2011 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Award
Attorney Profile

Geoffrey S. Wells

Geoffrey Wells

Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP
100 Wilshire Boulevard, 21st Floor
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Santa Monica

California (CA)

T: 310-576-1200
F: 310-576-1220

Practice Areas

Personal Injury Plaintiff: General

Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products

Construction/Surety

Selected To

• Southern California Super Lawyers 2012
• Southern California Super Lawyers 2011
• Southern California Super Lawyers 2010
• Southern California Super Lawyers 2009
• Southern California Super Lawyers 2008
• Southern California Super Lawyers 2007
• Southern California Super Lawyers 2006
• Southern California Super Lawyers 2005
• Southern California Super Lawyers 2004

Profile

Attorney Geoffrey S. Wells is a successful trial attorney of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP, a plaintiffs' litigation firm located in Santa Monica, California. He has obtained more than 100 multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients in complex cases involving wrongful death, public transportation and premises liability.

Mr. Wells has several active memberships in his legal community, including the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Consumer Attorneys of California, the American Association for Justice, the Santa Monica, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations and the Eighth Street Lawyers. He is on the board of governors of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. He has also served as an arbitrator for the Superior Court for Los Angeles County since 1995.

Mr. Wells' pro-bono activities include membership with the Sierra Club and the Manhattan Beach Education Foundation. He graduated from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1985, where he was a member of the school's National Trial Competition team.

Mr. Wells is considered one of the "Best Lawyers in America" by Woodward/White, Inc. and one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Los Angeles County by Southern California Super Lawyers in 2007 and 2008.

About Geoffrey Wells

Law School: Pepperdine University School of Law

Admitted: 1986, California

Professional Webpage: www.greene-broillet.com/Bio/GeoffreyWells.asp

Honors and Awards:

  • Super Lawyer, Law & Politics' Southern California Super Lawyers, 2004 - 2010
  • Arbitrator, Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles, 1995 - Present
  • Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc.
  • Lawdragon 500 New Stars, New Worlds List
  • Super Lawyers as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in L.A. County, 2007 - 2008
  • Best Lawyers In America , 2010 - Present
  • Best Lawyers In America, 2011 - Present

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Arbitrator, Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles, 1995 - Present
  • Member, Consumer Attorneys of California
  • Member, Eighth Street Trial Lawyers
  • Member, Santa Monica Bar Association
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Member, Board of Governors, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  • Member, American Association for Justice
  • Member, American Board of Trial Advocates

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • Lecturer, Trial Preparation and Practice, California

Verdicts and Settlements:

  • The plaintiff, who fell approximately 35 feet to the ground when the lap bar on a Ferris wheel ride at Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom Amusement Park failed, was awarded $4.9 million in a binding arbitration agreement.
  • Castillo v. DYK case involving multiple plaintiffs which resulted in a combined settlement and jury verdict of over $40 Million
  • Rosenbaum v. Security Pacific - $3.25 million
  • Wrongful death, Murillo v. U.S. Border Patrol - $3.3 million
  • Mehdipour v. City of Santa Monica - $2.65 million
  • Quezda v. Motor Coach Industries - $8.15 million

Representative Clients:

  • Rosenbaum v. Security Pacific
  • Murillo v. U.S. Border Patrol
  • Mehdipour v. City of Santa Monica
  • Quezda v. Motor Coach Industries

Educational Background:

  • University of Washington, 1981
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