Bradley S. Wallace Attorney

First Admitted: 2006, California

Professional Webpage: https://wallacewins.com/our-firm/our-team/bradley-wallace

Bar/Professional Activity:

American Academy of Trial Attorneys
American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys
The National Trial Lawyers
The American Association for Justice
Consumer Attorneys of California
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ Charities, Member of Executive Board of Directors
State Bar of California
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Member
U.S. District Court, Central and Eastern Districts of California

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Settlement: $1,250,000.00 (Policy Limits) Case Type: Car Accident Defendant: State Farm Insurance Company The client was a passenger in a vehicle that turned left in front a a Metro rail car which resulted in a spin out type collision. Liability was admitted but causation was disputed. Client did not seek treatment for 30 days post-collision and underwent a lumbar fusion surgery 2.5 years post accident. Defense made no formal offer on the case until tendering the full policy approximately 45 days prior to trial., 2020
Settlement: $1,100,000.00 Case Type: Premises Liability Construction Site Accident Defendants: Confidential The client was injured at a job site when his co-worker and other subcontractors caused him to suffer a head injury that resulted in loss of consciousness, headaches, loss of memory and inability to go back to work. Liabiltiy was heavily disputed by 3rd party defendants due to the Workers Compensation exclusive remedy doctrine and one Defendant prevailed on MSJ. Case was settled with multiple insurance carriers pending trial against one and appeal against the other., 2020
Settlement: $1,000,000.00 Case Type: Premises Liability Slip & Fall Defendant: Confidential The client slipped and fell at a local Southern California entertainment venue and the security guards laughed at the man and failed to offer any help. When the client returned the next day to make a report, they refused and escorted him off the property. After previously being completely denied, the case settled for $1,000,000 less than 2 months before the trial. , 2020
Settlement: $7,500,000.00 Case Type: Premises Liability Burn Injury Defendant: Capital Insurance Group The client sustained substantial burn injuries as a result of a residential apartment fire in his own unit. Liability was heavily disputed based on inconclusive origin and cause evidence. Case settled at second mediation and within 30 days of trial., 2019
Settlement: $1,000,000.00 (Policy Limits) Case Type: Premises Liability Burn Injury Defendant: Confidential The client, a young woman in her early twenties, sustained burn injuries to her face as a result of a restaurant/bar performing a pyrotechnics stunt on the bar area that went wrong and her hair and face caught fire. The case was settled for policy limits without the need for litigation. , 2018
Settlement: $1,000,000.00 (Policy Limits) Case Type: Auto v. Pedestrian Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Defendant: Allstate Insurance The client, an 18 year old young woman, sustained a concussion, slight loss of hearing, and ringing in her ears, as a result of being struck in a crosswalk, as a pedestrian, by a left turning truck who failed to yield. The insurance company for the defendant offered the referring attorney $68,000 to settle the case, at which point the case was brought to The Wallace Firm, PC. Within 45 days of taking over the case, and after the client's deposition was taken, Allstate Insurance agreed to tender its full $1M policy limits to settle the case., 2018
Settlement: $500,000.00 Case Type: Premises Liability Defendant: Farmers Insurance The client was staying at a vacation rental in La Jolla, CA, when she attempted to exit one of the doorways of the building which had an unreasonably dangerous and deceptive step down, which caused her to misstep and roll and severely fracture her right ankle. The ankle snapped upon impact and she was immediately rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery. She subsequently underwent two additional surgical procedures in Texas, where she made her recovery., 2012
Verdict: $3,600,000.00.00 Case Type: Wrongful Death Our client, Ji Zeng, was the son of Michelle Lu, who was brutally murdered by her second husband, James Lu, who then tried to kill the client. Defendant Lu was convicted of the first degree murder of Michelle Lu and the first degree attempted murder of the client and is currently serving life in prison. Mr. Wallace was lead trial counsel in the civil trial, where the jury returned a verdict in the total amount of $3.6 million dollars. The jury awarded $3 million for past and future loss resulting from the wrongful death and awarded $600,000 for the past and future emotional distress of Ji Zeng. Click here - goo.gl/J3yEF to read more about the verdict in the L.A. Times., 2012

Pro bono/Community Service:

Executive Board of Directors for Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities, 2020
Board of Directors for Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities, 2018
Board of Directors for Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities, 2019

Honors/Awards:

2020 Southern California Super Lawyer, 2020
2019 Southern California Rising Star, 2019
2018 Southern California Rising Star, 2018

Educational Background:

California Western School of Law, Juris Doctorate, 2005
Pepperdine University, B.A. Political Science, 2002

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Life Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Honored by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys as one of the 10 Best Attorneys in Southern California for 2015.
Recognized by The National Trial Lawyers for the prestigious honor of “Top 40 Under 40”, which honors the top trial lawyers in the country under the age of 40.
Selected by the American Academy of Trial Attorneys as a "Premier 100 Trial Attorney." The attorneys selected as Premier 100 Trial Attorneys by the American Academy of Trial Attorneys have been recognized by the bench and bar as leading Trial Attorneys in the United States. Members of the Premier 100 Trial Attorneys have satisfied stringent criteria and standards as established by the AATA Board of Directors. Of the 1.2 million attorneys currently active in the U.S., less than 1% are selected to receive the AATA Premier 100 designation.
Named by “Rue Ratings’s Best Attorneys” as a Lifetime Charter Member.

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