| Described by The American Lawyer as “one
of the nation’s premier plaintiffs’ firms,” Lieff Cabraser
consists of over fifty lawyers and a large support staff in three offices
nationwide. The firm has a diversified practice, representing plaintiffs
in the fields of antitrust, securities and financial fraud, consumer fraud,
employment, injury/torts, non-injury product liability, and human and civil
rights. Since our founding in 1972, we have successfully resolved thousands
of individual personal injury and wrongful death claims nationwide. |
| We are experienced trial lawyers that represent
only plaintiffs. In many cases, we assisted our clients in persuading the
corporate defendants to issue recalls or improve their safety procedures
for the protection of all consumers and patients. |
| We offer our clients the following advantages: |
| The Strength of a National Law Firm |
| Lieff Cabraser is among the largest law firms in the
United States that represent only plaintiffs. Our firm enjoys a national
reputation for professional integrity and for the efficient, aggressive
and responsible prosecution of our clients’ claims. Our legal skills,
along with our ability to advance the costs in our clients’ cases,
enable us to successfully litigate against many of the country’s
largest corporations and the large defense firms that represent them. |
| The National Law Journal has annually ranked
our firm as one of the top plaintiffs’ law firms in the nation since 2003. We
are one of only two law firms, and the only law firm practicing injury
law, to have received this award for the past six years. |
| An Outstanding Track Record |
| Our firm has played a leading role in many of the largest
and most important civil cases in the United States over the last fifteen years.
Lieff Cabraser has obtained over $400 million in verdicts, judgments and
settlements for our clients in individual personal injury and wrongful
death lawsuits. Since 1995 and working with co-counsel, we have achieved
verdicts and settlements in excess of $10 billion in product liability
class action lawsuits. |
| Last year, we served as lead trial counsel in a wrongful
death suit against DaimlerChrysler for failing to correct a known defect
in the transmission of its vehicles. The jury returned a $54 million verdict
against DaimlerChrysler, finding it acted with malice. This constituted
the fourth highest jury verdict in California in 2007. For their outstanding service to their clients and advancing the rights of all persons injured by defective products in Mraz v. DaimlerChrysler, Lieff Cabraser partners Robert J. Nelson and Scott P. Nealey received the 2008 California Lawyer of the Year (CLAY) Award in the field of personal injury law, and were also selected as finalists for attorney of the year by the Consumer Attorneys of California and the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. |
| Attentive, Personal Service |
| Lieff Cabraser is committed to providing the very best
representation and support possible for our clients, and to investing the
time and resources necessary to succeed in every case. |
| We work closely with our clients throughout the litigation
process to maximize and expedite their recoveries. Each client is assigned
an individual attorney who is responsible for prosecuting the case and
regularly communicating with the client. At the same time, our attorneys
work as a team, drawing upon their combined knowledge, training and skills
to provide our clients with decades of litigation experience. |
| Leaders Among Attorneys |
| Our attorneys include some of the country’s most
distinguished legal practitioners, with expertise in investigating and
filing personal injury lawsuits, prosecuting complex, cases through trial,
and negotiating and crafting settlements that achieve justice for our clients.
As a result, our attorneys are routinely appointed by federal and state
courts across America to serve as the leaders in national personal injury
and wrongful death cases. |
| Our attorneys are very active in the legal community.
Many are directors and officers of various local and national bar associations.
Many write articles, give speeches and teach courses on the various firm
practice areas. |
| A number of our attorneys have received awards and honors
for their distinguished skills and trial successes. Law & Politics magazine has recognized 14 Lieff Cabraser attorneys as Super Lawyers, outstanding
attorneys who have received the highest degree of peer recognition and
professional achievement in their respective practice areas and geographic
regions. In 2008, California Lawyer magazine honored Lieff Cabraser attorneys
Robert J. Nelson and Scott P. Nealey with the California Lawyer Attorney
of the Year (CLAY) Award. They were the only plaintiffs attorneys to receive
this award in the category of personal injury law. |
| A Premier Litigation Team |
| In addition to our more than fifty attorneys, we employ
an impressive team of legal nurse consultants, scientific and medical analysts,
investigators and legal assistants who have years of experience with personal
injury lawsuits. Our staff works with our attorneys to expeditiously obtain
and review client medical records, tabulate medical and surgical expenses,
and estimate the costs of anticipated future operations, treatments and
ongoing therapies. Our Litigation Support Department has expertise in the
latest document review and courtroom presentation technologies. |
| We also have relationships with the leading experts
in the fields of accident and disaster reconstruction, automotive safety,
product design, aviation, manufacturing, medicine and surgery, and pharmacology. |
