Tyler Barnett
Location: 90292, Marina Del Rey, California
Phone: Not Available
Firm: YUHL | CARR LLP
Tyler J. Barnett graduated Cum Laude from the University of California, San Diego in 1999 with a degree of Bachelor of Arts and major in Political Science / Public Law. In 2002, Mr. Barnett obtained his Juris Doctor from University of Southern California Law School with High Honors in Pre-Trial Advocacy and as an Editor of the Hale Moot Court Honors Program. He was admitted to the California State Bar that same year.Mr. Barnett began his legal career as an associate attorney at the Law Offices of Michael J. Piuze, which won the two largest verdicts in history for an individual plaintiff in the amounts of $28 billion and $3 billion. Mr. Barnett was a principal associate on catastrophic injury and automotive crashworthiness cases involving rollover induced roof crush ($23 million verdict), tire failure and rollover of 15 passenger van ($12 million settlement), passenger restraint failure ($8 million settlement) and instability and rollover of SUV ($6 million settlement).In 2005, he opened his own law firm dedicated to protecting the rights of injured victims and joined Yuhl Carr LLP in 2007. Since that time he has won several seven-figure cases for his personal injury clients, including but not limited to: lumbar fusion from an auto accident ($8.7 million); wrongful death from a single vehicle accident ($4.9 million); traumatic brain injury from an auto accident ($3 million); cervical fusion from a 3-car collision ($2.3 million); injuries to a disabled passenger resulting from an improperly maintained wheelchair lift ($2 million); complex regional pain syndrome caused by a van operator closing the door on a passenger’s hand ($2,000,000); lumbar chance fracture to an 83 yr old from an auto accident with a rental vehicle ($1,954,); wrongful death of a pedestrian against the MTA ($1.9 million); gunshot wound due to negligent security and maintenance of an apartment building ($1.85 million); onboard fall against a shuttle bus company ($1.375 million). Additional examples can be found in the case results section of .The National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys named Mr. Barnett one of the nationally ranked Top 10 Under 40 for excellence in the field of personal injury. Trial Lawyers Association named Mr. Barnett as one of the top 40 lawyers under the age of 40 in the state of California. Mr. Barnett has also been regularly named as one of Southern California Super Lawyers – Rising Stars.Mr. Barnett is a member of the Ten Million Dollar Lawyers Club and Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, Consumer Attorneys of California, American Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association and Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity.Mr. Barnett lives with his wife, also an attorney, and their two children in Westwood, California.
