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Pamela Liosi-Traut has over 25 years of experience handling personal injury matters. She has practiced with the Traut Firm since 2014, doing exclusively plaintiff’s personal injury and wrongful death law. She is a former partner with Watten, Discoe, Bassett & McMains, an Orange County insurance defense firm, where she practiced for 18 years. Throughout her legal career, Pamela has been involved in numerous jury and bench trials where she represented both plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful death matters. Pamela is a Patriot and member of the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and currently serves as Treasurer for the Orange County Chapter of ABOTA and is the Incoming President for 2024. Membership in ABOTA is by invitation only, and the group seeks only attorneys who display exceptional skill, professionalism, civility, and integrity in the practice of law.. She served two terms as President of the Italian American Lawyers of Orange County in 2013 and 2014. She is currently Incoming President on the executive board of the Robert A. Banyard Inn of Court. She was the recipient of the Angelo Palmieri Award for Civility from the Robert A. Banyard Inn of Court in 2017. In 2018, she was inducted into the Western State College of Law Hall of Fame.. She is also a member of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, California State Bar, Orange County Bar Association, Italian American Lawyers of Orange County, Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, Robert A. Banyard Inn of Court, and the Orange County Bar Foundation Society of Fellows.. She frequently speaks on the topic of civility in the practice of law to students at Western State, as well as to California Bar Associations including the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel and Banyard Inn of Court. In addition, Pamela has been an adjunct professor teaching legal writing at Western State University, College of Law.

Caitlin R. Maurer’s practice focuses on business and insurance litigation, including personal injury, public entity, construction defect, landlord-tenant and breach of contract disputes. She also has experience in disputes involving product liability and unfair competition.. Before law school, Ms. Maurer traveled to New Zealand and Australia to study Aboriginal legal rights movements.. Ms. Maurer obtained her Juris Doctor from Golden Gate University and her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Pre-Medicine from the University of California, Davis. While in college, she interned at the University of California, Davis Medical Center.  At Golden Gate, she was a member of the Honors Lawyering Program, and received a specialization in public interest law. She clerked for the Honorable Garrett L. Wong of the San Francisco Superior Court.  She also interned with the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office where she was second-chair on a co-defendant felony murder trial.. Ms. Maurer is a member of the State Bar of California. She is admitted to practice in all California courts, including United States District Court, Northern District.  She is a member of the San Mateo Bar Association and the University of San Francisco Inns of Court.

Chantel Fitting graduated from the University of California, Davis with a Bachelors of Arts degree.  She continued her education at Hastings College of the Law where she received a Juris Doctorate degree in 1999.  She has practiced civil litigation exclusively for over 12 years with an emphasis on personal injury cases, developing an expertise in evaluating complex medical damages as a result of life-altering injuries.. Chantel has successfully tried numerous jury cases and arbitrations in several Bay Area counties with millions of dollars in awards for her clients.  She is an active member of the Consumer Attorneys of California and also serves on the Board of Directors and is President for the San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association.  Her determination and success as a trial lawyer for consumers has been recognized by several entities throughout her career.  She has been nominated as a Super Lawyer by a rating service of outstanding lawyers who attain a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement and was recently named as Top 50 Women Trial Laywer for Northern California.  Ms. Fitting also frequently participates as a speaker for her colleagues by organizing and speaking in annual legal seminars that educate other attorneys involved in civil litigation on current, paramount topics related to the fields of personal injury and workers compensation.. Chantel is an attorney who will fight for your rights against insurance companies and will never allow them to treat you unfairly.  Chantel is a passionate advocate for her client’s rights and uses her expertise and understanding of complex medical damages to ensure that her clients are properly represented in court.  In a recent jury trial, the defense had offered $20,000 to settle a claim involving premises liability for a client that suffered soft-tissue injuries.  Chantel took the case to trial and was awarded $974,628 by the jury.  Her dedication and commitment to her clients is unwavering.

Peter B. Fisher is an experienced personal injury and civil litigation attorney with Curtis Legal Group’s Sacramento office. He focuses his practice on helping injured victims involved in motor vehicle accidents, slip and fall accidents, fires, electrocutions, workplace accidents, elder abuse, and products liability cases.. Peter graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics in 2004. He earned his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law in 2009. During law school, he was a Certified Student Attorney for the Tucson City Public Defender’s Office, defending individuals who could not afford legal representation. He later served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Judge Michael Cruikshank at the Pima County Superior Court in Tucson, Arizona, gaining valuable experience and insight into how judges process and handle civil matters.. He is a member of a number of legal associations, including: the State Bar of California, Capital City Trial Lawyers Association, Sacramento County Bar Association, San Joaquin County Bar Association, Stanislaus County Bar Association (former member), and the Consumer Attorneys of California.. Peter has served as a Volunteer Judge for Stanislaus County Youth Court since 2010. Youth Court is an alternative to the juvenile justice system for qualified minors who face first-time misdemeanors. Juvenile peers serve as jurors while high school students volunteer as prosecutors and defense attorneys. Youth Court trials serve as rehabilitation and are life changing for those involved.. Additionally, he volunteers for the Stanislaus County Mock Trial Competition and the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law’s National Ethics Trial Competition. He is strong supporter of educating and sharpening the litigation skills of prospective attorneys.

Nick Urgesi has lived in the Central Valley since 2001. He graduated from California State University, Fresno with a finance degree. Nick completed his law degree at San Joaquin College of Law. During law school, Nick law clerked at Freedman Law and was hired as an associate upon passing the California Bar Exam.. Since 2021, Nick has been selected for inclusion in the Northern California Rising Stars list, a distinction only bestowed upon 2.5% of the attorneys in Northern California. Nick was also recognized by Marquis Who's Who for Excellence in Law. In 2023, Nick was designated as a one of the Top 40 Lawyers under 40 by the National Trial Lawyers.

Practicing for approximately 30 years throughout California and other States.. Personal Injury Plaintiff only and Criminal Defense.. Lots of court experience.