Top Wrongful Death Lawyers in los angeles | 79 available

79 Wrongful Death lawyers are available in los angeles, California, including Eric A. Gowey, Erin Carpenter, Gary Kwasniewski, and George Murgatroyd. These lawyers are rated between 3.8/5 to 4.2/5 and 63% provide free consultation.

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Avvo Rating: Rated 3.4 out of 5

Eric A. Gowey

Firm: The Ball Law Firm, LLP
10866 Wilshire Boulevard   1400 , Los Angeles , California 90024
Practice Areas: Business ,Labor ,Personal Injury,Wrongful Death

Erin Carpenter

Firm: Husch Blackwell, LLP
355 S Grand Ave Ste 2850 , Los Angeles , California 90071
Practice Areas: Wrongful Death
Avvo Rating: Rated 4.8 out of 5

Kate Gillespie

Firm: The Gillespie Law Firm
11111 Santa Monica Blvd. , Los Angeles , California 90025
Practice Areas: Drugs & Medical Devices, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Wrongful Death, Family, Family
My practice is devoted to assisting families and individual family members.  My priority is to guide clients through the trauma of family law matters and when possible de-escalate the variety of issues involved in any divorce or custody matter.  When the other party, however, is not willing to resolve matters reasonably, no one will advocate more.
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“t to Kate and the Gillespie Law Firm.”
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“Kate is professional and practical. I worked with one of her clients, and he had nothing but great things to say about her. I agree-- I trust her with my clients.”
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.3 out of 5

Karen Menzies

Firm: Kbm Law
6701 Center Dr W Ste 1400 , Los Angeles , California 90045
Practice Areas: Class Actions, Consumer Protection, Drugs & Medical Devices, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Wrongful Death, Class Action

Joseph Conor Stanton

515 South Flower Street, Floor 36 , Los Angeles , California 90071
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Car Accident, Brain Injury, Dog Bite, Wrongful Death
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Joseph Barrett

Firm: Affeld Grivakis LLP
2049 Century Park East , Los Angeles , California 90067
Practice Areas: Car Accident, Personal Injury, Defective Products, Civil Rights, Brain Injury, Wrongful Death, Car Accidents, Car Accidents
Since 1989 I have worked hard to be a true Trial Lawyer for the People. I have been honored to be President of the most influential local trial bar in America, CAALA, in 2015. I am also proud to lead CAOC, ABOTA, and other lawyers who shape our laws and protect access to justice for the people.. I seek to consistently provide the best in representation of people on a contingency fee, anywhere in America, and especially in California. Our lawyers and staff are incredibly talented, diverse, collaborative, driven to succeed, and provide the best representation from sign up through trial. We have a thirst for knowledge and a passion for success. We never forget our roots. I have helped found Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Charities, and am a former President, helping to make Los Angeles better by serving those in need, especially the homeless, the children, our elderly & disabled, battered women, and teenagers needing direction and compassion.. I specialize in serious & catastrophic injury case, death cases, significant business disputes, high-profile cases involving civic leaders, celebrities, economic and environmental disasters, bad faith insurance practices, product liability, mass torts and class actions, negligence, breach of contract, police brutality and Constitutional rights litigation and trial.
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“I have known Joe Barrett since 2015. Joe is a true lawyer for the people and he is also a lawyer’s lawyers, by which I mean he lives, breathes and totally consumes consumer rights …”
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Jordana Schwartz

Firm: D'Alessio Law Group
6420 Wilshire Boulevard , Los Angeles , California 90048
Practice Areas: Animal Bites, Assault & Battery, Civil Rights, Construction , Consumer Protection, Contracts, Drugs & Medical Devices, Elder , Employment & Labor , Health Care & Hospitalization, Housing & Construction Defects, Insurance , Legal Malpractice, Lemon , Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Sexual Harassment, Toxic Substances, Transportation , Workers Compensation, Wrongful Death, Immigration
Los Angeles native, Jordana Schwartz holds a B.A. from University of California, Berkeley and a J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law. She has been admitted to the State Bar of California and is licensed to practice immigration in all 50 states. Ms. Schwartz has several years of immigration experience, with a focus on business-related immigration and family-based immigration.  Ms. Schwartz volunteers a portion of her time to non-profit organizations such as the Los Angeles based Alliance for Children’s Rights, and is an active member of AILA, Los Angeles Bar Association, and Women’s Lawyer’s Association.
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“I gladly endorse Jordana.”
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

John Fuchs

12100 Wilshire Blvd Ste 800 , Los Angeles , California 90025
Practice Areas: Construction, Equipment Finance, Business, Bankruptcy, Debt Agreements, Insurance, Divorce, Wrongful Termination, Copyright, Wrongful Death, Education, Construction & Development
Mr. Fuchs obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1968 and a Law Degree from the University of Southern California in 1978. After an initial stint following gradulation from Columbia, as an engineer for Chrysler Corporation in Detroit, I migrated to Los Angleles and was Technical Editor of Hot Rod Magazine and Engineering Editor for Motor Trend Magazine, from 1971-74, before obtaining my law degree in 1978.  I started my law career at Latham & Watkins from 1978-81 and have had a my own law firm or a small partnership since 1983.  I am an avid car enthusiast and over the years have owned several Porsches, several Mercedes, a Ferrari, and most recently a Dodge Viper GTS.  I have regularly participated in track events and for nearly 20 years have been a navigator in the Silver State Classic Challenge in Nevada, in the 150 mile per hour class.   I am an active member of Checkered Flag 200, a support group for the Petersen Automotive Museum, and I have handled a number of lawsuits and disputes involving collector cars such as Ferraris, Porsches and even some old race cars, as well as many business disputes, financing disputes and construction defects cases.. My associate, Gail Gilfillan, is a UCLA graduate and obtained her law degree from Pepperdine University in 1993.  She has been with me for the entirety of her law career and is a terrific lawyer and a compliment to our business litigation and construction defect practice.. Our past clients include the Boys and Girls Club of San Fernando Vally, Tower Hemotology and Oncology Medical Group, MaxPro Leasing, Classic Financial Corporation, Scharff Construction Co., Kriek Construction, Victoria Montana, ProMedia, Inc., Adoption Pro, Inc., Titan Spark Plug Co., Isuzu Trucks of America, Revolution Motorsports, Tillack & Co., and Hunting Ridge Motors.
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Avvo Rating: Rated 2.6 out of 5

John C. Torjesen

Firm: John C. Torjesen and Associates, PC
11601 Wilshire Boulevard   2000 , Los Angeles , California 90025
Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime,Boating Accidents,Consumer Fraud,Elder ,Lender ,Personal Injury,Products Liability,Professional Malpractice,Real Estate ,Sexual Abuse,Wrongful Death
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Jeffrey Twomey

Firm: Law Offices of Brian Breiter
4929 Wilshire Blvd Ste 410 , Los Angeles , California 90010
Practice Areas: Wrongful Death
Dedicated to getting my clients the results they need.
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“lifted off my shoulders. If I wanted to they would even schedule doctor appointments for me. That wa”
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“Jeff’s youth disguises his experience. He has already taken matters to trial. His enthusiasm to fight for his clients is the driving force behind his tenacity.”
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.5 out of 5

Jeanette Viau

Firm: Viau & Kwasniewski
601 West Fifth Street 8th Floor , Los Angeles , California 90071
Practice Areas: Automobile Accidents, Insurance , Personal Injury, Products Liability, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Death
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“I endorse this lawyer's work. Ms. Viau is one of the best insurance lawyers in California. She is an excellent legal writer and has been recognized by California Appelleate Judges …”
Avvo Rating: Rated 4.0 out of 5

Jamon Hicks

Firm: DOUGLAS / HICKS LAW, APC
5120 W. Goldleaf Circle , Los Angeles , California 90056
Practice Areas: Wrongful Death
Jamon R. Hicks is a Partner at Douglas / Hicks Law, in Los Angeles, CA. He became a partner after spending four years as a Senior Associate with the Cochran Firm in Los Angeles, CA.  He also worked for six years at the Law Offices of Carl E. Douglas in Beverly Hills, CA.  Mr. Hicks practices in the areas of civil litigation and criminal defense and represents plaintiffs/defendants in state and federal courts.  His civil litigation experience involves civil rights, wrongful death, catastrophic personal injury and police misconduct cases.  He also has litigated numerous felony and misdemeanor criminal cases, such as murder, attempted murder, assaults and battery, crimes against peace officers, driving under the influence, and drug and gun possession.  He has the unique experience of litigating both civil and criminal matters in federal and state courts.  In 2015, he obtained a Not Guilty verdict in a high-profile case where he represented a celebrity esthetician charged with solicitation for murder.  In 2014, he successfully argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  In the same year, he was also co-counsel on a team that obtained a $8.0 million dollar wrongful death verdict against the Los Angeles Sheriffs’ Department.  In 2012, he obtained a $1.3 million dollar wrongful death verdict in Long Beach Court.  He prides himself on representing David against Goliath.. In addition to practicing law, Mr. Hicks is currently the youngest member of the adjunct faculty at Loyola Law School as a Trial Advocacy Professor.  He is also an adjunct professor at West Los Angeles Law School, where he teaches Torts II.  For four years, he coached Loyola’s nationally recognized Byrne Trial Advocacy Team.  He has served as a guest teacher teaching trial skills to law students and high school students.  Mr. Hicks has also participated on and helped organize numerous panels on criminal law, professional development, and other issues relevant to the legal community at Los Angeles area law schools.  He has also been quoted in numerous newspaper publications including LA Times, Entertainment News, OC Register and Press Enterprise.  He is frequently a legal and political analyst for radio shows KJLH () and KTLK (1150am).  For his active community involvement as well as early career accomplishments, he was selected as Daily Journal’s 2012 Five Associates to Watch.  He received the Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham Memorial Award from the National Bar Association (2012).  He was also spotlighted as one of Los Angeles Top Black Attorneys in the LA Focus Newspaper (2011).  He has been profiled in the Los Angeles Times Business Section (“How I Made It”). Mr. Hicks was selected as National Bar Association and IMPACT’s Inaugural 2010 Nation’s Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40.  He has also been recognized by the National Trial Lawyers Association as a Top 40 under 40.  Additionally, he has been recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine as a Super Lawyer (2014) and Rising Star five years in a row (2009-2013) and a finalist for the California Young Lawyers Association’s Jack Berman Young Lawyer of the Year Award (2007).. Mr. Hicks serves on various professional, educational and community boards.  In 2012, he was elected as the youngest ever President of the California Association of Black Lawyers (CABL).  In 2009, Mr. Hicks served as President for the John M. Langston Bar Association, where he was also elected as the youngest president in the Association’s history.  For his outstanding leadership and dedication, Mr. Hicks received the CABL’s President’s Award at the completion of his term. He is a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), Multi-Cultural Bar Association (MCBA), Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce (LAJCC) and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc (KAY).  He is also a member of the prestigious LA Chapter of 100 Black Men.  Mr. Hicks also serves as Special Counsel for the Yes-U-Can Non-Profit Foundation and as a board member for AIM (Assemblies in Motion). Additionally, he has served on the boards of the California Young Lawyers Association (CYLA).. Mr. Hicks received his Bachelors with honors from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001 and his J.D. from Loyola Law School in 2004.  At Loyola Law School, Mr. Hicks was a National Finalist and Member of Byrne Trial Advocacy Team, and he received the Karl Suethe Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy (2004).  He has the unique accomplishment of participating as a Trial Advocacy National Finalist and Western Regional Champion as both a student (2003) and coach (2008).  He also served on the board for the National Black Law Students Association, as the Western Regional Director (2003-04).
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Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Yelp Rating: Rated 4.8 out of 5

Howard Kornberg

Firm: Howard Craig Kornberg
10880 Wilshire Blvd #1840 , Los Angeles , California 90024
Practice Areas: Animal Bites, Automobile Accidents, Civil , Construction Accidents, Construction Defects, Entertainment & Sports , Insurance , Intellectual Property , Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Real Estate , Sexual Abuse, Slip and Fall, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury
With a practice centered on car accidents and personal injury in the aftermath of an accident, Howard Craig Kornberg's auto accident attorneys in Los Angeles focus on serious injury cases.  AV Preeminent™ Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell®, Mr. Kornberg has a reputation as a knowledgeable Los Angeles auto accident attorney providing excellent and compassionate service to clients who are injured in vehicle or motorcycle accidents.
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“rg was a true professional and fighter. He was amazing and truly dedicated to achieving the best re”
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“Today I finalized my car accident law suit and from start to finish the law offices of Howard Kornberg went ABOVE AND BEYOND to fight for me and really move...”
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“I highly endorse this lawyer. A superb lawyer with personality and charm that I deem to be a prime asset for any truly effective trial lawyer. He is an aggressive advocate who genu…”

Gregory Grigorian

515 S Flower St 36th Floor , Los Angeles , California 90071
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Car Accident, Brain Injury, Dog Bite, Wrongful Death
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.3 out of 5

George Murgatroyd

Firm: Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman PC
12100 Wilshire Blvd. , Los Angeles , California 90025
Practice Areas: Class Actions, Drugs & Medical Devices, Products Liability, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury
I focus my practice on Class Actions, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Pharmaceutical Drug Product Liability, Wrongful Death and Personal Injury law. Please visit to read more about me and my firm.
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Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Gary Kwasniewski

Firm: Viau and Kwasniewski
601 W. 5th Street, 8th Floor , Los Angeles , California 90071
Practice Areas: Automobile Accidents, Construction Accidents, Insurance , Personal Injury, Products Liability, Toxic Substances, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death, Insurance, Insurance
Based in Los Angeles, Gary K. Kwasniewski is an experienced, pre-eminent lawyer who has practiced for over 30 years.. Recently selected as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California for 2013 by the Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal.. Mr. Kwasniewski has reached the heights of professional excellence. He is “AV-rated”, the highest rating possible for legal ability and integrity by Martindale-Hubbell, a national lawyer directory (a rating that only about 12% of all lawyers nationwide achieve).. Mr. Kwasniewski has Successfully Litigated and Tried Insurance Bad Faith Cases On Behalf of Individual & Small Business Policyholders. Since founding the Los Angeles law firm of Viau & Kwasniewski with his partner Jeanette L. Viau, Gary Kwasniewski has developed a strong practice in the area of insurance bad faith.. The law firm handles matters involving all types of insurance, including: Homeowner, Automobile, Motorcycle, Theft, Commercial Liability Policies, Truck Policies, Cargo Policies, Health Care Policies, Life Insurance Policies and Disability Policies.  Viau & Kwasniewski has been very successful in cases involving insurance company refusals to pay, under payment of claims, refusals to defend, delay, and abuses of the appraisal, Examination Under Oath, and policy cancellation processes. Complex insurance dispute and insurance bad faith cases in California have become the primary specialty at the Law firm of Viau & Kwasniewski.. Gary Kwasniewski’s Product Liability experience includes cases involving chemicals, explosives, guns, solvents, PCBs, EMFs, cars, seatbelts, insecticides, indoor air pollutants, caustics, solvents, fumigants, defective packaging, farm machinery, forklifts, industrial explosions, bottled gases, military ordnance, bicycles, climbing equipment, hydraulic hoses, high pressure gas hoses, medical devices, and other products and chemicals.
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“All though he wasn't able to provide service for me, he did give me very good advice.”
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“I have had the pleasure of working with Gary in the past. He is an excellent trial attorney, who is very knowledgeable about insurance law, and is very experienced in insurance bad…”

Kelly Winter

Firm: Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy
2716 Ocean Park Blvd. , Los Angeles , California 90405
Practice Areas: Insurance Fraud, Investment Fraud, Environmental, Wrongful Death
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Avvo Rating: Rated 1.0 out of 5

Jeffrey Kaiman

Firm: Law Offices of Jeffrey A. Kaiman & Associates
4929 Wiltshire Blvd., Suite 690 , Los Angeles , California 90010
Practice Areas: Animal Bites, Automobile Accidents, Boating Accidents, Civil , Head and Spinal Injuries, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Sexual Abuse, Slip and Fall, Wrongful Death
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Jason B. Javaheri

Firm: J&Y Law Firm
1875 Century Park East , Los Angeles , California 90067
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Accidents, Catastrophic Injury, Wrongful Death, Automobile Accidents, Automobile Negligence, Bicycle Accidents, Boating Accidents, Brain Injury, Bus Accidents, Head Injury, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Slip and Fall, Spinal Injury
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Joshua Merliss

Firm: Joshua M. Merliss
3580 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1800 , Los Angeles , California 90010
Practice Areas: Automobile Accidents, Business , Construction Accidents, Contracts, Discrimination, Elder , Employment & Labor , Insurance , Legal Malpractice, Nursing Home Negligence, Products Liability, Railroad/FELA, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination, Wrongful Death
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“Joshua Merliss is one of the best Personal Injury attorneys in Los Angeles. He is mellow and to the point, yet is a strong and tough advocate for his clients. He knows the law and …”

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