Lance Behringer

Beverly Hills, CA

About Lance Behringer

Lance C. Behringer is a born trial attorney with one goal in life: to be the greatest trial attorney ever. This goal led him to Carpenter & Zuckerman, where he works among the best in personal injury law. Licensed in California and Washington, Lance is a trailblazer in the courtroom, blending fierce, personal dedication with precision-honed legal acumen. Lance primarily battles insurance company giants in the courtroom. He a complex process in which jurors are often kept in the dark, unaware that insurers are pulling the strings to avoid their responsibility for paying trial verdicts.

Lance has gone to trial in over a dozen cases, personally securing over $105 million in verdicts and settlements for his deserving clients. He is always ready to stand for justice, embodying the fighter spirit for his clients, whom he considers part of his extended family. Lance’s dedication runs deep; he ensures each client has his personal cell phone number. When not honing his craft, Lance enjoys hiking local trails with his wife, Taylor, son Eddie, and dog, Daryl.

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 →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California
State Bar of Washington

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