Laurence Mandell Attorney

First Admitted: 1978, California

Bar/Professional Activity:

Radio commentator for Brothers on Law which features interviews with professionals including doctors, lawyers, and healthcare professionals focusing on public education and the law. Featured lecturer at bicycle organization groups and business network groups. Featured lecturer for doctors on medical liens Mentor for California Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Mediator and Arbitrator for personal injury cases, 2020

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Throughout 41 years of my legal career, I have tried various cases and settled multiple million-dollar cases. Early in my career in 1984, I went to trial on a serious leg injury case that was settled during trial for $2.5 million which I believe today would equate to approximately $8 million. More recently, my partner Rob Mandell (a super lawyer) worked on a case that went to trial that resulted in a $7 million verdict in 2017. In 2019 I accomplished a $3.5million settlement during trial in a traumatic brain injury case. Also in 2019, I participated in a mass tort resolution in the amount of $10 million In 2020 I settled a construction incident case where the client was struck by a metal pipe and the defendant insurance company offered zero until I proceeded through litigation and just before trial settled for $950,000. During the early summer of 2022, I represented a motorcyclist where the defense argued that the motorcyclist was lane splitting and operating at an excessive rate of speed. I turned the case around to show that the defendant illegally crossed over the HOV lane. The case went from a zero offer to a $500,000 (policy limits) settlement. In the fall of 2022, I settled for $2 million (policy limits) in a heavily litigated leg fracture case wherein the initial offer was $300,000. I am currently writing a supplemental magazine article about dog bite cases and when a harborer/keeper can be held liable for the dog bite.

Videos:

Brothers-on-Law videos featured on YouTube and Apple Podcast regarding various aspects of the law including brain injury client/doctor discussion, judge interviews, specialty lawyer interviews including bedbug cases, bankruptcies, and asbestos litigation., Managing Partner, Consumers, 2024

Representative Clients:

I have represented various professionals including doctors, lawyers, celebrities, and everyday people who have suffered at the hands of another and needed representation to compensate them for their harms and losses. I have successfully litigated cases in which the original offer was zero and turned the case around to a million-dollar resolution. The most recent case (2024) was a trip and fall case where the original offer was zero and through litigation the case was resolved for nearly one million dollars

Transactions:

Personally transacted with multiple mass tort victims in order to secure their multi-million recoveries. I am currently handling a mass tort chemical exposure case where the outcome will result in a million-dollar recovery, 2024

Pro bono/Community Service:

An active member of the Trial Lawyers Charity which helps families in need. Also, the Brothers on Law radio show provides a community service to the public at large for information and knowledge about the law. On an ongoing basis, I have counseled clients on personal injury and general law cases at no charge to promote the practice of law and give back to the community, 2023

Honors/Awards:

Martindale Hubbell AV rating; Lawyer of Distinction Award; Published articles in consumer lawyer magazines, Managing Partner, Martindale Hubbell, 2024
This is a program through the Los Angeles Superior Court to alleviate caseload for the courts., Volunteer as a settlement officer with Resolve Law LA, Los Angeles Superior Court, 2024
Lawyers of Distinction award, Martindale Hubbell, 2024

Educational Background:

1975 California State University Northridge graduated Honors Cum Laude 1978 San Fernando Valley College of Law 1985 California Trial Lawyers Association Certificate of Accomplishment Advanced Trial Advocacy 2001 National Institute of Trial Advocacy Trial Skills Diploma 2016- 2018 Trial Lawyers College (4-week on-site program) and Regional programs 2016- Lummi Island Trial Advocacy course 2019-present Trial by Human courses 2017-present Trojan Horse Methodology and Case Analysis, 2021

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Valley Lawyers Magazine (Ride On) on bicycle laws and safety, January 2021 issue
A frequent speaker at Valley Influence Professionals providing legal information to other professionals in the community. Also, in 2019 I organized and was a keynote speaker explaining the benefits of a legal career to New Directions for Youth which is a non-profit organization to benefit underprivileged preteens and teens. Published author in the prestigious CAALA organization magazine the Advocate, and the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Valley Lawyer, Lecturer and author, Managing Partner, CAALA and San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Community At Large, 2024
Dog Bite article September 2020 issue (Who Let the Dogs Out) for the Advocate Magazine which is part of the nation’s largest consumer attorneys organization (CAALA)

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Achieved a hard-fought result during litigation for one million dollars involving a drowning victim where liability was initially denied Authored legal articles for the largest consumer attorney group in the nation on how to handle dog bite cases and local Bar Association on bicycle safety and laws. I was a co-trial attorney in a $3.5 million brain injury case resolution during trial, 2019

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