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Over the past 19 years, Ms. Pratt’s focus has been workers’ compensation and personal injury. She is known for her compassion for clients and aggressive advocacy on their behalf. Her sensitivity, optimism, work ethic, and dedication to her clients have resulted in a high rate of client satisfaction and excellent case results.. "I want my clients to know that every day the entire staff of our law firm is dedicated to assisting that client back to a healthy lifestyle and compensating them to the fullest extent of the law!". Ms. Pratt has handled thousands of cases and her accomplishments in California run from the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board and California Superior Court to the California Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of California. She has also successfully litigated cases outside of California before the United States District Court, 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, Wyoming Supreme Court, and North Dakota Supreme Court. Her watchword always has been and will continue to be: Commitment.. On a personal note, Ms. Pratt was born and raised in Southern California and is an alumnus of Western State University College of Law where she graduated with Cum Laude honors. While at Western she was proud to be a member of the Women’s Law Association, received nine American Jurisprudence awards, and was an editor of Law Review. When not practicing law, Ms. Pratt enjoys snowboarding, motorcycle riding, reading, and playing with her dogs.

I have been selected as a Workers’ Compensation “Super Lawyer” in the Los Angeles Magazine survey of Southern California attorneys every year since the survey began in 2004.. I am certified by the State Bar as a Workers’ Compensation Specialist - and I am also experienced in handling Social Security and disability retirement claims. In recent years, I have also focused on injured safety officers.. I obtained my law degree at Loyola University in Los Angeles. Before that, I did my undergraduate work at Oberlin College in Ohio, and my graduate studies at both Columbia University and UCLA. I was a union activist for many years, including serving as a shop steward and chief shop steward - before becoming an attorney.. I have served as Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Long Beach Bar.. I fight for the rights of injured workers, and give every case the time and attention it deserves. Your first consultation is always free - and in most cases there is no fee upfront until we win for you.

I have been involved in personal injury and workers' compensation litigation for over 40 years.  I currently enjoy the responsibility and challenge of defending workers' compensation claims under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, Defense Base Act, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act, and protecting the subrogation interests of employers and carriers.

I have been fighting for the rights of injured workers at the law firm of Cantrell Green since 2000.. For two years, I served as the Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Long Beach Bar Association. I am also a member of the California Applicant Attorneys Association. I represents injured workers - including safety officers - in workers’ compensation claims. Each case is given the utmost attention it deservs to obtain the maximum benefits for which each client qualifies.. I have also volunteered at the Legal Aid in Orange County, the office of the Orange County Public Defender, the West Covina Courthouse (formerly Citrus Municipal Court), and the Los Angeles Superior Court in Pomona.. Your first consultation is always free - and in most cases there is no fee upfront until we win for you.

I have been fighting for the rights of injured and disabled workers at the law firm of Cantrell Green since 1985.. I am a  Workers Compensation Specialist with a strong emphasis on representation of safety officers. In addition to Workers Comp, I handle social Security cases and disability retirement cases for both safety and civilian employees covered by PERS, LACERA, and numerous other public retirement systems.. I am a graduate of Pepperdine University School of Law, as well as a longtime member of NOSSCR, an organization of Social Security attorneys pushing for the protection of disabled workers. I handle both administrative hearings as well as appeals in Federal Court.. I give every case the time and attention it deserves. Your first consultation is always free - and in most cases there is no fee upfront until we win for you.

Attorney Daniel L. Hitzke is the managing partner of Hitzke & Ferran, LLP and has worked with our firm for twelve years. Mr. Hitzke was born in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico in 1974. After he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Chico, he attended the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. He received his Juris Doctor degree in May of 2000. Mr. Hitzke started his career as an attorney at a prominent Southern California workers’ compensation law firm. After years of dedication to his clients and dozens of successful trials, he became a partner at that firm. Within two years of becoming a partner, he converted the workers’ compensation firm into a multi-practice litigation firm now known as Hitzke & Ferran LLP.. Mr. Hitzke is an experienced trial attorney, representing clients in workers’ compensation, personal injury, employment and discrimination actions, and business litigation cases throughout California. He has had numerous favorable jury verdicts in the State of California Superior Court, along with numerous finding and award decisions before both the Workers Compensation Appeals Board and the State of California Labor Commissioner. Mr. Hitzke also belongs to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. This organization allows only the noted “Top Trial” attorneys in the United States to join as members. He earned this prestigious distinction by representing injured persons and their families and obtained numerous verdicts/awards worth over one million dollars.. Mr. Hitzke works primarily out of our Long Beach office. He is a member of various honorary boards and organizations and actively coaches youth sports.

Arthur C. Villegas is an associate with Hitzke & Ferran LLP and practices in civil litigation and workers’ compensation defense.. Mr. Villegas graduated from Whittier Law School, cum laude, and served as a member of the Whittier Law Review. Mr. Villegas was awarded the CALI award in Legal Writing and Civil Procedure for obtaining the highest grade in his class, and he was a recipient of the Dean’s Merit Scholarship. During law school, Mr. Villegas served as a law clerk for the Office of the Attorney General, Employment and Administrative Mandate Section, and for the Honorable Daphne Sykes Scott of the Orange County Superior Court.. Mr. Villegas was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force after six years of service as an Aircraft Armament Systems Technician for the 390th Fighter Squadron. While on active duty, Mr. Villegas was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal for his tour in Iceland, Nation Defense Service Medal, and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, among others. He has been admitted to practice in California since 2014.