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Brock Phillips is a founding partner of the Pacific West Law Group and Kessenick, Phillips & Gamma with almost 30 years experience as a health care attorney.  He is a 1980 graduate of the University of California Hastings College of Law and an experienced trial and appellate attorney specializing in the areas of physician credentialing and peer review, health care regulatory issues, medical malpractice, general business and tort law, and insurance bad faith and managed care liability.  He regularly represents physicians and medical groups in civil court, regulatory hearings and hospital disciplinary hearings.  Brock also frequently serves as a hearing officer in medical staff peer review hearings.. Mr. Phillips has published articles on punitive damages, wrongful termination, medical staff peer review and malpractice issues.  His treatise on medical staff disciplinary hearings is updated and republished annually in the California Physician's Legal Handbook, a publication of the California Medical Association. He is a frequent speaker on medical- legal topics, including all aspects of physician peer review and credentialing, managed care liability and loss prevention.  Mr. Phillips is a past president of the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys and an active member of the California Academy of Attorneys for Healthcare Professionals.. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Phillips served as a naval officer on sea duty for four years.  He graduated from Whitman College in 1973.

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We represent retailers, pharmacists, and other businesses in employment, pharmaceutical, commercial and premises liability matters. We specialize in aggressive, but economical defense of complex matters. I have a great deal of successful trial and binding arbitration experience, and believe that good lawyering can still make a difference.  We have extensive experience in state and federal courts throughout the country.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Erik Peterson represents people who've been injured by medical malpractice and personal injury in California and Hawaii. Mr. Peterson has been selected by SuperLawyers for 10 years, is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell for having the highest ethical standards and professionalism, was selected by The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Trial Lawyers, is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society consisting of less than one-half of 1 percent of American lawyers and a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He has successfully tried medical malpractice, maritime, wrongful termination, and automobile accident cases and co-tried a case involving a brain-injured plaintiff that resulted in a $21 million verdict with interest and costs. Mr. Peterson is a member of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Hawaii State Bar Association, Hawaii Association for Justice, AAJ, and Consumer Attorneys of California.

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Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

John D. Winer is recognized statewide by his colleagues as an outstanding litigation and trial attorney. He has obtained record-setting verdicts and settlements over the last 34 years, often in cases in which his client's economic survival and ability to overcome serious trauma and the death of a loved one were at stake.. Mr. Winer is frequently asked to lecture to other attorneys in his areas of specialty and emphasis including wrongful death, serious personal injury, psychological injury, employment litigation, psychotherapist malpractice, healthcare provider sexual abuse, workplace sexual harassment, elder abuse, traumatic brain injury and catastrophic injury cases.

Attorney Benjamin Gideon is trusted by his clients to handle some of the most complex, high-profile legal battles in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and elsewhere in New England and the nation.. Many of Ben’s cases involve people who were seriously injured or killed because of negligence within large corporations. He is motivated to hold negligent corporations accountable, and to prevent similar tragedies from happening in the future.. Whether it’s a case against the U.S. Government, a ski resort that fails to properly maintain its equipment, a multinational communications company that does not protect utility workers, the owners of the cargo ship El Faro, or a negligent healthcare organization, Ben is not afraid to take on and defeat the most powerful defendants. He has achieved remarkable results for his clients, including a $22.5 million jury verdict that was one of the top 100 verdicts nationwide.. Ben has developed expertise across a broad range of case types, including personal injury, medical malpractice, civil rights, products liability, nursing home, and other complex civil litigation matters. Ben is a fierce competitor who thrives under pressure and enjoys the role of standing up for everyday people who have been wronged.. “We go to extraordinary lengths to make sure our clients have the best chance to win,” Ben says. “When it comes to preparation, we are going to do more, and we are going to do it better, than anyone else involved in the case.”. Ben is a Maine native. Following college, he served as Political Director to Congressman Tom Allen during his successful primary campaign for U.S. Congress.. Ben is a frequent speaker on court room and trial strategy at conferences in Maine and across the country, and has published numerous articles on these subjects.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Tom Cifarelli is recognized as one of the nation’s top attorneys in plaintiff’s personal injury litigation. He was recently selected as one of the top 500 plaintiff lawyers in America and the top 50 Attorneys in Orange County. He has won and collected nearly $60 million for his clients in the last five years alone. Throughout his entire career he has made law in important areas including privacy rights and school district liability for children sexually abused by teachers. He is a recognized expert in the areas of child sexual abuse litigation, privacy rights, pharmacy mistakes and handling high profile personal injury litigation throughout California.. Many of Mr. Cifarelli’s cases are high-stakes and high-profile matters. Consequently, newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register, the San Bernardino Press-Enterprise, the Orange County Business Journal and the Los Angeles Daily Journal have all covered Mr. Cifarelli and his cases.Mr. Cifarelli’s involvement in high-profile cases includes representing plaintiffs as part of the landmark $660 million Clergy sexual abuse settlement in Los Angeles, as well as serving as a member of Plaintiffs’ Steering and Discovery Committees in the Baycol Litigation and on the Sulzer Hip Implant litigation.. Mr. Cifarelli is an active and respected leader in the legal community. He was appointed an At-Large member of the Board of Governors for the Consumer Attorneys of California in 2000 and sits on that organization’s Education, Membership and Fundraising Committees. He is also a respected author in several areas including litigating child sexual abuse cases and pharmacy malpractice. He is also a dynamic and sought after lecturer and has spoken to lawyers, educators and child care workers throughout the country at legal conventions and seminars. Groups he has addressed include: Consumer Attorneys of California; Non-Profit Risk Management Association of America; National Business Institute; California Teachers Association; and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).. Mr. Cifarelli’s efforts and precedent-setting victories have earned him a host of legal distinctions and accolades from his peers. He was named one of the Top 500 Plaintiff Attorneys in America by Lawdragon Magazine (2007). Mr. Cifarelli was further honored in June 2006 when he was selected from the over 1.1 million lawyers in America to be included in the Lawdragon 500 New Stars, New Worlds, the top 500 cutting-edge lawyers in America as voted by other attorneys on . In 2008 Mr. Cifarelli was profiled by the Orange County Business Journal as one of the County’s top attorneys and the one abuse victims turn to. Mr. Cifarelli has also been selected by Los Angeles Magazine’s Law and Politics Magazine as a “Southern California Super Lawyer” each and every year since the inaugural list was published in 2004, a distinction reserved for the top 5 percent of attorneys in California. (This prestigious list is based on votes from other attorneys). In addition, Mr. Cifarelli has been named to Who’s Who in American Law since 2001. He was also profiled in “Ten up and Coming Litigators in California” by the Los Angeles Daily Journal in 2001. In 1999 Mr. Cifarelli was named a life member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an organization limited to prominent trial attorneys in the United States who have obtained individual trial verdicts and settlements in excess of one million dollars each. At about the same time Mr. Cifarelli was awarded an AV-rating from the Martindale-Hubbell legal news service, becoming one of the youngest attorneys to earn that organization’s highest rating.. Mr. Cifarelli has also been selected as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in California by The American Trial Lawyers Association . Membership into The American Trial Lawyers Association is limited to the Top 100 Trial Lawyers from each state. Selection for The American Trial Lawyers Association is extended to civil plaintiff and criminal defense attorneys by special invitation. Candidates are considered for membership in The American Trial Lawyers Association based on superior qualifications, leadership, reputation, influence, stature, and profile in the Trial Lawyer community.. Mr. Cifarelli is an advocate for the protection of children’s rights and has handled numerous cases on behalf of children physically or sexually abused by others. He has also worked closely with the organization Mothers Against Sexual Abuse for the benefit of child molestation . Cifarelli’s published decisions include the precedent-setting invasion of privacy case M.G. et al vs. Time Warner, Inc. et al, 89 Cal. App. 4th 623 (2001) and V.C. vs. Los Angeles Unified School District, (2006) Cal. App. 4th, No. B184022, defining the claims presentation requirements for child sexual abuse cases against public schools.. Mr. Cifarelli is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and earned his law degree at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. Whether its an invasion of privacy, defamation, child sexual abuse or major personal injury case, Mr. Cifarelli provides clients with highly effective legal representation through a combination of intelligence, experience, compassion, and an unsurpassed zeal for his clients and their claims.

Richard Cohn is a persistent, aggressive trial attorney who takes a "turn every stone" approach toward the legal matters he handles. He has been repeatedly designated a Southern California "Super Lawyer" by Los Angeles Magazine and Law and Politics. He was also one of only three lawyers in Orange County, California to achieve the distinction of being listed as a "Law Dragon" in the inaugural issue of Law Dragon Magazine, which designated him as one of the "Top 500 Litigators in the Nation.”  Mr. Cohn received the prestigious “Top Gun” Trial Lawyers of the Year Award in 2008 for his work on medical malpractice cases in Orange County.  Mr. Cohn is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubble’s Law Directory — which issues such ratings only to those attorneys who have demonstrated preeminent legal ability and the highest professional and ethical standards.. Mr. Cohn received his Bachelors Degree, Cum Laude, from University of California at San Diego (UCSD) in 1985 with a double major in Political Science and Communications. He obtained his juris doctorate degree from U.S.C. Law School in 1989, graduating among the top quarter of his class. He began his legal career at the law firm of McGinnis, Fitzgerald, Reese, Sharkey & McIntyre in San Diego, California, specializing in the field of medical malpractice defense.. Mr. Cohn joined Wylie Aitken in practice in July of 1990 and became a named Partner in January 2001. Mr. Cohn handles a wide variety of cases in major tort litigation including wrongful death and serious personal injury, medical malpractice, aviation tort law, insurance bad faith, products liability, construction site accidents, automobile and trucking accidents, premises liability, and governmental tort liability. (The subspecialty of medical malpractice has always constituted over 50% of his caseload.). Mr. Cohn is a past President of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, having assumed the Presidency of that organization in January 2001. Mr. Cohn has also served on the Board of Directors of a variety of other legal and charitable organizations, including the Orange County Bar Association and the United Cerebral Palsey Association of Orange County among others. He is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars including for California Continuing Education for The Bar (CEB) as well as for the State and Local Trial and Bar Association. He is also a frequent author of articles in legal publications. He has also been interviewed on multiple occasions by both televison and print news media regarding a variety of high profile cases.. Exemplary Results. Mr. Cohn has been trial counsel in a variety of lengthy, complex and high profile trials which have resulted in multi-million dollar verdicts. Examples include: Small v. County of Orange (involving the attack of a mountain lion on a young child in a public park -- Verdict: $2,100,000); Chavez v. Altig (a complex medical malpractice case wherein a 25 year old man was blinded as a result of anesthesia during ankle surgery -- Verdict: $3,800,000); Scott v. Burges Transportation, et al (wherein a Journeyman immigrant plumbing contractor was seriously injured when he was run over by a dump truck on a construction site -- Verdict: $1,900,000); (Redacted) v. Wings Express Aviation, et al. (an aviation case wherein a Piper Cherokee VI aircraft crashed at Fullerton Airport due to a combination of contaminated fuel and poor maintenance -- Verdict $2,760,535).. Mr. Cohn also has achieved numerous multimillion dollar settlements on behalf of his clients. Most recent highlights include: A $4.5 million dollar settlement on behalf of a man who suffered a quadriplegic injury when diving into a pool at a luxury resort (2010); A $3 million settlement for the wrongful death of a construction site worker struck by a dump truck (Bodine v. Western Trucking) (2006); A $7.25 million dollar settlement for a new mother who received a morphine overdose in the hospital after a C-Section, (Case I.D. confidential) (2007); a settlement for over $3 Million for the wrongful death of an elderly woman struck by a bus in a crosswalk (Case I.D. confidential) (2006); a $1.8 Million settlement for the wrongful death of a husband/father electrocuted when he contacted power lines (Case I.D. confidential) (2006); and a $2.4 million settlement in a medical malpractice matter involving the wrongful death of an executive/father of three due to anesthesiology error (Brown v. Neff, M.D., et al.). He also obtained a record $2.1 million dollar settlement for an 80 year old auto v. pedestrian victim (believed to be the highest personal injury award in California history for a victim over the age of 80). (Rubio v. Allstate Ins.) (2003). In other recent medical malpractice results, Mr. Cohn recently obtained a $4.0 million dollar settlement in a hard fought, complex birth injury case. (Doe v. Roe Hospital) (2007), and a 2.4 million settlement on the eve of trial in another Orange County birth injury matter, (2008.). Mr. Cohn has also briefed and argued a variety of appellate matters, and argued before the California Supreme Court in an insurance coverage dispute which resulted in over 140 pages of majority and dissenting opinion.. Personal. Mr. Cohn was married in 1993 and has two children. They live in Newport Beach, California.

Kim Valentine received her Juris Doctorate degree with honors, from Western State University in 1997. She is licensed to practice law in Arizona and California. Ms. Valentine has dedicated her career in the practice of law to advocating for the injured and infirm. Her focus is to ensure that individuals are not needlessly exposed to unnecessary harm. Her clients ages span from newborn children to elderly as old as 104. She practices in the areas of elder abuse, medical malpractice, products liability, serious personal injury, and government tort claims litigation.. Ms. Valentine was the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association's Top Gun award recipient in 2008 and 2011 as the top Elder Abuse litigator.  She was also recognized in 2008 as a California Trial Lawyers Associations Street Fighter Award finalist.  In both 2007 and 2006 she was named as a Rising Star Super Lawyer by Los Angeles Magazine. She was also named a Super Lawyer in 2014, 2016, and 2016. In 2016, Super Lawyers Southern California Magazine also named her as one of the top 50 Orange County Lawyers.. Ms. Valentine serves on the Board of Governors for the Consumer Attorneys of California and is active in Consumer Attorneys of California Woman's Caucus. She is also a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the American Jurist Association. Ms. Valentine is the founder of Operation Helping Hands, a nonprofit that provides backpacks full of necessity items to the homeless population. She is one of the founding members and serves on the Board of Directors for Stop Elder Abuses, a nonprofit organization which educates the public on abuse. Ms. Valentine also serves on the advisory board for the nonprofit organization Together We Rise which is dedicated to improving the lives of foster children. Ms. Valentine served on the Board of Directors for the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association from 2007 through 2011. She is also a member of CAALA, OCTLA, OCBA, ABOTA, the American Association for Justice, the American Jurist Association.

For over 20 years, I have fought for professionals and business owners, listening with compassion, being straightforward and honest with our clients.  My professional clients face a system that can be cold, impersonal, uncaring and harsh.  We act as skilled and knowledgeable guides through that system.  We strive to educate and inform clients, to minimize case weaknesses and maximize strengths, in order to achieve the best results while mindful of a client's budget and appetite for risk.

Born Los Angeles, California, December 1, 1956.Admitted to State Bar of California, 1984; Admitted U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1985; Admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, 1994.Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1977); Santa Barbara College of Law (J.D., 1983).Member: State Bar of California; Santa Barbara County Bar Association.. Delegate First Barrister's Club; Judge Pro Tem, Santa Barbara Superior Court, 1989 to 2005. Legal Aid Project Outreach Attorney, 1984 to present.. Past Member: American Bar Association (Panel of Arbitrators);. Consumer Attorneys of California; and California Public Defenders Association, and California Applicants' Attorneys Association.. Since 1984, my law practice has been located in the same office in downtown Santa Barbara in the beautiful La Arcada Building.. I'm available and waiting for your call! Please let me help you with your legal problem!

Mr. Yuhl, a native of Los Angeles and a Loyola High School Graduate, earned hisBachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Colorado in1983 where he also served as Assistant Sports Information Director. Mr. Yuhlmanaged the critical media aspects to comply with Title IX effects in opening upcollege athletics to women, as well as being men's football and basketballassistant . He worked as a free-lance sportswriter for the Denver Post, RockyMountain News, the Colorado Golf Association, ESPN, and in the Denver Broncospress box on Sundays. His journalism and public relations background helpedhim develop a clear, concise, and compelling ability to deliver the story – acritical asset in the communication between a Trial Lawyer and his jury.. Chris returned to California to attend law school at the University of San Diegowhere he earned his Juris Doctorate degree in 1987. While at USD, Mr. Yuhlearned top honors as the American Jurisprudence Award winner in Torts andwas privileged to represent USD on its National Trial Team which finished asNational Semi-Finalists.. His journey to the courtroom led him to the prestigious 160-lawyer defense firmof Haight, Dickson, Brown & Bonesteel in Los Angeles. There he focused oncivil litigation and trials for the firm’s corporate and insurance clients. Mr. Yuhlquickly made it into the courtroom, with juries returning favorable verdicts inmore than a dozen civil trials in his first 5 years. In 1990, just three years intopractice, Mr. Yuhl obtained the largest monetary recovery in the defense firm’sthen 54-year history with his $1.7 million victory in the “flying triangle landslide”case. Chris also tried criminal cases as a pro bono prosecutor for the Los AngelesCity Attorney’s office obtaining convictions in every case assigned to him.. Turning the page again, Chris partnered with his brother Eric in plaintiff’spractice in 1992 where he made his impact early. In a landmark juryverdict, the first case to ever prove the traumatic activation of post-poliosyndrome successfully, a jury rendered a seven-figure judgment for his elderlyclient. He successfully recovered more than $3million for the parents of two 21-year-olds killed on PCH because of a dangerous road design that had beenignored by the county for decades despite similar fatal accidents. Thesettlement led to a reconfiguration of the intersection of Pacific Coast Highwayand Sunset Blvd eliminating the hazard and improving safety. In 2019 his teamreceived a $23.9 million verdict on behalf of an injured child involving a defectivefetal heart monitoring device. The verdict was upheld on appeal, ultimatelysettling for $26.2 million.. Mr. Yuhl runs a variety of the firm’s Mass Tort matters involving defective drugs,medical devices, and rail accidents. In 2012, he was appointed to nationalleadership In the Wright Medical Technologies MDL/JCCP in a defective medicaldevice litigation involving 8,000 plaintiffs. In November 2015, Chris and hisleadership group received a stunning $11million verdict for a single plaintiff,from a Federal Court jury in Atlanta in the first bellwether trial against themanufacturer. The MDL/JCCP eventually settled for $. He has sincebeen appointed to leadership in MDL 2949 in the Eastern District of Arkansasregarding another defective hip implant which has resulted in millions recoveredfor plaintiffs.. Mr. Yuhl enjoys an AV rating by Martindale Hubble, the highest rating for ethicsand professional skill. He has been listed as a California Super Lawyer every yearsince 2006 for his excellence in personal injury litigation and trial. He is a long-standing member of the American Association for Justice and the LA County Bar Association where he also serves on the Judicial Appointment SelectionCommittee commissioned by the California Governor to vet and recommendSuperior Court appointments. His enjoys his philanthropic work with TheLA25 which strives to enrich the lives and intellectual growth of school kids by raisingmoney for Art and Music programs.. Chris and his wife Amy have three college age daughters, who also share hispassion for camping, hiking, skiing, baseball, dogs, and music.

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