Top Defective And Dangerous Products Lawyers Near Me in Los Angeles Area

Levi W. Heath focuses on complex civil and commercial litigation. Mr. Heath’s practice includes consumer class actions, toxic torts, premises liability actions, complex contractual disputes, wage and hour class actions, and wrongful termination actions. Mr. Heath has handled all aspects of litigation, from the pleading stage through trial and appeal.

Lawsuits are not won by luck. In fact, more often than anyone would like to admit, many times people with valid claims lose. Careful planning and preparation both before and during trial makes a huge difference. John plans far ahead, anticipates and preempts the defense, in his cases. This has made a tremendous difference in the results. This ability is not surprising as John is an internationally-rated chess player.. John has been practicing law for almost thirty years and has seven and eight figure verdicts. He has focused much of his time and effort on products liability cases, representing clients who have been catastrophically injured or whose loved ones have been killed as a result of  motor vehicle accidents, train accidents, airplane accidents and defective products.. John Rowell has been a pioneer in the field of consumer safety. He has represented clients in cases  involving a wide array of products where the product design was unsafe such as airplanes, automobiles and tires.. John started his career working on Grinshaw v. Ford Motor Co., the famous Pinto exploding gas tank case, and in the Paris Air Crash case, where a defective cargo door cost the lives of all on board. He has handled all types of product liability cases, including actions where injury was caused by defective design or manufacture of cars, tires, air bags, aircraft, medical devices, drugs, industrial machinery, and other consumer products such as coffee makers.. As a California plaintiff attorney, John has handled hundreds of cases for victims of motor vehicle accidents and unsafe products. He has taken on many corporate giants, including General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Freightliner, Honda, Isuzu, Subaru, Nissan, Toyota, Goodyear, Goodrich, Firestone, Bridgestone, Hyundai, Caterpillar, Greyhound and others.. John is an Associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has received awards and certificates of appreciation from several organizations including the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) and the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA).. He is currently serving on the California Plaintiffs Committee for the Explorer Firestone Tire cases. He is a member of Attorneys Information Exchange Group (AIEG), a national litigation group specializing in automotive and other product defect cases.. John received both his bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Southern California. His interests outside the practice of law include chess, basketball and horses.

I am an award winning personal injury lawyer with over 25 years experience representing victims of auto accidents and other mishaps recover compensation for their loss. in the "business" of helping people.  That is what I do.  It is first and foremost above all else.  Unfortunately, people don't usually come to a lawyer when things are going great but, rather when something is going wrong.  I always tell them: "For every problem, there is a solution".  I am here to find solutions and to make people's lives better.  I treat each and every client with respect. I return my client's phone calls and emails promptly.  I keep my clients informed about what is going on in their case and, most of all, I try to help them understand everything that they need to know to make an informed decision about resolving their particular issue.  If this is the kind of attorney that you are looking for, then give me a call, email me or visit my website:. Note: Nothing in this bio or any of my content on AVVO should be construed as a guarantee, warranty or prediction as to the outcome of any particular matter or legal representation.

Ed Ulloa is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP. Mr. Ulloa is an experienced trial attorney whose practice involves the defense of clients in high-risk, mass tort litigation, including asbestos, chemical exposure, flammable fabric and automotive product liability . Ulloa has served as first-chair trial counsel in over 50 jury trials and has represented manufacturers of naval and industrial equipment, automotive friction and gasket materials, and joint compound and drywall materials, and flammable fabrics at trial. Mr. Ulloa is highly experienced in the successful argument of summary judgment and pretrial motions and is involved in the development of litigation and trial strategies for high-risk mass tort litigation clients across the nation. Mr. Ulloa supervises other attorneys in the representation of products liability matters and negotiates on behalf of clients at court mandated settlement conferences. Mr. Ulloa represents clients in fact and expert witness depositions in cases in across the country and is involved in pre-litigation investigation of actions involving clients on a national basis. Mr. Ulloa represented the defense bar in oral argument relating to the coordination of asbestos litigation in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties, as well as serving on the defense steering and advisory committees relating to discovery and litigation General Orders promulgated by the coordinated Southern California asbestos trial courts.  Mr. Ulloa also has extensive experience in product liability litigation on behalf of major automobile manufacturers involving design and performance of roof structure, air bag, door latch and seat assemblies.  Mr. Ulloa has also served as a city attorney, defending government tort litigation involving dangerous conditions of public properties, federal civil rights actions and prosecuting building and safety and code enforcement violations in civil and criminal courts. Mr. Ulloa began his legal career as a Deputy District Attorney, prosecuting sexual assault and domestic violence offenders, and has drafted legislation seeking to enhance the sentencing schemes for child pornography offenders.

Darrell Padgette represents personal injury plaintiffs in state and federal courts. Darrell Padgette's specialty includes personal injury, products liability and wrongful death cases.. Darrell Padgette focuses his litigation and trial practice on actions against individuals, businesses and government entities responsible for causing or creating defective products, automobile collisions, trucking crashes, and dangerous conditions of property.. BAR ADMISSION: State Bar of California, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and 10th Circuit; U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Districts of California; multiple District Courts around the country on a Pro Hac Vice basis.. REPORTED CASES:  Helman v. Alcoa Global Fasteners, Inc., 637 F.3d 986 (9th ) (involving Death On the High Seas Act); Getz v. The Boeing Company, 547 F. 1080 (N.D. ) (involving government contractor defense); McKinley v. XL Specialty Insurance Company (2005), 131 1572 (involving suits against own insureds); United States v. Reyes-Platero, 224 F.3d 1112 (9th ) (involving Hague Convention on Consular Relations).. PUBLICATIONS: Combatant Activities Defense: Another Option for Military Product Manufacturers, DRI Skywritings Aviation Law Committee (Dec. 2012); Severing Bureaucratic Red-Tape to Secure Evidence from the Federal Government in Aviation Cases, Aircraft Builders Council, Inc. Law Report (Fall 2012); Death On the High Seas Act and the New Frontier, Aircraft Builders Council, Inc. Law Report (Fall 2009); California Adopts the Sophisticated User Defense by Placing a Label on Already Existing Legal Principles, Newsletter of DRI Aerospace Law Committee (Fall 2008). PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS: AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell; Super Lawyers; The National Trial Lawyers Top 100; The National Trial Lawyers: Top 25 Products Liability Trial Lawyers; The Corporate LiveWire Global Awards 2015; Bronze Star Medal, U.S. Army, Afghanistan

Attorney R. Brent Wisner is a managing partner of Wisner Baum (formerly Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman), a nationwide law firm based in Los Angeles, California. He focuses his practice on holding negligent and sometimes malicious corporations accountable through pharmaceutical product liability, toxic torts and consumer fraud and class action litigation. One of the firm’s leading trial lawyers, Brent oversees the mass tort litigation department. He is actively involved in all litigation stages, from briefing to trial and through the appeal process when necessary.. He is passionate about vindicating the rights of those harmed by corporate wrongdoing. No matter how large the corporation or how much global influence it has, Attorney Wisner never backs down in the face of injustice. He has litigated cases against such companies as Bayer, Eli Lilly, Forest Labs, GlaxoSmithKline, Monsanto and Takeda.. Attorney Wisner’s work in the Monsanto Roundup litigation earned him national acclaim as the youngest United States attorney in history to ever win a multi-billion-dollar jury verdict. In 2019, Brent and his team won a historic $2.055 billion verdict against Bayer (formerly Monsanto) for a California couple that alleged repeated exposure to Roundup weed killer caused them to develop non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.. A year prior, Brent and his team won the first Roundup case to proceed to trial, a landmark $289 million jury verdict for a California man who developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma after years of spraying Roundup as a groundskeeper.. Many major legal organizations have recognized Brent and showered him with numerous awards honoring his achievements in the Roundup cancer litigation. Some of his top awards include, the “Clarence Darrow Award” by MTMP, “West Trail Blazer” by ALM, Law360’s “MVP of the Year” 2020, Daily Journal “Top 100 Lawyers in California” 2020, ALM and the National Trial Lawyers’ “2019 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyer of the Year,” the National Law Journal’s “Winning Litigators-Titans of Industry 2019” and Trial Lawyer Magazine “America’s 50 Most Influential Trial Lawyers” 2019. He was also inducted into ALM’s “Verdicts Hall of Fame.”Attorney Wisner also served as co-lead counsel in the first multi-million-dollar jury verdict won against a brand name drug manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), over the health risks posed by the generic version of GSK’s antidepressant drug, Paxil (paroxetine).. When the firm learned of a widow whose husband died by suicide while taking the generic version of Paxil, Attorney Wisner and his colleagues at the firm took on GSK for inadequately warning doctors about how the drug could increase the risk of suicidal behavior in adults of all ages. In 2018 the National Law Journal honored Attorney Wisner and his firm as Elite Trial Lawyers for their work in the generic Paxil suicide case and Law360 awarded him “Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar.”. His work in pharmaceutical litigation does not stop at harmful antidepressant medications. Attorney Wisner is one of the nation’s leading Zantac (ranitidine) attorneys. He represents many thousands of people throughout the country who allege Zantac (ranitidine) contains a cancer-causing ingredient at levels exponentially higher than the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) legal limit.. The judge presiding over the Zantac multidistrict litigation (MDL) appointed Brent to the Practices and Procedures Team to establish protocols for handling the thousands of cases to come. Brent also serves as Co-lead Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel for the Ranitidine Product Cases, also known as the Ranitidine (Zantac) Judicial Council Coordinated Proceedings (JCCP 5150), California Superior Court for the County of Alameda. He also serves as the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Zantac Litigation Group Co-Chair.. Often chosen as one of a select group of remarkable trial lawyers with victories in high-stakes matters, Attorney Wisner is grateful for the many awards and accolades he has won in the early stage of his career. Not yet in his 40’s, Brent is viewed by many in the legal community as one of the country’s leading mass tort lawyers. The National Law Journal and VerdictSearch inducted him into the Verdicts Hall of Fame in 2020.. Just a portion of his recognitions from the past few years include the following:. • Clarence Darrow Award, MTMP-Mass Torts Made Perfect, 2021. • Consumer Attorney of the Year, Finalist 2021, Consumer Attorneys of California. • California Powerhouse, Law360 Regional Powerhouse Series, 2021. • The American Lawyer’s West Trailblazers, 2021. • America’s 50 Most Influential Trial Lawyers 2019, Trial Lawyer Magazine and The National Law Journal. • MVP of the Year 2020, Product Liability, Law360. • Product Liability Practice Group of the Year 2020, Law360. • The Best Lawyers in America© 2021-2022. • The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40. • Top 40 Under 40 Attorneys in California, 2019, Daily Journal. • Civil Plaintiffs Trial Lawyer of the Year 2019, National Trial Lawyers and ALM. • Top 100 Lawyers in California 2020, Daily Journal. • Top Plaintiffs Lawyers in California, 2019, Daily Journal. • Verdicts Hall of Fame Inductee, The National Law Journal and VerdictSearch. • Elite Trial Lawyers Mass Tort Trial Team of the Year 2019, The National Law Journal and Trial Lawyer Magazine. • Southern California Super Lawyers® Rising Stars, 2016–2020. • Winning Litigators 2019, The National Law Journal. • Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar 2018, Law360. • Superb Score 10 out of 10. • Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyer. Attorney Wisner earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy and political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, his master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy, Washington, D.C., and his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.. A proud UCLA Bruin, Brent served as captain of UCLA’s Mock Trial Team, which won back-to-back national championships under his leadership.. At Georgetown, Attorney Wisner was a participant in the Coro Fellowship, which proved to be a formative experience. As a fellow, he was able to work on numerous projects aimed at improving communities with the help of labor unions, Fortune 100 companies, non-profits, and local and federal governments. When he returned home for summer breaks, he worked at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in its civil fraud division and as a summer associate at Paul Hastings.. While in law school, Brent interned at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy, where he drafted testimony, affidavits, and declarations for human rights cases. He penned a resolution on the imprisonment of outspoken human trafficking critic Sigma Huda, which passed in the House of Representatives. Brent was also intensely involved in the Georgetown Law Trial Advocacy Program. He earned the title of being one of the institution’s most successful mock trial advocates and ended up serving as its managing director.. Before joining Wisner Baum, Attorney Wisner clerked for the Honorable Helen Gillmor in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, where he worked on several criminal and civil jury trials and gained invaluable appellate court experience when the judge sat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.