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About Kristopher O'Connell

Kristopher J. O'Connell is an attorney at El Dabe Ritter Trial Lawyers in Los Angeles, focusing on personal injury cases including motor vehicle accidents (car, truck, and motorcycle collisions) and catastrophic injuries. Raised in Southern California's Orange County, he served six years as an avionics technician in the United States Air Force while earning his bachelor's degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He earned his Juris Doctor from Western State College of Law. Before plaintiff-side work, Kristopher served as in-house counsel for several leading insurance companies focused on personal injury litigation, gaining insights into the complexities of personal injury claims that he now uses to advocate for victims of severe and catastrophic injuries.

Practice areas

Education

Western State College of Law
J.D.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California (Bar No. 296626)
State Bar of California

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Los Angeles firms

Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP
Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP
$1.2 billion (approximately, after the punitive award was cut to $1.09 billion; $4.9 billion gross verdict) · Anderson v. General Motors: A $4.9 Billion Verdict Over a Chevy Malibu Fuel Tank Fire
The Dominguez Firm
The Dominguez Firm
$29 million · Los Angeles Jury Awards $29 Million to Pedestrian Hit in Crosswalk
Wisner Baum LLP
Wisner Baum LLP
$56,005,830 judgment after remittitur (about $11.2 million compensatory plus about $44.8 million punitive; jury awarded $37.2 million compensatory plus $1 billion punitive to Alberta Pilliod; her husband Alva's award is a separate row) · Livermore Retiree Whose Lymphoma Spread to Her Brain Holds a $56 Million Roundup Judgment Through the U.S. Supreme Court
Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc.
Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc.
$21.5 million · $21.5 Million Settlement After Exposed Trolley Rail Left Man Paralyzed at San Diego Transit Station
West Coast Trial Lawyers
West Coast Trial Lawyers
$7 million · Mother Wins $7 Million After Disabled Son Dies in Hot Car Left by Caretaker Driver