Practice areas: Personal Injury; view more
Licensed in California since: 2010
Education: Pepperdine University School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2016 - 2020 Call today:
310-945-2921
Taylor & Ring
1230 Rosecrans AveSuite 360
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 Visit website
Brendan Gilbert is a partner at Taylor & Ring who handles cases involving the sexual abuse of minors, sexual assault and harassment, products liability, and complex personal injury actions with catastrophic injuries. Mr. Gilbert has been the handling attorney on numerous cases that have resulted in eight-figure and seven-figure settlements as a result of his aggressive and persistent style of litigating cases. He has also second chaired multiple personal injury trials to verdict, including a seven-figure verdict, and was lead counsel on an arbitration that resulted in a seven-figure award.
Mr. Gilbert obtained his Juris Doctorate and a Certificate in the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University School of Law, where he received the CALI Award for Excellence in the course Remedies. Prior to law school, he graduated cum laude from the University of California, Irvine with his Bachelor of Arts in Criminology: Law and Society.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: PlaintiffFocus areas
Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff
- 100% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2010, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.taylorring.com/attorneys/brendan-p-gilbert/
Bar / Professional Activity
- American Association for Justice (AAJ), Member
- Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Charities (LATLC), Member
- Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), Member
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Member
- State Bar of California, Member
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Obtained a $7.4 million settlement on behalf of Samuel Chang, a student who was beaten nearly to death on Halloween night in 2015 by Eric Carpenter, a Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter, along with four other men who participated in it. , 2019
- $6.8 million. Giselle L., et al. v. LAUSD, et al. Sexual assault and harassment case brought by three minors with special needs who were inappropriately touched by their 6th grade math teacher.
- $7.9 million. Jane Doe v. Los Angeles Unified School District, et al. Sexual abuse case brought by a minor who was sexually abused by two of her high school teachers.
- $9 million. Jane Doe v. Eastside Union School District, et al. Sexual abuse case brought on behalf of a minor who was abused by a campus security guard while she was a middle school student.
- Obtained a $6 million settlement, while the jury was deliberating, in the fifth and final case against LAUSD for the sexual abuse and harassment that occurred from 1999-2009 by five different teachers against students in the humanities magnet program at Grover Cleveland Charter High School., 2025
- Obtained a record $10 million settlement against Lucia Mar School District brought on behalf of a then 9-year-old special needs girl who was repeatedly sexually abused by the District’s bus driver, all of which was caught on tape. , 2022
- Obtained a $599,999 settlement for the plaintiff, who is severely autistic and non-communicative. , 2022
- Obtained a $3.5 million settlement on behalf of a minor with special needs who was molested by his male bus aide. The case was settled during jury selection after Brendan got the Court to order that liability would be established because LAUSD hid documents during litigation., 2023
- Obtained a global amount of $6.79 million in settlements on behalf of three plaintiffs with learning disabilities who were sexually harassed and assaulted by their math teacher. This case was settled during jury selection against LAUSD., 2024
- Obtained a cumulative $15.1 million settlement on behalf of four plaintiffs in four separate civil lawsuits against LAUSD who were sexually abused and harassed from 1999-2009 by five different teachers while attending Grover Cleveland Charter High School., 2023
Special Licenses / Certifications
- Certificate, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law
Educational Background
- University of California, Irvine, B.A., Cum Laude, Major: Criminology: Law and Society
- J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California, 2010 Honors: Certificate in the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution Honors: CALI Award for Excellence in the course Remedies
Honors
- 2023-2025, Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, Lawdragon
- Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, 2021-2025, Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers
Office location for Brendan P. Gilbert
1230 Rosecrans Ave
Suite 360
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Phone: 310-945-2921
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2026
- Rising Stars: 2016 - 2020
