James L. Pocrass
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Los Angeles, California
Pocrass & De Los Reyes LLP
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Products Liability, Aviation & Aerospace; view more
Licensed in California since: 1973
Education: Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2024 Call today:
310-550-9050
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1880 Century Park ESuite 1415
Los Angeles, CA 90067 Visit website
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Pocrass & De Los Reyes LLP is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and has offices in Bakersfield, Calif. The personal injury law firm represents people throughout Southern California, including Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Fresno, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Ventura counties.
A highly skilled and passionate advocate for people who have suffered serious personal injuries or for families who have lost a loved one to a wrongful death, personal injury attorney Jim Pocrass demands accountability from corporations, health care professionals, insurers, and commercial interests. He has repeatedly obtained multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. Because Jim Pocrass holds an MBA, he is able to maximize recoveries on behalf of his clients.
Qualified as a commercial pilot since 1969, Jim Pocrass is particularly qualified to represent individuals or families who have suffered serious personal injuries or a wrongful death in a helicopter accident, airplane crash, or airline or aviation disaster.
Jim Pocrass is admitted to practice within the state of California, as well as the Ninth District Court of Appeals, the Eastern U.S. District Court of California, and the U.S. Tax Court.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff, Aviation and AerospaceFocus areas
Animal Bites, Assault, Aviation, Aviation Accidents - Plaintiff, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Pharmaceutical, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Toxic Mold, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 70% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 20% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
- 10% Aviation and Aerospace
First Admitted: 1973, California
Professional Webpage: https://pocrass.com/our-attorneys/jim-pocrass/
- Kern County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- United States Tax Court
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth District
- State Bar of California, 1973
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- United States District Court, Eastern District of California
- American Association for Justice
- AV-Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubble
- 2014 - 2022, Best Law Firms in Personal Injury Plaintiff in Los Angeles, U.S. News - Best Lawyers
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2015 - 2017
- Best Lawyers in America, 2010 – 2022, Best Lawyers in America
- $1.4 Million Settlement for a Motorcycle Accident
- $3.3 Million Verdict in Construction Accident
- $975,000 Settlement for Birth Injuries caused by Medical Malpractice
- $1.8 Million Settlement for an Accident causing Serious Personal Injuries
- $450,000 Settlement for a Trip-and-Fall
- $275,000 Settlement in Medical Malpractice Case (MICRA limits + out-of-pocket expenses).
- $450,000 Settlement for a Bike Accident
- $2.3 Million Settlement in a Pedestrian vs. Motor Vehicle Accident
- $1.6 Million Settlement for Spinal Cord Injuries suffered by a Pedestrian in a Motor Vehicle Accident in which the Driver was an Uninsured Motorist
- $990,000 Settlement for Personal Injuries in a Bus Accident
- $2.5 Million Settlement in a Wrongful Death Case due to a Truck Accident
- $500,000 Settlement for Serious Personal Injuries caused by Toxic Mold
- $4.5 Million Verdict in Helicopter Crash
- $250,000 Settlement for a Dog Bite
- $2.3+ Million Settlement for a Bicycle Accident
- $1.7 Million Settlement for a Motor Vehicle Accident caused by Product Liability
- $1.2 Million Verdict for Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) suffered in a golfing accident
- $2.9 Million Verdict in a Traumatic Brain Injury Case resulting from an Auto Accident
- $600,000 Settlement for a Railroad Accident (FELA)
- $1 Million Dollar Settlement in Auto Accident resulting in Serious Personal Injury
- $425,000 Settlement for a Bus Accident
- $2.8 Million Settlement for a Burn Injury
- $2 Million Settlement in a Wrongful Death due to a Car Accident
- West Valley Flyers Club
- East Side Riders Bike Club, Advisory Board
- Los Angeles Walks, Board of Directors
- Jewish Home for the Aging
- Radio Controlled Airplane Pilot
- Beverly Hills Rotary Club
- Coachella Valley Flyers
- Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, former, Board of Directors and Vice President
- As a leading Los Angeles trial lawyer, Jim Pocrass represents people who have suffered serious personal injuries or families who have lost a loved one due to the carelessness or negligence of another.
- Commercial Pilots License, California, 1969
- Loyola Law School, J.D., 1973
- California State University, Northridge, B.A., 1970
- University of Southern California, M.B.A., 1971
- Airplane Accidents
- Bicycle Accidents
- Birth Injuries
- Brain Injury
- Bus Accidents
- Construction Accidents
- Employment Law
- Helicopter Accidents
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Paralysis
- Product Liability
- Serious Personal Injury
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Train Accidents
- Wrongful Death
Office location for James L. Pocrass
1880 Century Park E
Suite 1415
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: 310-550-9050
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2024
Top Lists
Top 100: Southern California Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2023- Top 100: 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2017 Southern California Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2016 Southern California Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2014 Southern California Super Lawyers
