Michael A. Akselrud
Top rated Class Action & Mass Torts attorney in Westlake Village, California
The Lanier Law Firm
Practice areas: Class Action & Mass Torts, General Litigation
Licensed in California since: 2012
Education: Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Languages spoken: English, Russian
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2025 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2015 - 2022 The Lanier Law Firm
2829 Townsgate RdSuite 100
Westlake Village, CA 91361 Phone: 310-277-5100 Email: Michael A. Akselrud Visit website
Details
Michael Akselrud represents clients in commercial litigation as well as personal injury and products liability claims. A native Californian, he practices in the Los Angeles office of The Lanier Law Firm, a national firm with additional offices in New York and Houston. Mr. Akselrud is a member of the firm’s pharmaceutical litigation team.
Mr. Akselrud is licensed to practice in all California State Courts and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Mr. Akselrud earned his undergraduate degree at the University of California, San Diego, before graduating from Loyola Law School. He previously clerked for both the Cancer Legal Resource Center and Bet Tzedek Legal Services in Los Angeles, and he regularly works as a volunteer for the American Cancer Society.
First Admitted: 2012, California
Professional Webpage: http://www.lanierlawfirm.com/attorneys/michael_a_akselrud.ht...
- Mr. Akselrud is admitted to practice in all California State Courts and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
- Mr. Akselrud regularly volunteers for the American Cancer Society via Relay for Life, the nonprofit’s community fundraising walk dedicated to raising funds for cancer research. Before entering private practice, he served as a clerk at the Cancer Legal Resource Center and at Bet Tzedek Legal Services, a public interest law firm that provides free legal services for elderly and disenfranchised residents in Los Angeles County.
- Super Lawyers, 2024, Super Lawyers
- Southern California Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2015-2022, Super Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America, Recognized in Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs, 2020-2025, Best Lawyers
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, 2020-2023, Lawdragon
- Mr. Akselrud earned his law degree from Loyola Law School in 2012 after securing his undergraduate degree in 2009 from the University of California, San Diego, where he majored in philosophy.
- AAJ
- CAOC
Office location for Michael A. Akselrud
2829 Townsgate Rd
Suite 100
Westlake Village, CA 91361
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2025
- Rising Stars: 2015 - 2022