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Tobin Lanzetta has devoted his career to fighting for public safety. His $100+ million in case victories have demanded accountability from corporate and governmental wrongdoers. Tobin was named a 2016 California Consumer Attorney of the Year along with his colleagues Bruce Broillet, Scott Carr and Molly McKibben for their Erin Andrews v. Marriott $55 million trial result.. Tobin’s trial areas include catastrophic injury, wrongful death, brain injury, product liability, heavy machinery/trucking, train incidents, and government liability. Recently, a Ventura County Superior Court jury awarded nearly $3.5 million to Tobin’s clients after a catastrophic forklift injury where the defendants took no responsibility.. In one of the defining cases of his career, Tobin played an instrumental role in the high-profile Santa Monica Farmers Market cases. After an elderly man mowed down victims at the weekly farmers’ market, the City of Santa Monica and other defendants paid $21 million to settle the lawsuits. Importantly, these cases led to the installation of protective barriers which ensures that the weekly farmers’ market will be a safer environment for every person who visits.. Tobin is a partner and has been named a “Super Lawyer” 2014-2018. He was also honored as a Super Lawyer “Rising Star” in 2005 and 2007-2013.. Tobin graduated from Santa Clara University, after originally attending Swarthmore College. He received his law degree from the University of San Diego.. Before Tobin attended law school he played baseball for the Montreal Expos and Los Angeles Dodgers organizations.

Jennifer Liakos is a Partner  in the firm’s Pharmaceutical Litigation Department and is based in the El Segundo, California office.  Her practice focuses primarily on mass tort litigation, including pharmaceutical product liability, personal injury, and medical device litigation.. Ms. Liakos predominantly has concentrated her practice on injuries affecting women and children.  She has been at the forefront of the SSRI antidepressant birth defect litigation for more than a decade, litigating against defendants including GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and Forest Pharmaceuticals.. In 2003, she was appointed Discovery Chair for the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Paxil Products Liability Litigation (MDL 1574) and is presently the American Association for Justice Litigation Group Chair for the SSRI Birth Defects Group.  Most recently, Ms. Liakos was named to the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in the Viagra (Sildenafil Citrate) Products Liability Litigation (MDL 2). In addition to birth defect litigation, Ms. Liakos has also worked on cases involving antidepressant-induced suicide and withdrawal and cases involving injuries caused by toxic shock syndrome.. Ms. Liakos has testified before the FDA advisory board on amending the regulations concerning generic manufacturer liability.  She was named as a Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2007 and 2008.  She was selected as a Super Lawyer in every year since 2011.

Ivan Puchalt's trial practice focuses on products liability, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death and municipal liability. He handles high profile, complex cases and has helped clients to obtain multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements against Fortune 500 Corporations, as well as State and City governmental entities. Ivan is an active member of the Firm's litigation team, representing clients in a wide array of personal injury and wrongful death claims.. Formerly, Ivan worked as a litigation support expert on behalf of plaintiffs' lawyers. He specialized in using state-of-the art digital media as "tools of persuasion" to make legal arguments come alive at settlement conferences and trials. His work helped play a central role in the decisive moments of more than 20 high-profile trials that resulted in multi-million dollar verdicts; and, similarly, at more than 30 mediations. Ivan was proud to have assisted Firm partner Christine D. Spagnoli in preparing compelling visual materials used in the closing arguments of a 1999 case against General Motors which resulted in a $4.9 billion jury verdict.. Ivan's experience in working side-by-side with plaintiffs' law firms inspired him to become a lawyer. In 2002, he began the study of law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles at nights and continued to work days in litigation support. Under his own shingle, Ivan directed, produced, filmed and edited "Day in the Life" videos depicting the daily struggles encountered by numerous victims of catastrophic injuries.. Ivan earned a B.A. degree in History magna cum laude from the University of California at Berkeley in 1998. He minored in Spanish and studied for a semester at the Universidad de Granada in Granada, Spain. As an undergraduate, he participated in an externship with the U.S. Agency for International Development, working in its Global Bureau on various environmental programs. In 2006, Ivan received his J.D. degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. While a student, Ivan interned for the Western Law Center for Disability Rights, helping to make Los Angeles Superior Courts accessible for persons with disabilities. He also assisted over 100 dialysis patients in obtaining handicapped parking spaces at the West Hills Medical Center, where the lack of these spaces had severely impacted these daily patients' quality of life.. Ivan is a member of the State Bar of California. He is also a member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and the Consumer Attorneys of California. Ivan also serves on the Young Professionals Board of the Western Disability Rights Legal Center.. A United States citizen, Ivan was born in Brazil. He is fluent in Spanish. He enjoys traveling and has backpacked through Nepal, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, and China. A talented pianist, Ivan has studied musical composition, and has worked as a recording artist and music engineer.. Ivan, his wife Ayana and two year old daughter reside in Los Angeles and are expecting their second child.

HAS SUCCEEDED IN OBTAINING IMPRESSIVE RECOVERIES for his clients, resulting in more than 100 multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements in complex legal actions. These include cases involving motor vehicle injury, Quezda v. Motor Coach Industries - $8.15 million; Mehdipour v. City of Santa Monica - $2.65 million; wrongful death, Murillo v. U.S. Border Patrol - $3.3 million; and premises liability, Rosenbaum v. Security Pacific - $3.25 million. Among the high-profile cases that Geoff represents plaintiffs in is the Santa Monica Farmers Market crash which resulted in a total settlement of over $26 Million. Additionally, Geoff was one of the lead plaintiffs counsel in the Castillo v. DYK case involving multiple plaintiffs which resulted in a combined settlement and jury verdict of over $40 Million. He also succeeded on behalf of the victim in an amusement park ride lawsuit. The plaintiff, who fell approximately 35 feet to the ground when the lap bar on a Ferris wheel ride at Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom Amusement Park failed, was awarded $4.9 million in a binding arbitration agreement.. Geoff is an elected member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He also is a member of the Consumer Attorneys of California, American Association for Justice and an officer of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles where he currently serves on their Board of Governors. Since 1995, Geoff has served as an arbitrator for the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles. He is a frequent lecturer on trial preparation and practice in California. Other professional organizations that Geoff is a member of include the Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations, Santa Monica Bar Association and Eighth Street Trial Lawyers. In 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Geoff was named a Super Lawyer by Law & Politics' Southern California Super Lawyers which lists the top five-percent of established Los Angeles and Orange County attorneys. In 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Geoff was also named by Super Lawyers as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in L.A. County. In 2006, Geoff was named to the Lawdragon 500 New Stars, New Worlds list. He was also named one of the Best Lawyers in America by Woodward/White, Inc. based on a survey of his peers.. He is a graduate of the University of Washington, (B.A., 1981) and was a pitcher on the college baseball team. Geoff received his law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law (1985) and was a member of the Pepperdine Law School National Trial Competition Team. After being admitted to the bar in 1986, he began his legal career as a defense attorney with a focus on medical malpractice, hospital liability and special event and auto racetrack liability. Geoff worked for a plaintiff's sole practitioner for five years, where he tried 20 cases to verdict before joining GB&W in 1992.. Geoff is actively involved in youth sports, coaching both basketball and pony league baseball. He is a member of the University of Washington's Diamond Dawg Group which supports the University of Washington Men's Baseball Program. He is a member of the Sierra Club. Geoff is also a supporting member of the Manhattan Beach Education Foundation, and is an active PTA member. He and his wife Janet Ray support a variety of community causes including music, the arts and the Cardiac Arrhythmia Foundation.

has obtained many multimillion-dollar verdicts, including in the 1999 General Motors case in which a defective fuel tank was found responsible for the burn injuries of two adults and four children. The jury returned with a landmark $4.9 billion verdict. She was co-counsel in the largest personal injury verdict in California, which resulted in a $58 million verdict for a man severely burned by a defective O-ring. In July, 2010, she and partner Bruce Broillet obtained a $5 million verdict against Ford Motor Company for a man injured in when the roof of his van crushed in a rollover causing permanent spinal cord injuries.. She plays a leading role in representing people injured in tire tread separation cases. She is a member of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee for Ford/Firestone cases in California and participated in ground-breaking depositions of Ford witnesses including former CEOs Jacques Nasser and William Clay Ford, Jr.. Additionally, she is Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel for Cooper Tire cases in California. Her representation of a former LAPD bomb squad officer paralyzed in a Goodyear tread separation case involving Goodyear LRE tires led to the opening of a NHTSA investigation and the voluntary recall of the tires. On another Goodyear matter, Chris was lead attorney on Frankle v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, which involved defective tires equipped on a large sport utility vehicle. The case settled confidentially.. Her achievements cover the full range of personal injury and product liability cases. Chris has earned widespread recognition for her work as co-counsel in the 2001 negligence case against Southern California Edison, which resulted in a $21 million verdict for an electrocuted avocado picker. Among her other cases are Brezovec v. State of California - $8.8 million, a brain/motor vehicle injury case, Ogden v. Hamm Brothers Construction - $6.4 million, a personal injury matter, and McGee v. The City of Alameda - $25 million, an electrocuted construction worker.. Chris was named Most Outstanding Young Trial Lawyer of 2001, the F. Scott Baldwin Award, by the American Association for Justice (AAJ), New Lawyers Division. She also received Loyola Law School's 2001 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award. She has been nominated as a finalist for the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles Trial Lawyer of the Year three times, including most recently in 2010.. Within professional organizations, Chris has assumed numerous leadership positions. She served as the President of the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) in 2009 and was the 2002 president of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA).  She was elected as a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers in 2007 and is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) where she holds the rank of Associate. Her other memberships include the American Association for Justice (AAJ), where she served as a Chair of the Product Liability Section, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, and the Attorneys Information Exchange Group, an organization specializing in automotive product liability cases. In 1998, she was appointed by the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court to the Civil Jury Instructions Committee (CACI), where she still serves.. Chris has been ranked as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Attorneys in California by the Los Angeles Daily Journal , which has also named her as one of the Top 50 Women Litigators since 2002. She has also been named among the Top Women Southern California Lawyers in since 2004, and a Super Lawyer in the since Southern California Super Lawyers peer-nominated listings compiled and published by Law & Politics. She was named by to its inaugural list of "The Lawdragon 500 Plaintiffs Lawyers" in the United States. She was also named one of the Best Lawyers in America by Woodward/White, Inc. based on a survey of her peers.. From 1991-1994, Chris was Editor-in-Chief of the CAALA "Advocate," the organization's monthly publication. In 1995, she was Editor-in-Chief of the CAOC "Forum," a statewide trial lawyers monthly publication. She also is the co-author of a CAOC Amicus Brief in Soule v. General Motors (1994) in which the California Supreme Court rejected manufacturers' efforts to overturn landmark strict liability consumer expectation tests. As a frequent lecturer and author, Chris has shared her expertise on various trial techniques including demonstrative evidence, direct and cross examination methods, written discovery and demonstrating head trauma injury in children. Among the organizations she has addressed are CAALA, CAOC, AAJ, Los Angeles County Bar Association, and Western Trial Lawyers Association.

Air, Land, Sea & Space Trial Lawyer. Warrior. Sheepdog. Highly combat decorated Marine naval aviator. Lieutenant Colonel (select) US Marines Reserve. Consulting aviation expert witness & crash reconstructionist. Commercial-rated helicopter & airplane pilot. Ferdinand Phillip “Precious” Peche’s skill set serves his clients—his friends—in any clime & place. Phil battles big business & insurance bullies to get civil justice for the people he represents.

A NATIONALLY RESPECTED TRIAL ATTORNEY, is well known for litigating cases against insurance companies for bad faith denial of disability benefits and has recovered millions of dollars on behalf of doctors, lawyers and other business professionals. Mark has extensive experience successfully challenging UnumProvident, the insurance company that has gained much publicity for its denial of benefits to professionals suffering from various disabilities. His other significant success in the area of insurance bad faith include a $6.75 million settlement in Doe Individual v. Doe Insurance Co., a $3 million settlement in Doe Individual v. Doe Insurance Co. and a $2.9 million settlement in Doe Individual v. Doe Insurance Co.. In addition to representing plaintiffs in insurance bad faith, Mark also handles matters involving wrongful death, employment discrimination, legal malpractice, wrongful termination and intellectual property.. In the special area of Lottery Ticket fraud cases, Mark has succeeded at conducting the thorough investigations these cases require and in bringing his clients' cases to trial and to a successful result. He has obtained substantial jury verdicts, including a $7.982 million verdict in Farraj v. Circle K Store and a $12 million verdict in Chae v. Kim.. Mark has been responsible for winning a long list of seven-figure verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. In the area of employment discrimination, he obtained a $3 million verdict in Kaufman v. Summit Health Ltd. and a $1 million verdict in Perry v. Hewlett Packard. In the area of premises liability, he obtained a $4.1 million verdict in Valdivia v. St. Jude's Academy and a $1.854 million verdict in Williams vs. Mervyn's. In personal injury cases, he obtained a $10.7 million settlement in Doe Individual v. Doe Corporation, a $7.8 million settlement in Doe Individual v. Doe Individual; and a $9.6 million settlement in Doe Individual v. Doe Law Firm. In 2004, Law & Politics published its inaugural issue of Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine/Los Angeles Magazine, which lists the top five-percent of lawyers practicing in Los Angeles and Orange Counties as nominated and voted upon by their peers. Mark enjoys the distinction of being named a "Super Lawyer" in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. He was also named one of the Best Lawyers in America by Woodward/White, Inc. based on a survey of his peers.. His sustaining professional organization memberships include the Consumer Attorneys of California, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, and American Association for Justice.. Mark holds a B.A. in criminal justice and a B.A. in political science from Kings College (1976). He earned his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law (1985). His published cases include San Diego Trolley v. Superior Court (2001) 87 Cal. App. 4th 1083.

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