Gerald Marcus

Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Calabasas, CA

The Law Offices of Gerald L. Marcus
Gerald Marcus
The Law Offices of Gerald L. Marcus

Practice areas: Personal Injury; view more

Licensed in California since: 1987

Education: Southern California Institute of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2027
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The Law Offices of Gerald L. Marcus

24025 Park Sorrento
#430
Calabasas, CA 91302 Visit website
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Gerald L. Marcus is an experienced Los Angeles personal injury attorney who has represented injured people throughout Los Angeles County and across California since 1987. Over the course of his career, he has represented more than 22,000 clients and has obtained more than $2 billion in settlements, arbitration awards, and jury verdicts for injury victims and their families.

As the founder of The Law Offices of Gerald L. Marcus, he focuses on representing people injured in car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, slip and fall accidents, premises liability cases, and other serious personal injury matters throughout Los Angeles and Southern California.

Gerald Marcus is known for his hands-on approach, attention to detail, accessibility, and willingness to take on difficult personal injury cases. He has built a reputation for aggressively pursuing compensation for clients, including cases that other attorneys believed would be difficult or impossible to win.

Gerald is also deeply involved in the Los Angeles legal community. He is a former President and current Board member of Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Charities, where giving back to the communities he serves remains an important priority.

His professional memberships include the State Bar of California, Los Angeles County Bar Association, San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Consumer Attorneys of California, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Beverly Hills Bar Association, and other leading legal organizations.

Gerald L. Marcus was selected to the California Super Lawyers list every year from 2014 through 2027 and was named among the Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyers in 2019-2027. He has also been recognized multiple times among “The Nation’s Top One Percent” by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel and has received recognition from numerous state and national trial lawyer organizations.

For people searching for an experienced personal injury lawyer in Los Angeles, Gerald L. Marcus brings decades of courtroom and negotiation experience, a long record of representing injured clients, substantial case results, and a commitment to providing personal attention throughout every stage of a claim.

Practice areas

Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff

Focus areas

Animal Bites, Assault, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Dram Shop Laws, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death

  • 100% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff

First Admitted: 1987, California

Professional Webpage: https://www.geraldmarcuslaw.com/meet-our-team/gerald-l-marcu...

Bar / Professional Activity

  • Member, San Fernando Valley Bar Association
  • Member, Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles
  • Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Member, Consumer Attorneys of California
  • Member, State Bar of California
  • Member, American Association for Justice

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

  • Recovered more than 400 Million dollars in settlements, verdicts and awards  , 2023
  • Mediation wild animal attack, denied liability, disputed ownership and coverage, settled 1,700,000.00  , 2021
  • Mediation settlement 3,000,000.00 in denied liability public transit bus ran over boarding passenger. Denied liability, disputed, litigated., 2023
  • settlement at mediation 3,500,000.00 disputed premises liability fall resulting in MTBI  , 2022
  • settlement at Trial 5,500,000.00 denied liability pedestrian run over by a school bus  , 2020
  • Mediation Settlement 3,500,000.00 Our client was driving his truck down the street when a gardener working for a commercial landscape company mowing the center roadway median lawn, mowed over a 24 inch rod, causing it to be ejected through the air and into the driver side window of the truck our client was driving. the road struck our clients left eye resulting is visual impairment. the case was disputed and denied and extensively litigated. We successful resolved the case for our client at the second mediation, so that his medical and financial needs would be taken care of for the rest of his life.  , 2018
  • Settlement 4,500,000.00 . Our client was riding a skateboard down a ramp on private private which lead him onto an access road. His view was blocked from traffic. A car traveling down the access road struck our client as he entered the access road, resulting in serious arm injuries requiring 13 surgeries. The drivers view was also blocked by an obstruction at the intersection of the base of the ramp and the access road. We sued the property owners for creating a dangerous condition, allowing it to exist, and failing to warn of it. the case was heavily denied and disputed and required a dozen depositions and 8 experts. ultimately after two mediations we were able to settle the case for our client and to provide for his needs for the rest of his life.  , 2017

Educational Background

  • Southern California Institute of Law, J.D., 1985

Honors

  • Winningest California Law Firms , Verdict Search, 2011, WINNINGEST CALIFORNIA LAW FIRMS, (Since Oct. 2011, as reported by Verdict Search), 2011
  • Super Lawyers, Superlawyers.com, 2024
  • Top 100 Litigators, American Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2022
  • Top 1%, National Association of distinguished Counsel, 2022
  • Best Attorney-Lifetime Charter member, Rue Ratings, 2023
  • Top 100 Personal Injury Trial Lawyers, Top 100, 2022
  • Top 100 Civil Trial Lawyers, The national Trial Lawyers, 2020
  • Super Lawyers, Superlawyers.com, 2023
  • Super Lawyers, Superlawyers.com, 2022
  • Super Lawyers, Superlawyers.com, 2021
  • Super Lawyers, Superlawyers.com, 2020
  • Top 100 Super Lawyers Southern California, Superlawyers.com, 2019
  • Super Lawyers, Superlawyers.com, 2018
  • Super Lawyers, Superlawyers.com, 2017
  • Super lawyers, superlawyers.com, 2016
  • Super lawyers, Superlawyers.com, 2015
  • Super Lawyers Southern California, Superlawyers.com, 2014

Industry Groups

  • AAJ
  • ABA
  • BHBA
  • CAALA
  • CAOC
  • LATLA
  • LATLC
  • LATLC
  • Sfvba

Office location for Gerald Marcus

24025 Park Sorrento
#430
Calabasas, CA 91302

Phone: 818-797-1550

Selections

14 Years Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2027

Top Lists

Top 100: Southern California Super Lawyers: 2019

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