About Frank Shin

Frank Shin is a seasoned trial lawyer at Carpenter & Zuckerman, where he relentlessly advocates for individuals who have suffered personal injury due to another’s negligence. With over 18 years of combined experience in personal injury law and insurance, Frank brings a deep understanding of how to combat the systemic biases that often favor insurance companies. He is committed to securing the highest possible compensation for his clients’ injuries and losses,whether for bodily injury, property damage, or wrongfully denied benefits. Frank’s practice includes automobile accidents, premises liability, wrongful death, medical malpractice, aviation disaster, and insurance bad-faith claims.

Frank’s passion for justice is rooted in his extensive background in negotiating injury claims, medical liens, subrogation, and complex liability disputes. He refuses to let insurance companies undervalue claims or exploit vulnerable individuals. He consistently challenges lowball offers and policy underpayments head-on. Before joining Carpenter & Zuckerman, Frank served as lead counsel at another personal injury firm in Washington, where he managed over 220 active cases at a time.

He led a team of legal professionals and personally handled all aspects of litigation,from case evaluation and pleadings to depositions, mediations, and trial. His practice covered a broad range of civil litigation, including wrongful death, aviation disaster, and premises liability cases. In addition to litigating ca

Proven verdicts and settlements at Carpenter & Zuckerman

These results are credited to Carpenter & Zuckerman. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$45 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2016 · #13

A Los Angeles jury awarded $45 million to the four children of Claudia Fernandez after a drunk driver, whose vehicle owner negligently handed over her keys, struck and killed her at a Boyle Heights taco truck in 2012.

Los Angeles Superior Court · 2016Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$40 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2015 · #10

A Riverside jury awarded $40 million to the parents of Orlando Jordan after finding that TGI Friday's and its franchise operator bore 55 percent of the responsibility for his death, having repeatedly served alcohol to a visibly intoxicated underage patron who then stabbed Jordan inside the restaurant.

Riverside County Superior Court · 2015Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$38.6 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2012 · #10

A Newport Beach hotel guest fell two stories from a balcony with a railing eight inches below California building code height, suffered a skull fracture and catastrophic traumatic brain injury, and an Orange County jury returned a $38,628,127 verdict against the hotel in 2012.

Orange County Superior Court · 2012Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$8.36 millionVerdict

In September 2013 a Los Angeles County MTA maintenance van rear-ended a stalled Honda on the Santa Monica Freeway, and both vehicles caught fire. The driver, Xian Hui Lin, 56, died four days later. The MTA admitted responsibility, and a Los Angeles Superior Court jury in March 2016 awarded his widow and two adult children $8.36 million in damages. The parties then settled and waived appeal.

Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County (case BC546460) · 2016Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$6.63 millionVerdict

A Los Angeles jury awarded Henrietta Castrellon $6,626,603 after she slipped and fell on an unsafe floor condition at a Home Depot store, in a result the Daily Journal described as potentially the largest such verdict against the company in California.

Los Angeles Superior Court · 2025Slip & FallRead the full story →

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Practice areas

Education

Seattle University School of Law
J.D., 2019
Oregon State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Washington

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