Brian W. Skalsky
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Seal Beach, California
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP
Practice areas: Personal Injury, Class Action & Mass Torts, General Litigation; view more
Licensed in California since: 2011
Education: Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Selected to Rising Stars: 2018 - 2022 Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP
3030 Old Ranch PkwySuite 200
Seal Beach, CA 90740 Phone: 562-281-4517 Email: Brian W. Skalsky Visit website
Brian W. Skalsky focuses his practice on a variety of general liability matters, including premises liability, real and personal property, catastrophic personal injury, toxic torts, landlord-tenant disputes, contracts, products liability, municipal liability, unlawful detainer, motor vehicle, insurance defense, homeowner’s association, construction defect, and corporate business disputes. He has experience representing both companies and individuals in all stages of litigation, from inception to appeal, including mediation and arbitration. He counsels and defends commercial transportation carriers and construction companies in catastrophic personal injury claims, individual insureds in automobile actions, and property owners and management companies in landlord-tenant disputes involving complaints of habitation. He also handles preparing business contracts for corporate and individual clients. Prior to pursuing a career in law, Brian worked as a litigation consultant in toxic tort cases involving mold, lead, and asbestos.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Defense, Class Action/Mass Torts: Defense, General Litigation, Personal Injury - Products: DefenseFirst Admitted: 2011, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.fmglaw.com/lawyers/brian-w-skalsky/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Pasadena Bar Association
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Obtained a full Defense verdict on June 5, 2018, in Vizcarra v. Whalen, before the Honorable Timmothy Casserly. Plaintiff, sued for just under $1 million from a rear-end accident where he alleged an aggravation of long term back injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident that he alleged would necessitate a lifetime of future back injections, radiofrequency ablations and a possible future back surgery. At trial it was argued that this low speed collision, with a Delta V of 7 m.p.h., did not cause and did not aggravate Plaintiff’s long standing back pain. After a 4 day jury trial, and 2 hours of deliberations, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict in the San Diego County Superior Court (CASE NO.: 37-2017-00013282-CU-PA-NC.), 2018
- Kaffer v. USAA, arbitration on an underinsured motorist claim. Claimant was a bicyclist who was struck by a vehicle while riding her bicycle in Palos Verdes. Claimant sought more than $800,000 in damages for a shoulder injury that resulted in a shoulder deformity, a rib fracture, and a knee surgery more than a year after the accident. Claimant further alleged the need for future medical care. At arbitration, Claimant was awarded $271,000.
Pro bono / Community Service
- Fellowship Monrovia
Educational Background
- Loyola Law School, J.D., 2011, 2011
- University of California, Irvine, 2005, 2005
Honors
- California Super Lawyers, Rising Star (General Litigation), 2018-2022, California Super Lawyers, Rising Star, California Super Lawyers
Office location for Brian W. Skalsky
3030 Old Ranch Pkwy
Suite 200
Seal Beach, CA 90740
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2018 - 2022