Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Playa Del Rey, CA

Bar/Professional Activity

• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Officer
• American Board of Trial Advocates (member), 2015
• American Association of Justice(Formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
• Consumer Attorneys Association of California, Board of Governors

Pro bono/Community Service

• I am a member of Rotary International.  I am with the Rotary Club of Westchester.  We are involved in a multitude of community Service projects, including a recent trip to Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, where we distributed wheelchairs to hundreds of worthy recipients, helped with water wells and gave children more opportunities in the form of science equipment and dictionaries.  In addition, every other year our club does its own version of the extreme home makeover for a worthy Westchester California Recipient.  The last home make-over project was in 2010, here is a link to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pe0Rp-VDkU.

Representative Clients

• I exclusively represent individuals and families harmed by the negligence of others.  I do not represent any insurance companies or large corporations. I have represented injured victims of civil wrongs for my entire career. , 2000

Scholarly Lectures/Writings

• Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles, 9th Annual Trial Skills for the New Lawyer, Law & Motion (Spring 2006), Speaker, Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles, 9th Annual Trial Skills For The New Lawyer, 2006
• Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles, 10th Annual Trial Skills for the New Lawyer, Law & Motion (Spring 2007) , Speaker, CAALA, 10th Annual Trial Skills For The New Lawyer, 2007
• Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles, Basic Trial Skills, The Final Status Conference (Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 2008) , Speaker, 2008
• Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles, Anatomy of a Case, Moderator (Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 2009), Moderator, 2009
• Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles, Anatomy of a Trial, Moderator (Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 2009), Moderator, 2009
• Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles, Evidence & Technology at Trial, Moderator (Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 2009), Moderator, 2009
• Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles, Government Tort Claims: Pitfalls and Strategies (Spring 2010)  , Moderator, Government Tort Claims:Pitfalls and Strategies, 2010
• Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles, Avoiding Arbitration: Considerations for Med-Mal and Employment cases (Summer 2010) , Moderator, 2010
• Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles, Avoiding Arbitration: Considerations for Med-Mal and Employment cases (Summer 2010) , Moderator, Avoiding Arbitrations, 2010
• The Advocate (Consumer Attorney’s Trial Magazine), Form Interrogatory 15.1 – the Discovery Delay Tactics by the Defense: How to take an offensive position when propounding written discovery. , Author, Form Interrogatory 15.1 – the Discovery Delay Tactics by the Defense
• Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles, Law Firm Business: Hanging Out a Shingle 101 (Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 2010), Speaker, www.haggailaw.com/everything-i-wish-i-knew-before-i-hung-my-shingle/, 2010
• The Advocate (Consumer Attorney’s Trial Magazine), Everything I wish I knew before I hung my shingle!, Author, www.haggailaw.com/everything-i-wish-i-knew-before-i-hung-my-shingle/, 2010
• Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles, Trial Preparation: Top Ten Tools for Preparing Your Client for Trial (Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 2011), Speaker, 2011
• Consumer Attorneys’ Association of Los Angeles, Dealing with Damages After Howell v. Hamilton Meats, Program Chair and Moderator (October 2011), Moderator, 2011

Honors/Awards

• This is an award given each year to a member of Rotarian that exemplifies Rotary's prinicipal of service above self., Rotarian of the Year, The Rotary Club of Westchester, 2011

Industry Groups

• American Association Of Justice
• Consumer Attorneys Association Of California
• Consumer Attorneys Association Of Los Angeles