First Admitted: 2006

Professional Webpage: https://gessin.ltd

Bar/Professional Activity:

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Retained shortly before jury trial to defend a physician and two corporations for a civil conversion case. The jury fully exonerated the defendants in less than an hour., 2023
Retained as trial counsel for the defense a week before a civil bench trial over allegations of wrongful investments of a $40,000,000 trust. The case was tried in the historic Anacapa Courthouse in Santa Barbara. After a three-week trial, the court issued a complete defense verdict., 2022
After years of litigation, retained on the eve of trial to represent homeowners in a real estate boundary dispute. After a week-long bench trial, the court issued an injunction in our clients’ favor., 2021
An Individual v. A Law Firm: Lead counsel in breach of fiduciary duty and legal malpractice jury trial centering on trusts and estates and resulting in a multi-million dollar verdict. Topverdicts.com ranks the verdict as the largest breach of fiduciary duty and legal malpractice jury verdict in California for 2018, 2018
An Individual v. An Insurance Company: Represented as part of trial team mutual insurance company in successful defense of a class action jury trial. This case was ranked as one of the top defense verdicts in California for 2018 by California’s leading legal publication, the Daily Journal, and one of the top defense verdicts in the United States by the only dedicated courtroom broadcasting network, Courtroom View Network., 2018
Lead or co-lead counsel in close to 30 jury trials.

Special Licenses/Certifications:

Honors/Awards:

An invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society with membership limited to 3,500 Fellows, representing less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers., Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, 2018
Verdict Ranking for California, Top 100 Plaintiff Verdict in California, TopVerdict, 2018
California's Premier Legal Journal, Top Defense Verdict, The Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals, 2018
Membership is limited to attorneys who have won multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Fewer than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members., Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2019

Educational Background:

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Law Review Article, Author, Bit by Bit: Breaking Down the Ninth Circuit’s Frameworks for Jury Misconduct in the Digital Age, Nevada Law Journal, 2018
Article, Author, Using a Centuries Old Trial Attorney Technique to Create Extraordinary Efficiencies in the Discovery Process for Business Disputes, Orange County Business Journal, 2018
Article, Author, Ban the Billable Hour: Alternate Fee Arrangements in Business Disputes, Orange County Business Journal, 2018
Article, Co-Author, Why You Should Hire a Trial Attorney for a Case That Will Never Go to Trial, Orange County Business Journal, 2017
Article, Co-Author, The Waning Days of Sunshine in the Securities Class Action Plaintiffs’ Paradise, Orange County Business Journal, 2017
Article, Author, Is Uncle Sam Judgment-Proofing Your Qui Tam?, Orange County Lawyer, 2017
Article, Author, Could the Feds Make a Felony Case Out of a Lost Lunch Receipt?, Best Lawyers - Legal Insight, 2017
Trial Advocacy Course, Lecturer, University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2019
Trial Advocacy Course, Lecturer, University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2018
Trial Advocacy Course, Lecturer, University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2017
Trial Advocacy Course, Lecturer, University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2016
Trial Advocacy Course, Lecturer, University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2015

Jesse Gessin