Litigation cases in Los Angeles typically take 9 to 36 months from filing to resolution, depending on complexity, court backlog, and settlement likelihood.
Los Angeles Court Backlog
The Los Angeles court system often manages a backlog ranging from 15,000 to 40,000 pending litigation cases, which can affect scheduling and timelines.
Litigation Los Angeles Filing Volume
Estimated new litigation filings in Los Angeles range from 1,200 to 2,500 cases per month, reflecting the city's large population and active legal market.
Litigation Case Outcomes
Approximately 35% of disputes resolve before formal litigation, 25% settle after filing but before trial, and about 10% succeed at trial; outcomes vary by case type.
1990 S. Bundy Drive, Suite 420 , Los Angeles , California 90024
Practice Areas: Litigation
For more than forty years, Jack's goal has been to become the best trial lawyer he can be. As a California trial attorney, Jack has tried more than 100 civil cases before a jury. He has been invited to and has lectured to both attorneys and physicians. These lectures include such topics as trial practice, medical malpractice, insurance bad faith, products liability and premises liability.. Free Consultation He holds the designation of Diplomate, the highest rank of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is the immediate past President of the Italian American Lawyers Association and he has served as President of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and the Cowboy Lawyers Association. He has been on the Board of Governors and on the Executive Committee of numerous trial lawyer associations, including the Litigation Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Consumer Attorneys of California.. He has been formally recognized as one of the attorneys who assisted the task force in the preparation of the Judicial Council of California CACI jury instructions.. As a California medical malpractice attorney, Jack has successfully represented clients for over 30 years throughout California in several types of medical malpractice and medical negligence cases, including wrongful death, birth injuries, mis-diagnosis, surgical errors, emergency room errors, medication errors, nursing errors and other types of medical negligence.. As a California insurance bad faith attorney, Jack has helped clients whose insurance claims have been wrongfully denied, or their insurance coverage canceled without merit. When an insurance company is sued for bad faith, it has the money to hire the best defense attorneys. Jack believes the victim of insurance bad faith has the right to an attorney with at least as much experience. With his knowledge of insurance practice, Jack levels the playing field for his clients by aggressively defending his client's rights. He and his partners and associates have successfully handled insurance bad faith cases against numerous insurance companies.. He was selected by his peers to be included in the 2008 and the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, in the specialty of Personal Injury Litigation. He is recognized as one of the Top 500 Plaintiff Attorneys in the United States by LawDragon. The Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association voted Jack as Trial Lawyer of the Year and he has also been selected to the Super Lawyer of Southern California list for several years.. He has received recognition from the Members of Congress of the United States of America, California Senate, the California Legislature, the Los Angeles Superior Court, the County of Los Angels, the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County District Attorney, the Los Angeles City Attorney, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and the Metropolitan News Enterprise.. In addition to being the immediate past President of the Italian American Lawyers Association, Jack has served as the President of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and the Cowboy Lawyers Association. He received the Consumer Attorneys of California-California Trial Lawyers Association Presidential Award of Merit in 1994, 1996 and 2000, and the Pollock Award in 2006.. Despite his numerous individual accomplishments and awards, Jack believes the best interest of the client is served by a solid team effort by all of the attorneys and staff of the law firm.. Jack received his bachelor's degree from UCLA and his juris doctor degree from Loyola University School of Law School. His interests outside the practice of law include horseback riding, painting and boxing.
1888 Century Park E Ste 1900 , Los Angeles , California 90067
Practice Areas: Litigation
Joyce H. Ma focuses her practice in the areas of securities litigation, domestic and international business litigation, and general liability matters in State and Federal Court. Her extensive experience as an entrepreneur and business woman has helped Ms. Ma consistently attain exceptional results in the courtroom as well as dispute resolutions forums, while maintaining her sensitivity to each client’s personal and enterprise concerns. Ms. Ma’s clients include major corporations including Fortune 500 Companies and multi-national corporations, as well as small businesses and sole proprietors. She has assisted in the successful defense of large corporations in various delicate matters, including a defamation/libel action involving a renown international corporation and a domestic business entity. She has also assisted and acquired favorable settlements on behalf of individuals and corporation alike, including a multi-million settlement in a products liability case.. During her graduate career, Ms. Ma served as Copy Editor for the Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice, and authored the article, “Proposition 8 and Education: Teaching our Children to be Gay?” (19 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Social Justice 149). She also was engaged as a summer associate for a top five ranked law firm in Seoul, South Korea. She has participated in the Post-Conviction Justice Project through the advance clinic program at University of Southern California where she represented an inmate as a certified student. In addition to acting as counsel in parole hearings, Ms. Ma also appeared before the California Court of Appeals on a Habeas Corpus petition on behalf of her client, which was granted by the Appellate Court.
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