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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
About Steve Spencer
Steve Spencer is a skilled litigator with a notable career that spans four decades. His professional journey across various states, particularly California, has been marked by a steadfast dedication to justice and advocacy, earning him respect in both plaintiff and defense circles. Steve has tried more than 100 cases to verdict, demonstrating his deep expertise across a broad spectrum of complex litigation. He has extensive experience handling wrongful death cases and serious injury cases involving brain damage, severe scarring, disc herniation, loss of limbs, and other life-changing losses. These cases have ranged from product liability to premises liability (slip and fall, assault and battery) to motor vehicle accidents.
In the 1990s, Steve was a partner in a defense firm retained by insurance companies and big business entities (restaurants, grocery stores, and machine companies). Before joining forces with CZ, Steve was a partner and lead trial attorney in a well-regarded Santa Monica plaintiff practice. Now Partner Emeritus at CZ, Steve Spencer continues to lend his expertise to the firm in an of counsel role. Education Steve's educational background laid the groundwork for his successful legal career, beginning with a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University and culminating in a law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law, where he developed the skills that have served as the foundation of his legal practice.
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.
