of Directors and is the founder and director of the Benjamin Crump Social Justice Institute. In 2023, the College of Law at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida, became the Benjamin L. Crump College of Law. He has been recognized with the NAACP Thurgood Marshall Award, the SCLC Martin Luther King Servant Leader Award, the American Association for Justice Johnnie Cochran Award, and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Eleanor Roosevelt Medallion for Service. He hosted legal docudramas and served as executive producer and writer for a documentary. He is a frequent contributor to MSNBC, CNN, and USA Today. Crump’s book, published in October 2019, Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People, reflects on the landmark cases he has battled, and how discrimination in the courthouse devastates real families and communities. Crump graduated from Florida State University and received his law degree from FSU College of Law. He is married to Dr. Genae Angelique Crump.

29+ Years

Brian Chase

Newport Beach, CA

Nationally known and top rated auto defect and California personal injury lawyer Brian D. Chase serves injured plaintiffs with trust, passion, and results.

27+ Years

Brian Panish

Los Angeles, CA

One of the country’s leading trial attorneys, Brian Panish has obtained some of the most significant jury verdicts in United States history on behalf of plaintiffs. His courtroom victories include a $4.9 billion record verdict in the landmark products liability case Anderson v. General Motors, and over thirty verdicts and settlements in excess of $10 million in personal injury, car accident, bus accidents, wrongful death and business litigation cases.

26+ Years

John Demas

Sacramento, CA

Recognized as one of the top plaintiff’s attorneys in California and founder of the Demas Law Group, John Demas has been exclusively representing injured victims for over thirty years. John is passionate about helping people, and has earned a stellar reputation for his dedication and successful results for his clients. He has extensive trial experience with several multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements, including: $10,500,000: Largest jury verdict in Sacramento County for a bicycle collision. $9,750,000: Largest settlement in California for the wrongful death of a baby against the City of Sacramento. $6,680,000 Record-Breaking jury verdict after an $800K offer in Stanislaus County. $5,230,000 Settlement after a $1.2M offer in a traumatic injury brain case. $4,500,000: Largest jury verdict for a personal injury motor vehicle case against the County of Sacramento. $4,000,000: Largest settlement against Sacramento County CPS. $3,300,000: Jury verdict on low-speed rear-end collision with $225,000 offer. $2,500,000: Largest personal injury jury verdict ever won in Tuolumne County. In addition to being the primary trial attorney, John supervises all litigated cases at Demas Law Group.

30+ Years

Darren W. Penn

Los Angeles, CA

Darren W. Penn is a trial lawyer handling a wide variety of tort and business litigation in state and federal courts across the United States. His practice areas include products liability, trucking and auto collisions, wrongful death, medical malpractice, aviation, business tort, entertainment, and intellectual property cases. He began his career in 1994 as a trial lawyer for State Farm, trying over a hundred bench and jury trials. He was a founding member of Penn & Pate LLP, then merged into Scherffius, Ballard Still & Ayres LLP, and later co-founded Harris Penn Lowry LLP, securing over $750 million in verdicts and settlements. He is the founder of Penn Law LLC. Darren is past President of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA), a member of the Board and past Chair of the Georgia State Bar’s General Practice & Trial Law Section, and past Chair of the Civil Justice PAC of Georgia. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, consistently named to Super Lawyers, Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite, and the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America and Georgia. He earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Georgia.

30+ Years

GeorgiaUnited States

Michael Alder

Sherman Oaks, CA

Michael Alder is owner and Senior Trial Attorney at AlderLaw, a leading Los Angeles firm that represents plaintiffs in personal injury, business torts and employment litigation cases. As one of the top trial attorneys in California, Mr. Alder vigorously pursues all cases on behalf of his clients who have suffered injustices. As an underdog advocate, Mr. Alder takes pride in being personally involved in every case his firm takes on. Along with his team of lawyers, paralegals, law clerks and litigation assistants, he is consistently breaking records and earning the praise of the press with significant settlements and impressive verdicts. The former CAALA president, well renowned speaker, and published author on trial strategy has a long history of supporting other trial attorneys. Mr. Alder maintains a 9,000-deposition database and an expert witness directory and provides information, at no charge, to up and coming lawyers upon request.

24+ Years

CALA