Brian D. Chase is an 18-year law veteran and partner at BISNAR | CHASE, a leading personal injury law firm located in Newport Beach, California.  The firm specializes in catastrophic injury cases caused by accidents and defective products, with a primary focus on defective automobiles. 

Chase has litigated over 25 jury trials, has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients, is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell "Preeminent 5 out of 5," and has an Avvo rating of "Superb 10 out of 10."

Chase was lead attorney on three important, precedent-setting appellate opinions: Schreiber v. Estate of Kiser (a California Supreme Court case dealing with expert witness designations),  Hernandez v. State of California (an appellate case from the Second Appellate District dealing with governmental design immunity), and Levesque v. Ford Motor Company (an auto products case dealing with Forum Non Conveniens).

Mr. Chase attended Pepperdine University School of Law, where he was associate editor of the Pepperdine Law Review and earned a J.D. degree.  Presently, he is a Vice President of the Consumer Attorneys of California.  He is a past President of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association and has served on the Board since 1995. 

In 2004, Mr. Chase was named the Product Liability Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association.  In 2007, he was listed as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the American Trial Lawyers Association, and since 2006, every year has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer by Law & Politics magazine and Los Angeles Magazine.  In 2009, he was named a Top Lawyer in Orange County by OC Metro magazine.  In 2010, he was named a Top 50 Orange County Super Lawyer by Orange Coast Magazine for the fourth consecutive year.

In 2009, Mr. Chase had his book published, Still Unsafe at Any Speed: Auto Defects That Cause Wrongful Deaths and Catastrophic Injuries," dealing with the auto industry and defective vehicles.  His book is the most comprehensive literary work on auto defects since Ralph Nader's 1965 book of the same subject, "Unsafe at Any Speed."

Mr. Chase has published numerous articles and is a frequent nationwide lecturer on litigation related topics and has been a frequent guest on radio and television, including appearances on CBS Special Reports, Peter Jennings/World News Tonight, America's Best Lawyers, CBC Television and Fox 11 News Los Angeles.  Brian Chase is the Personal Injury Lawyer Expert on Larry Elder's KABC Talk Radio Show "Larry on the Law," where he answers personal injury and product liability questions and discusses some of his firm's most high-profile cases.