Lourdes De Armas
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Beverly Hills, California
Practice Areas:
Personal injury,
Criminal defense,
Animal bites,
Brain injury,
Construction accident,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Sexual abuse - plaintiff,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
Education Qualification:
Southwestern Law School
Practice Areas:
Personal injury,
Criminal defense,
Animal bites,
Brain injury,
Construction accident,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Sexual abuse - plaintiff,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
8350 Wilshire Blvd 3rd FloorBeverly Hills, California, 90212
First Admitted: 2000, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.omegalaw.com/our-attorneys/lourdes-de-armas/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, President’s Advisory Committee on Women in the Legal Profession, Member
- League of Women Trial Attorneys, Founding Member
- Los Angeles chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (“ABOTA”), Chair of the Membership Committee
- California
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Member, 2019
- Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Chapter American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 2021
- Board Member of Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), 2020
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, 2020
- Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Chapter American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 2020
- Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA), Secretary, Founding Member and Executive Member, Committee on Empowering Women, 2018
- The American Association For Justice (AAJ), Member, 2018
- United States District Court for the Central District of California, 2000
- State Bar of California, 2000
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Member, 2005
- Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Member, 2017
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 2009
- Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), Member, 2017
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- McElrath vs. LACMTA, et. al- Verdict/Judgment $5,771,068 (personal injury- bus passenger), 2025
- Gobert vs. San Bernardino County, et. al- Verdict/Judgment $210,000 (personal injury- auto vs. auto), 2024
- Locket vs. Molinar- Settlement $350,000 (personal injury- auto vs. auto), 2024
- Miglietta vs. Autozone, et. al- Settlement $1,075,000 (personal injury- auto vs. auto), 2024
- Martinez vs. Deeb, et. al- Settlement $900,000 (personal injury- auto vs. auto), 2024
- Hernandez vs. DeGeorge, et. al- Settlement $1,999,999 (personal injury- auto vs. auto), 2020
- Reyes, et. al. vs. Kocar, et. al- Settlement $960,000 (personal injury- auto vs. auto), 2024
- Young v. Indian Insurance, et al. - UIM Arbitration Award: $540,000 (UIM personal injury), 2020
- Medina vs. K-1 Packing Group, et. al. - Settlement $675,000 (personal injury auto vs. auto), 2021
- Miranda $500,000 (auto vs auto), 2021
- Fernandez vs. Marlow- Settlement $1,025,000 (personal injury- auto vs. auto), 2021
- Evans vs. Gorman - Settlement $650,000, 2019
- Argueta vs. City of Los Angeles VERDICT $1,488,033 (Personal Injury Auto vs. Auto), 2020
- Laster vs. Mandzhikyn VERDICT $200,000 (Personal Injury Auto vs. Auto), 2019
- Leon-Guzman vs. Nina Mia, Inc. - Settlement $775,000 (personal injury auto vs. auto), 2019
- Chilton vs. Haines - Settlement $325,000 (personal injury auto vs. auto), 2019
- Zargari vs. LAUSD- Settlement $750,000 (hazing and sexual assault), 2019
- Santana vs. Farrelly - Settlement $450,000 (personal injury auto vs. auto), 2019
- McCracken vs. Kaiser- Settlement $70,000 (medical malpractice), 2019
- Mikaelian vs. Glendale Galleria VERDICT $3,195,770.00 (Failure to address known slippery condition- slip and fall. CRPS damages), 2018
- Schaben vs. Nicols Machinery, Inc., et. al. - Settlement $900,000 (personal injury premises liability), 2018
- Banks vs. Hi-Desert Memorial VERDICT $1,000,000.00 (San Bernardino premises liability), 2018
- Bagwell vs. Miller VERDICT $400,000.00 (Los Angeles vespa vs. auto), 2018
Honors/Awards:
- "Excellent" Rating, Avvo
- Super Lawyers Rising Star: 2007-2011
- So. California Super Lawyer: 2018-2023
- Top 20 Verdicts in the United States, 2020
- Verdict in the Top 50 Verdicts for the State of the California, 2020
- Three verdicts in the Top 100 Verdicts for the State of the California
- Best Lawyer in America for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, 2022 and 2023
- #22- Top 50 Plaintiff Verdicts in California, TOP VERDICTS, 2020
- #11- Top 20 Premises Liability Verdicts in California in 2018, TOP VERDICTS, 2018
- #23- Top 40 Premises Liability Verdicts in California in 2018, TOP VERDICTS, 2018
- The National Trial Lawyers- Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, 2017
- #39- Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2018, TOP VERDICTS, 2018
- #71- Top 100 Verdicts in California in 2018, TOP VERDICTS, 2018
- Nominee for Trial Lawyer of the Year, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), 2019
- American Board of Trial Advocates- Rank of Member, 2019
- The National Trial Lawyers- Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, 2018 to 2022
- Board of Governors Award for work done through the Committee on Empowering Women as a Founding Member, 2018-19, Beverly Hills Bar Association
Educational Background:
- California Lutheran University (B.A. Political Science and Speech Communications), 1994
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Authored manual for seminar, 2005 and 2006 Notable Cases, Critical Update: Insurance Bad Faith Litigation, The Quisenberry Law Firm, 2007
- You’ve heard it a million times, “opening statement is where you win the trial.” Countless articles and seminar presentations have referred to “studies” showing that 80% of jurors make up their minds after hearing the opening statements. When examined closely, though, only one socio-legal research study is cited and relied upon: considered the landmark study of the judicial process, The American Jury, by Harry Kalven, Jr. and Hans Zeisel, originated in 1966 and has been cited in over 1,000 publications and twenty-five U.S. Supreme Court cases. But is it true that juries make up their mind after opening statements and never change afterwards? The answer is – it’s complicated., Author, A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Change: THE REAL EFFECT OF OPENING STATEMENTS, Advocate Magazine, Consumer Attorneys, 2020
- Authored manual for seminar, Basic Training for Young Attorneys: Litigation Manual, Attorney Boot Camp, 2012
- Authored manual for seminar, Advanced Training: Deposition Manual, Attorney Boot Camp, 2011
- Co-Authored article for magazine, Co-Author, Effective Use of Objections in Responding to Interrogatories, Advocate magazine, Consumer Attorneys Association Of Los Angeles, 2009
- Co-authored article for magazine, Post-Claims Underwriting: Is it here to Stay?, Advocate Magazine, Consumer Attorneys Association Of Los Angeles, 2007
- Authored article, Author, Post-Claim Underwriting: Calif.'s Dirty Secret, Law 360, Law 360, 2009
- Authored article for newspaper, The Latest Developments In Private Health Insurance: What Do They Mean To You, Los Angeles Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, 2006
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