Attorney Ken Sigelman has been handling cerebral palsy and other birth injury cases for more than 17 years. He has personally litigated many cases to successful conclusion through jury trial, arbitration or settlement, including numerous recoveries of more than $1 million.

Mr. Sigelman is not only a lawyer but also a licensed physician and surgeon. His medical background helps him at every phase of a birth injury case, including identifying the significant medical issues, understanding medical records, identifying medical specialties, understanding the medical jargon used by defendant doctors and insurance companies, and explaining all this in simple terms to a jury at trial.

Mr. Sigelman graduated in 1976 with honors from the University of Florida College of Law. In 1977, Mr. Sigelman entered the University of Miami School of Medicine, and he earned his Doctorate of Medicine in 1981. He passed the California bar exam while interning at St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco and then began practicing law in March 1983. He received the Outstanding Trial Lawyer award from the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, has been elected to the highly selective American Board of Trial Advocates, is a fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine, and has received numerous awards from the Consumer Attorneys of California for his efforts with victims of medical negligence.