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About Michael Geragos
Michael “Mikey” Geragos is a third-generation Los Angeles trial attorney who fights to ensure that injury victims and their families receive fair compensation for their losses. Mikey focuses his career on helping vulnerable injury victims and their loved ones fight manipulative insurance companies and corporations to obtain the maximum compensation they need for recovery. Before working at Carpenter & Zuckerman, Mikey practiced civil litigation, including personal injury law. He also worked in corporate operations and legal affairs, where he drafted and negotiated contracts and licensing agreements, assisted with a corporate acquisition, and advised on legal best practices for international shipping and customs.
When he isn’t busy working on his clients’ cases, Mikey enjoys cooking and playing golf. Education Mikey earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Loyola Law School and his B.S. in public policy from the University of Southern California (USC). As an undergraduate student, he was elected Student Body President and served on multiple committees for the USC Board of Trustees. He also received numerous honors, including the USC Diversity in Leadership Award, USC Senator of the Year recognition, and the Skull & Dagger Society membership.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Carpenter & Zuckerman
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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