Attorney Profile
Derek Pakiz
Derek Pakiz
Santa Ana
California (CA)
Practice Areas:
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (100%)
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
Law School:
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Languages Spoken:
English, German
Profile
Derek Pakiz is the lead trial attorney and litigation supervisor at The Reeves Law Group. The focus of his work is on catastrophic injury cases, including traumatic brain injury, paralysis, amputation, and wrongful death. Derek has obtained numerous significant case results, including jury verdicts in the seven and eight figures. Derek has been awarded the Diplomate Accreditation from the American Trial Lawyers Association. This distinction has been awarded to only about a hundred plaintiffs' lawyers nationwide. He is also a member of the Melvin M. Belli Society, an organization of accomplished trial lawyers that grants membership by invitation only. Our Los Angeles Personal Injury Attorneys have settled thousands of cases in all practice areas ranging from brain injury cases to car accident cases.
In 2006, Derek was awarded the Diplomate Accreditation from the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. This is a distinction awarded to only about a hundred plaintiffs’ lawyers nationwide. If you need a personal injury lawyer for your case, contact attorney Pakiz today.
The Reeves Law Group
36th Floor , 515 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 271-9318
Selected To
Southern California Super Lawyers 2012
About Derek Pakiz
Admitted: 1989, California
Professional Webpage: www.robertreeveslaw.com/about-us/derek-pakiz.html
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Member - Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- Member - Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Member - Orange County Bar Association
- Member - Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
- Member, Melvin M. Belli Society
- Diplomat, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Verdicts and Settlements:
- Derek has had thousands of successful settlements on behalf of his clients, and has tried cases in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, and San Bernardino counties in California.
- Peres v. Stewart: $1,600,000 settlement in an auto v. pedestrian case, 2006
- DOE v. DOE: $3,750,000 settlement in a brain injury case, 2008
- Gomez v. Mallinger: $1,000,000 settlement in an auto v. motorcycle case, 2008
- DOE v. DOE: $2,750,000 settlement in a bus v. pedestrian case, 2009
- Sanders v. Chavez: $32,556,426.00 jury verdict in a catastrophic brain injury case, 2009
- Cardenas v. Savvy Property Management, Inc.: $900,000 jury verdict in a premises liability case, 2009
- Carter v. IMI Cornelius, Inc.: $650,000 jury verdict in a product liability case, 2010
- Brown v. Oberdorfer: $1,964,930 jury verdict in an auto v. motorcycle case, 2011
Video:
- 2011
Educational Background:
- University of California Los Angeles
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