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With more than 30 years of legal experience, Attorney Matthew B.F. Biren offers zealous and compassionate advocacy for his clients. Completely devoted to personal injury and litigation matters, Mr. Biren is a force to be reckoned with in and out of the courtroom in Los Angeles. He has been selected to the Super Lawyers® list for 10 straight years, demonstrating his standing in the legal community and among clients. Mr. Biren takes on cases involving everything from catastrophic injuries to spinal cord and brain damage. As a dedicated professional, he always goes above and beyond to secure the best possible results for his clients. Get in touch with his firm for trusted counsel.

What is satisfying to a personal injury lawyer? In Jeff Pheffer's case, it's recovering damages for a client whose life was really messed up by a nasty car accident or other kind of injury.. This is Jeff Pheffer's calling in life, delivering justice to Californians injured by the negligence of others.. He works with ordinary people who have suffered serious (but usually not crippling) injuries. He seeks maximum compensation for your injury, whatever that injury is — broken bones, soft tissue injury or burns caused by a defective air bag.

Theresa Troupson is an associate at Russ August & Kabat in the Intellectual Property and Litigation & Trial practice groups.. Before joining Russ August & Kabat, Ms. Troupson practiced at Grodsky & Olecki LLP and Hueston Hennigan LLP, focusing on business, entertainment, and intellectual property disputes. She has successfully represented clients in matters involving patent, trademark, and copyright infringement; false advertising and unfair competition; health care, commercial, and real estate disputes; and state and federal constitutional law.. Ms. Troupson received her law degree from New York University School of Law. While at NYU, Ms. Troupson served as a Senior Executive Editor of the New York University Law Review and as co-chair of the NYU OUTLaw LGBT student group. She was a two-time finalist in the Orison S. Marden Moot Court Competition and received the Albert Podell Oral Advocacy Award.

The Law Offices of Thomas C. Zaret is a Plaintiff's personal injury law firm with an outstanding reputation in the legal community, and has won over $93,000,000 by way of verdicts and settlements on behalf of its clients. Mr. Zaret was profiled in the Los Angeles Daily Journal and in that article Judge Richard Neidorf of the Los Angeles Superior Court called Zaret "the magician," referring to a difficult case Zaret successfully tried in his court room.. Thomas C. Zaret has been practicing law since 1984, and has been recognized by his peers and the legal community by receiving the prestigious AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. This rating shows a law firm has reached the height of professional excellence and is recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity. Mr. Zaret has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer by Los Angeles Magazine every year from 2009 through 2018. Only 5% of attorneys are selected for this honor.

Tajer Law was created to ensure that each and every client receives the personalized attention their case deserves.. We are a comprehensive plaintiff’s law firm that can assist in areas including California Workers’ Compensation, Personal Injury, Auto Accidents, Criminal Defense, DUIs, Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour Claims, as well as others.. If your particular practice area is not listed, please call us for a free consultation.

Selected as "Super Lawyer" 2008-2019 with 42 Years of Experience. Top-Rated Criminal Defense Attorney. Former LA Prosecutor. Client's Choice Winner 2014. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award. Rated AV by Martindale-Hubbel.. Phil Israels was born in 1948 and raised in California’s Central Valley where he still has family. After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley where he was a member for Zeta Beta Tau fraternity and studied Economics, he continued his education at the University of San Francisco, School of Law where he received the prestigious American Jurisprudence Award.. Upon graduation in 1975 and passing the bar in his first attempt, he was hired by the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, where he worked for almost four years as a prosecutor gaining extensive trial experience. Since 1979, he has been a criminal defense attorney. He sees his role as the protector of the accused. However, his prosecutorial experience has helped him understand the mindset of his adversaries both in the trial court and in negotiations.. Although he has much trial experience his background, skills, and contacts has often allowed him to obtain favorable results without the extra expense associated with trial. As a defense attorney, he has successfully handled cases ranging from accusations of driving under the influence, murder, sexual misconduct, domestic violence, and complicated white collar cases. As a prosecutor, he worked in all of the branch offices including West Los Angeles, Van Nuys, San Fernando, San Pedro and downtown (Criminal Courts Building, Bauchet Street and Metro). As a defense attorney, he has practiced in all the major courts in Southern California and has successfully defended clients in the Los Angeles Criminal Courts Building, Metro, Van Nuys, San Fernando, Torrance, Pomona, Ventura, Airport Court, and Citrus, among other courthouses.. When requested he has traveled across the country to represent his clients. As a defense counsel, he has also gained extensive experience in the Juvenile Courts including Sylmar, Inglewood, Los Padrinos, and Easklake. He is a Board Certified Specialist in the field of Criminal Law, a designation which puts him among approximately one percent of those attorneys who refer to themselves as criminal lawyers in the State of California.. Mr. Israels has been named “Super Lawyer” by the Los Angeles Magazine, an honor which he has received several times. He is often referred cases by Judges, other attorneys, prosecutors and previous clients. In 2008 he was joined in his practice by his nephew, Sam Israels, also a former prosecutor with extensive trial experience and many contacts in the criminal courts. His clients appreciate the team approach and are happy to know that they can rely both on Phil and Sam when the need arises. In his spare time he enjoys sports including skiing, swimming and softball.

Sanaz Bereliani is a California Bar certified bankruptcy specialist. She strives to provide her clients with high quality bankruptcy representation and alternatives to bankruptcy including foreclosure defense, debt settlement, and creditor violations litigation, amongst other services at reasonable prices. Her vast knowledge and experience in managing the filing of over 1,500 cases has proven invaluable in the handling of her current and future cases. Ms. Bereliani is dedicated to providing personal attention to each of her clients.. Ms. Bereliani is known for her friendly and professional demeanor with clients, and is a strong and passionate advocate in court. To Ms. Bereliani, the best part of her job is when a client walks into her office overwhelmed by their financial circumstance and then walks out of her office armed with a plan to save their home and a smile.. Ms. Bereliani grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) with a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration from the Marshall School of Business with a focus on real estate law and finance. She enjoys traveling, spending time with her friends and family, cooking and oil painting.

Ruth Dayan Eget, Esq. is a tireless advocate for her clients and their families. She has extensive experience in the family law field and provides comprehensive strategies to resolve all family law matters including: dissolution, characterization and division of assets, spousal support, child support, child custody, paternity matters, domestic violence, pre- and post-nuptial agreements. Her ability to assess and anticipate various scenarios allows her to devise specific and imaginative strategies to help clients reach their goals, protect their rights, and avoid future litigation. Ruth is known for her empathetic yet firm approach to what are often tumultuous times in her clients’ lives.

Ronald Goldman is an Attorney of Counsel for Wisner Baum. Over his 50-year career, he has litigated hundreds of wrongful death and personal injury cases, involving commercial transportation and drug product liability, at both the trial and appellate levels. An experienced pilot, Goldman has worked on all of Wisner Baum’s general aviation and airline disaster cases since joining the firm in 2003.. Goldman brings a formidable breadth and depth of legal experience to his work. He is a board certified Civil Trial Advocate and Civil Pretrial Practice Advocate, certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a former Judge Pro Tem, arbitrator, mediator, and adjunct professor of law at the Pepperdine University School of Law. He created the school’s aviation accident law course; for 21 years he taught courses in torts, aviation, and legal writing and analysis. His understanding of piloting and knowledge of aviation law make him a much sought out expert for major media, who have featured him in many TV, radio, and newspaper stories.. In the 1960’s, Goldman was involved in ground-breaking pharmaceutical litigation against the maker of a cholesterol-lowering drug, MER/29 (triparanol), that was estimated to have injured more than 5,000 individuals. The case helped pave the way for the mass tortdrug product liability litigation that takes place today. Goldman was also the lead negotiator in one of Wisner Baum’s most significant aviation litigation achievements. As part of the settlement in the January 8, 2003 Air Midwest Flight 5481 crash in Charlotte, NC, he won the agreement of the airline and maintenance company, in an organized ceremony, to deliver an unprecedented official public apology to the families for the crash.. Goldman is an AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated lawyer through Martindale Hubbell* and is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Who’s Who in America,  Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). He is also published in Million Dollar Verdicts by the Masters and has been selected for inclusion in Southern California Super Lawyers® for ten years in a row. He received his B.S.L. in 1960 and his law degree in 1962, both from the University of Southern California.

Roberta represents companies and executives in employment law, business law and entertainment law matters, including litigation and transactional matters, and US and cross-border multinational matters.

Robert Estrin is an experienced litigator specializing in high stakes complex commercial litigation and intellectual property disputes.  As an effective and efficient advocate, Mr. Estrin focuses on obtaining great results while minimizing costs and inconvenience to his clients.  With a background in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and nearly a decade specializing in litigation damages, Mr. Estrin has a unique ability to appropriately value cases to further his clients’ interests.. Mr. Estrin has represented companies and individuals in state and federal courts throughout California and the United States including:. ·         Fortune 500 companies such as Google, ExxonMobil, Motorola, The Walt Disney Company, and Pfizer;. ·         Life sciences companies such as Allergan, Sequenom, Affymetrix, and Avon Products;. ·         Financial services companies such as Experian, KeyBank, and City National Bank; and. ·         High profile individuals such as Brandy Norwood and Jill Scott.. For these companies, persons and others Mr. Estrin has provided his keen legal instincts to obtain incredible results.  Mr. Estrin has participated in three trials, all complete victories.  Mr. Estrin has also written, argued and won crucial motions and appeals.  Mr. Estrin has successfully opposed summary judgment motions in several cases leading to impressive settlements.  Mr. Estrin is also experienced in both arbitrations and mediations.. Prior to joining Klein and Wilson, Mr. Estrin practiced for over 7 years at Kaye Scholer LLP’s Los Angeles office as a member of both the firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property groups.  While at Kaye Scholer, Mr. Estrin won Kaye Scholer’s Pro Bono Award in 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2015.  His many pro bono accomplishments include successfully returning full ownership for several homeowners who were induced by fraud to sign quitclaim deeds.

RICHARD M. LADEN has been providing high quality, personalized legal represenation to individuals and businesses for more than thirty years in a variety of cases including:. REPRESENTING THE INJURED PERSON:. *Numerous seven figure court awards and settlements including:. *Attorney for Plaintiff in Montes v Gibbens (71 . 4th 982) that clarified Proposition 213 to allow his client to recover $70, even though he was driving a car without insurance.. *Attorney for Applicant in catastrophic injury worker's compensation case settled for      $2,700, including lifetime payments to the client and his wife and college funds for his children. Sidiqi v S&J Ranch. *Attorney for Applicant in worker's compensation case proving at trial that her Multiple Sclerosis was aggravated by her work injuries resulting in settlement of $1,700,. Bennett v PNB Int'l. REPRESENTING THE EMPLOYER. *Attorney defending Uninsured Employers in workers' compensation trials resulting in numerous "Take Nothing" Findings or Dismissals including:. -Nazari v Parking International, Inc.       -Galaz v Ram's Liquor & Deli. -Hernandez v Streicher                 -McDonough v Research & Treatment Institute

Rahul Ravipudi is a partner at Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi LLP and has spent his legal career handling catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases involving commercial vehicles, pedestrians, industrial or construction accidents, utility negligence, dangerous conditions of public and private property as well as victims of sexual abuse and sexual assault. Mr. Ravipudi also represents consumers in class actions against businesses who engage in unfair and illegal business practices.

Prior to forming Lavinsky Law, Alexandra Lavinsky was a litigator at the Law Offices of Ronald A. Litz (2007- 2012, 2003-2005) a general civil litigation firm with an emphasis on Family Law. As an associate, she was involved in all aspects of the practice and had the advantage of working directly with Mr. Litz, a pillar in the Southern California family law community. Prior to that, she practiced law as a defense attorney at the law firm of Ford, Walker, Haggerty and Behar (2005-2007) where she handled cases from the pre-litigation stages through trial, arbitration, and mediation and learned how insurance companies evaluate and analyze cases for settlement or trial.. Alexandra Lavinsky’s strong litigation background, knowledge, and understanding of the law enables her to successfully handle all family law situations from high asset property division to complex child custody matters. She has both the experience and competency to tell you where you stand and the likely outcome of your legal dispute. She is known in the legal community as a fighter who protects her clients’ rights and works tirelessly on behalf of her clients. She prides herself on the quality of her work and the personal service she provides to each and every client. She empowers her clients through knowledge so that they too understand the legal process in which they are or may become involved. Through this understanding, the client can have meaningful input in determining the best course of action for her/his particular case.

Principal of Philip Michels A.P.L.C. specializes in medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury and sexual abuse of children.

Paul Kroeger is a litigation partner at Russ August & Kabat (), where he is a member of the firm's litigation and intellectual property litigation groups. Mr. Kroeger's practice focuses on complex business and intellectual property litigation at both the trial court and appellate court levels.. Mr. Kroeger represents, and has represented, a diverse group of clients including: Fortune 500 companies, aggregate mining companies, exercise equipment manufacturers, film and television producers, professional actors, musical artists and labels, investment bankers, and financial advisors. He has successfully represented clients in numerous forums, including California Superior Courts and Federal District Courts, the California Court of Appeal, and arbitrations, with a specialty in FINRA arbitrations.. Mr. Kroeger's litigation experience has involved a wide variety of legal issues, including intellectual property matters, contract disputes, securities law issues, eminent domain matters and real property concerns, depending upon the client's needs. Before joining Russ August & Kabat, Mr. Kroeger was an associate at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP and Raines Feldman LLP.

OUTSIDE LAW:. Her interests are animals and their well-being, hiking, camping, sports, as well as traveling to meet people and get their input on many subjects. Adina loves to spend her free time with her husband and two sons, and she always enjoys a good read.

Natalia Shparber is skilled in transactional law and litigation, with particular emphasis in telecommunication site leasing and contract enforcement for private and government landlords. Among the wide range of services Telecom Law Firm provides, Ms. Shparber focuses her practice on cell site leasing, cell site lease sales, lease amendments, lease enforcement, site decommissioning and lease terminations as well as consulting services.Ms. Shparber is licensed to practice law in California and Florida. She is also a member of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Previous to joining Telecom Law Firm, Ms. Shparber was a research attorney, consulting attorney and associate attorney with law firms in California and Florida.In addition to her law practice, Ms. Shparber is an active member in a number of associations where the legal and telecommunication industries intersect.Born in Moscow, Russia, Ms. Shparber moved with her family to Houston, Texas when she was one year old. After graduating from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management Information Systems, she went on to study at Barry University School of Law in Orlando, Florida. She earned her Juris Doctor degree in May 2007.Ms. Shparber is fluent in English and Russian.

My practice is devoted to assisting families and individual family members.  My priority is to guide clients through the trauma of family law matters and when possible de-escalate the variety of issues involved in any divorce or custody matter.  When the other party, however, is not willing to resolve matters reasonably, no one will advocate more.

My practice consists solely of representing plaintiffs in personal injury cases. Our firm has handled thousands of cases and have obtained close to $100,000,000 in settlements and verdicts on behalf of our clients. As a former attorney for many of the big insurance companies, I understand the tactics they use to shortchange the victim of an accident.  Our firm specializes in catastrophic injury cases resulting from car, bike, bus, truck or motorcycle accidents, trip/slip and fall cases, dog bites, construction accidents. We also handle wrongful death cases and major brain (TBI) or spinal cord injury cases.  We work with some of the best medical specialists across the State to make sure our clients get the best treatment for their injuries.. ---. I grew up in the South Bay area of Los Angeles and most of my clients come from referrals from friends, acquaintances, former clients and even defense attorneys against whom we have had cases.  I have handled cases and gone to trial and arbitration on behalf of my clients throughout California, including but not limited to Torrance, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Orange County, the Valley, Long Beach, Norwalk, Pomona, Burbank, San Diego, San Francisco and the beach cities.  Our clients come from all walks of life including police officers, fire fighters, doctors, teachers, construction workers, domestic workers, longshoreman and other union members.  We take each case personally and do our best to deliver the personal service that you would expect from anyone representing you in anything - especially your lawyer.

My practice concentrations are Title IX advising and criminal defense.. I am a professional Title IX advisor for students and educational professionals. I primarily represent and advise Respondents (people who are accused of sexual harassment or other misconduct), but I offer my services to any person involved in a Title IX matter at any College or University throughout the United States, and any California public school student or teacher.. I am a Certified Specialist in Criminal Law (State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization). I have represented over 1000 clients in criminal matters, ranging in severity from misdemeanors to serious felonies, including rape, child molestation, robbery, arson, attempted murder and murder. I represent juvenile and adult clients in California courts.. --- In 2002, I earned the distinction of Certified Criminal Law Specialist from the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. I have been quoted in both legal and popular publications on various topics in criminal law, and I have been a commentator on Court TV for several legal proceedings, including the Michael Jackson trial. I have trained and mentored dozens of lawyers.. In Title IX matters, I represent and advise students and faculty throughout the United States.. In criminal defense, I primarily represent clients in Los Angeles and surrounding communities, but I accept felony cases throughout the state of California.

Ms. Mattern has extensive experience defending clients in both State and Federal courts. She has defended clients charged with a range of offenses including: Kidnapping; Murder; Rape; Mayhem; Arson; Assault and Battery; Statutory Rape; Sexual Battery; Lewd Conduct and Indecent Exposure; Embezzlement; Fraud and Money Laundering; Child Molestation and Child Pornography; Stalking and Terrorist Threats; Counterfeiting and Money Laundering; Conspiracy; Robbery; Possession for Sale and Possession of Controlled Substances, Drug Transportation and Manufacturing; Cultivation of Marijuana; Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Drugs; Gang Crimes; Third-Strike; Appeals and Post-conviction Relief.. Ms. Mattern graduated from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 1994. She was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1995. While she was a student at Loyola Law School, she was a member of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review. From 1996 to 2000, Ms. Mattern worked for the Law Offices of the Public Defender for the County of Riverside. After that she opened her own law office and worked for a criminal defense panel in Riverside County. During this time, she tried and defended thousands of clients charged with a range of offenses. She and her partner, Lori A. Davis, formed Davis & Mattern, LLP, a firm dedicated to the practice of criminal defense, in 2000 and relocated to Newport Beach. In 2007, Ms. Mattern closed her law practice, but continued defending clients in private practice. From 2007 through 2011, Ms. Mattern worked as a Senior Attorney for two large criminal defense law firms. In 2011, she renewed her private practice, now under the name Mattern & Mendoza, LLP, in Los Angeles.. Ms. Mattern is a member of the Criminal Law section of the California Bar.  She is a former Temporary Judge for the Superior Court for the County of Orange. She has been admitted to Federal and State courts throughout California and across the United States. She has achieved impressive results, including dismissals of charges against her clients who were facing various kinds of charges.. Ms. Mattern has obtained sentences of electronic monitoring, work furlough and county jail for clients against whom prosecutors initially sought long state prison sentences. She is a member in good standing of:

Ms. Davoudian has eight years of experience representing employers in all areas of employment and labor law. She has defended employers in California State and Federal courts against claims of discrimination, sexual harassment, violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and violations of wage and hour laws. Ms. Davoudian is also experienced in representing employers in unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of employment agreement disputes. She has also represented clients in traditional labor law matters before the National Labor Relations Board and has arbitrated disputes pursuant to grievance and arbitration provisions of collective bargaining agreements.

Mr. Fuchs obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1968 and a Law Degree from the University of Southern California in 1978. After an initial stint following gradulation from Columbia, as an engineer for Chrysler Corporation in Detroit, I migrated to Los Angleles and was Technical Editor of Hot Rod Magazine and Engineering Editor for Motor Trend Magazine, from 1971-74, before obtaining my law degree in 1978.  I started my law career at Latham & Watkins from 1978-81 and have had a my own law firm or a small partnership since 1983.  I am an avid car enthusiast and over the years have owned several Porsches, several Mercedes, a Ferrari, and most recently a Dodge Viper GTS.  I have regularly participated in track events and for nearly 20 years have been a navigator in the Silver State Classic Challenge in Nevada, in the 150 mile per hour class.   I am an active member of Checkered Flag 200, a support group for the Petersen Automotive Museum, and I have handled a number of lawsuits and disputes involving collector cars such as Ferraris, Porsches and even some old race cars, as well as many business disputes, financing disputes and construction defects cases.. My associate, Gail Gilfillan, is a UCLA graduate and obtained her law degree from Pepperdine University in 1993.  She has been with me for the entirety of her law career and is a terrific lawyer and a compliment to our business litigation and construction defect practice.. Our past clients include the Boys and Girls Club of San Fernando Vally, Tower Hemotology and Oncology Medical Group, MaxPro Leasing, Classic Financial Corporation, Scharff Construction Co., Kriek Construction, Victoria Montana, ProMedia, Inc., Adoption Pro, Inc., Titan Spark Plug Co., Isuzu Trucks of America, Revolution Motorsports, Tillack & Co., and Hunting Ridge Motors.

Michael L. Baum is the senior partner of Wisner Baum (formerly Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman). For 29 years he was Baum Hedlund’s managing partner until 2023 when he proudly turned over the reins to R. Brent Wisner. During his time at the helm, he led the firm through thousands of wrongful death and personal injury cases stemming from harmful major pharmaceutical drugs, consumer products, and commercial transportation.. He began his career in 1985, primarily handling airline accidents and other commercial transportation disasters but then turned his focus to pharmaceutical product liability litigation, harmful, medical devices, dangerous herbicides, and consumer products.. “When I became an attorney in 1985, we were the new kids on the block. We only had dreams of achieving the success we now enjoy,” Michael Baum says. “Our ethos from the beginning was pure and simple: we wanted to use the law to help people who had been wronged and make the world a better place. As much as we have grown over the years, that philosophy has remained, and out of it grew a culture that has attracted talented lawyers like Brent who share the same mission. He is exactly the kind of lawyer and leader that will take this firm to new heights. Wisner Baum is in good hands.”. Under Michael’s leadership, we developed a reputation as a law firm that can be counted upon to go above and beyond what is needed to get the job done, a firm known for its cutting-edge, superior legal work in complex litigation. Michael’s ceaseless advocacy in pharmaceutical and consumer fraud litigation has brought our firm international recognition.. Michael is very proud of the work we did in the tainted hemophilia medication litigation. In 1999, Michael served on the trial team in the only Hemophiliac AIDS case to go before a jury. Michael and the trial team represented Leo and Shirley Dixon, whose son, Ken Dixon, contracted the HIV virus and AIDS allegedly as a result of using hemophilia medication contaminated with HIV.. Evidence presented at trial showed the medication Ken Dixon used was plasma-derived medication contaminated from the use of high-risk donors with the HIV virus. The jurors found that two of the medication manufacturers, Cutter Biological and Alpha Therapeutics, were strictly liable for product liability, negligence, and fraud. The jurors further found that after Ken Dixon initially was infected with the AIDS virus (which was not known to him at the time), the continued use of the contaminated products further aggravated Ken’s condition, exacerbating and accelerating the development of AIDS. The jury awarded Leo and Shirley Dixon $35.3 million in survival and wrongful death damages. Although the judge overturned the verdict based on a technical issue, the verdict provided essential justice for not only the Dixon family but for hemophiliacs across the country who have suffered and died as a result of their HIV-infected medication.. Fast-forward twenty years later, to find Michael continuing to fight for those injured by Big Pharma products. The National Law Journal recognized Michael and his team as 2018 Elite Trial Lawyers and Pharmaceutical Litigation first place winners for their unprecedented jury verdict against a brand-name drug manufacturer (GSK) for the wrongful death of a man who took a generic form of Paxil.. Michael served on the trial team for three of the first Monsanto Roundup lawsuits to go before juries. In the first trial, Michael and a team of lawyers represented Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, a Benicia, California school district groundskeeper, who alleged exposure to Monsanto herbicides caused him to develop terminal non-Hodgkin lymphoma. A jury in San Francisco unanimously awarded Mr. Johnson $289M in compensatory and punitive damages, finding that Monsanto acted with malice, oppression, or fraud. This award was later reduced to $20.5 million.. In the wake of this groundbreaking verdict, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 recognized Michael and his team as the 2019 Trial Team of the Year in the Mass Torts category.. The second Roundup lawsuit to proceed to trial, Hardeman v. Monsanto Company, resulted in an $80 million jury verdict (later reduced to $25.2 million). In May of 2019, the third Roundup cancer trial culminated in a historic $2.055 billion verdict (later reduced to $87 million) in favor of a Bay Area couple who alleged years of exposure to Roundup weed killer caused them to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The Pilliod verdict was the largest verdict in California and the second largest in the U.S. in 2019. It is also the ninth largest verdict in U.S. history. The Pilliod trial team has received numerous awards and accolades following this landmark verdict, including 2020 Elite Trial Lawyers Mass Tort Law Firm of the Year Finalist, Top 100 Verdicts 2019 by ALM and the National Law Journal and Daily Journal Top Verdicts 2019.. In addition, his firm is known for successfully resolving major transportation disaster cases against companies such as Airbus, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Amtrak, Bell Helicopter Co., Beechcraft, Boeing, Cessna, China Eastern Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, EgyptAir, Ford Motor Co., McDonnell Douglas, Piper, Robinson Helicopter Co., Sikorsky, SwissAir, TACA Airlines, TWA, United Airlines, and US Airways, among many others.As part of the plaintiffs’ trial team for families who lost loved ones in the 1989 United 232 Sioux City, Iowa, crash, Michael found the smoking gun document that showed General Electric’s engineers’ graphs predicting the next DC 10 engine failure, which happened to be the date of the United 232 crash five years later.. “Rigorously investigating and litigating the types of devastating cases we handle on a daily basis requires relentless focus and dedication to our clients’ causes. Approaching things from the perspective that every problem has an optimum solution waiting to be apprehended simplifies our team’s outlook on every aspect of each case we handle.”. Michael was invited to speak before governmental and regulatory entities on several occasions concerning serious health hazards exposed, in part, due to his firm’s litigation. He testified in Brussels at a public hearing before the European Parliament’s Special Committee Hearing on the EU’s authorization procedure for pesticides (PEST), concerning environment impacts of pesticides, including Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer. He and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. delivered the keynote address to members of the European Green Party at the start of their pesticides hearing during that same trip. He and his partner, R. Brent Wisner, also briefed members of Parliament of Canada’s Green Party about the first Roundup cancer verdict we helped obtain, as well as the evidence we presented at that trial. As a result of his groundbreaking work on the Monsanto Roundup cases, Politico EU chose Michael as one of five "changemakers" in the world making waves in pesticides policy.. Medical officials from foreign governments in countries such as Ireland, Japan, Russia, and Taiwan have sought Michael’s advice and assistance with their countries’ public policies concerning consumer drug safety. They’ve done so after becoming aware of Michael’s impressive understanding of biomedical research, clinical trials, statistics, the pharmaceutical industry and marketing, as well as his firm’s successful and effective discovery procedures and extensive work with experts on complicated scientific issues related to our firm’s pharmaceutical litigation.