Girardi & Keese

Profile

Review The National Law Journal’s list of the top 11 plaintiff’s law firms in the country, Lawdragon’s list of the nation’s leading attorneys, or the Los Angeles Journal’s ranking of the city’s best firms or its top 100 lawyers list, and you’ll regularly find Girardi & Keese attorneys named. Recognized for their legal acumen and superb trial skills, the 38 attorneys of Girardi & Keese frequently prevail.

Record of Success For more than 40 years, Girardi & Keese has been at the forefront of injury cases involving physical hurt, property damage or financial harm. Since 1965, the firm has recovered more than $3 billion against some of the world’s largest corporations, including Exxon, Shell, the Ford Motor Company, DuPont and Walt Disney World. Girardi & Keese has also been involved in many groundbreaking verdicts, such as the first $1 million medical malpractice verdict in California in the 1970s, and more recently, the $1.9 billion settlement on behalf of California’s energy customers. Additionally, Tom Girardi was a significant architect of the $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement.

Each win is important because every case represents the health and well-being of individuals in Southern California—the little guy. Individuals who have been harmed in some way are at the heart of Girardi & Keese’s practice, whether the injury was due to medical malpractice, product failure, wrongful termination, vehicle accident or similar wrongdoing.

Leading Lawyers

This year eight Girardi & Keese attorneys were included on the 2008 Southern California Super Lawyers® list—John Courtney, John Girardi, Thomas Girardi, Robert Keese, David Lira, Howard Miller, James O’Callahan and Amy Fisch Solomon. In addition, founding partner Thomas Girardi was named to the Top 100 and Top 10 Super Lawyers lists, Lira was named to the Top 100 and Fisch Solomon was named to the Top 50 Women list.

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