Practice areas: Personal Injury, Employment & Labor; view more
Licensed in California since: 2015
Education: Pepperdine University School of Law
Selected to Rising Stars: 2021 - 2026 Call today:
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Sonya Ostovar is Managing Partner with the Taylor & Ring law firm, which has law offices in Manhattan Beach and Los Angeles, California. A top-ranked trial lawyer with more than nine years of total legal experience, Ms. Ostovar provides exceptional advocacy, counsel and support to a diverse range of clients across her region, who have legal needs involving any of the following:
· Childhood sexual abuse
· Sexual assault
· Employment law
· Personal injury
Over the course of her legal career, Ms. Ostovar has achieved remarkable success fighting for the rights and entitlements of abuse victims and others. From her efforts, she secured a settlement of $8 million for a teen who was abused by her coach, and she was instrumental in helping to obtain a settlement of more than $46 million on behalf of a class of sexual abuse victims against the City of Santa Monica.
Ms. Ostovar has also achieved many other substantial successes for her clients, and she has earned recognition from her peers as being among the top 2.5% of lawyers in her region. She has also received the designation as among the Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, and she has received many testimonials and referrals from her satisfied clients.
A 2011 graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, Ms. Ostovar attended Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, where she obtained her Juris Doctor in 2015. While there, she received a certificate of dispute resolution, and she served as symposium editor for the Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal. She was also a member of the Women's Legal Association and the Criminal Law Society.
Ms. Ostovar has several publications to her credit, and she is an active member of The State Bar of California, the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, the Consumer Attorneys of California, the American Association for Justice and The National Crime Victim Bar Association. She has also served as chair of Law School Outreach Committee of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Employment & Labor: EmployeeFocus areas
Employment Law - Employee, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Sexual Harassment
- 80% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 20% Employment & Labor: Employee
First Admitted: 2015, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.taylorring.com/attorneys/sonya-ostovar/
Bar / Professional Activity
- The National Crime Victim Bar Association (NCVBA), Member, 2020
- 2021, Chair of Law School Outreach Committee, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Board of Governors
- 2022 & 2023, Vice Chair of New Lawyers Committee, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Board of Governors
- 2024 & 2025, Chair of New Lawyers Committee, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Board of Governors
- Served as the Vice-Chair of the Consumer Attorneys Associate of Los Angeles' (CAALA) Law Student Outreach Committee, 2020
- Served as a committee member of the Consumer Attorneys Associate of Los Angeles's (CAALA) Law Student Outreach Committee, 2019
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- I was part of the trial team in this case, and was second chair for the last week of the trial. Case Name: F.M. v. County of Los Angeles Court and Case Number: LA Superior Court / BC510993 Date of Verdict or Judgment: Thursday, July 26, 2018 Gross Verdict or Award: $45,400,000 Link to jury verdict alert: https://www.juryverdictalert.com/jury-verdicts/item/highlighted-verdicts/f-m-vs-county-of-los-angeles , 2018
- $3 million settlement for a woman who was sexually assaulted by a religious leader.
- $3.5 million settlement on behalf of a young girl who was sexually abused by her assistant coach at Tulare Western High School.
- $4.3 million settlement on behalf of a woman who was sexually abused by her coach at a Calvary Chapel high school.
- $6 million settlement on behalf of a woman who was sexually abused by a coach at LAUSD’s Locke High School in the 1990s.
- $14 million settlement in sexual abuse case against a California School for the Deaf on behalf of a deaf student molested by a staff member with prior complaints. Despite challenges, including sign language depositions, the firm secured justice for the survivor.
- $14 million settlement in sexual abuse case against a California School for the Deaf on behalf of a deaf student molested by a staff member with prior complaints. Despite challenges, including sign language depositions, the firm secured justice for the survivor. , 2025
- $97.5 million settlement where Sonya represented over 30 plaintiffs in the Santa Monica PAL/Eric Uller sexual abuse cases.
- $100 million judgment on behalf of a young girl who was sexually abused by her Jiu Jitsu coach.
Educational Background
- Graduated magna cum laude from UCLA with a BA in Philosophy., 2011
- J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law Senior Editor, Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law JournalHonors: Certificate in the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- explanation of AB 218 signed into law in October 2019, which fundamentally changed the California law relating to childhood sexual assault. , co-author, “Extending SOL for sexual assault victims is an important step”, Daily Journal, 2019
- How plaintiffs can best use the law to bring suit while at the same time protecting their privacy during litigation, Co-author, Victims of sexual violence can use the law to take back their power, The Advocate, 2024
- summary of key ways to protect your client's rights, privacy, and dignity during their deposition , co-author, Protecting your plaintiff in sexual-misconduct cases, The Advocate, 2020
- explanation of AB 218, which fundamentally changed California law relating to childhood sexual assault, co-author, HOW WILL THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL 218 IMPACT VICTIMS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ASSAULT, Lawyer Monthly, 2019
Honors
- Southern California Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Top Rated Manhattan Beach, CA Personal Injury Attorney | Sonya Ostovar | Super Lawyers, 2021-2025 , Rising Stars, Southern California Super Lawyers
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, 2024-2025, 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, Lawdragon
- Best Lawyers in America Ones to Watch Sonya Ostovar - Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs Lawyer - Manhattan Beach, CA, 2022-2026, Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers
Office location for Sonya Ostovar
1230 Rosecrans Ave
Suite 360
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Phone: 310-209-4100
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2021 - 2026
