About Angela Nehmens

Angela Nehmens focuses on complex civil litigation at Estey & Bomberger, representing survivors of sexual assault, sexual abuse, and sexual harassment. She represents hundreds of clients sexually assaulted by rideshare drivers and was appointed by the court as liaison counsel in the coordinated proceeding against Lyft, Inc. (JCCP 5061) in San Francisco Superior Court. She also represents survivors of childhood sexual abuse against individual offenders and the institutions that harbor them. Angela has litigated against corporate defendants including JUUL, Samsung, and LG, and successfully defeated a personal jurisdiction challenge in the JUUL coordinated proceeding (JCCP 5052).

In addition to trial work, she has briefed and argued appeals, securing favorable opinions from the Eighth Circuit, Texas Courts of Appeal, and most recently the Texas Supreme Court, which found jurisdiction appropriate over a Korean company. She earned her B.A. in Political Science from UCLA and her J.D. from Suffolk University School of Law, where she served as continuity editor for the Journal of Health and Biomedical Law. She has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star and by the National Trial Lawyers as a Top 40 Under 40 in California. She does pro bono work with the Family Violence Appellate Project.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Estey & Bomberger

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

Ohio State University agreed to pay $100 million to 279 of 280 remaining plaintiffs who sued the university over decades of sexual abuse by former team physician Dr. Richard Strauss; Estey and Bomberger was among co-counsel firms representing survivors.

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio (Judge Michael H. Watson) · 2026Sexual AbuseRead the full story →
$60 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2017 · #9

A Los Angeles judge awarded $60 million to three female taekwondo athletes who were sexually abused by their coach for seven years, a case that later prompted the California Supreme Court to hold that national sports governing bodies owe a legal duty to protect athletes from abuse.

Los Angeles Superior Court · 2017Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$30 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2010 · #12

A Santa Clara County jury awarded $30 million to a man who endured years of sexual abuse as a foster child, finding the Giarretto Institute 75 percent responsible for licensing and failing to monitor the Mountain View home where the abuse occurred.

Santa Clara County Superior Court, San Jose · 2010Sexual AbuseRead the full story →
$23 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2012 · #14

A Los Angeles jury awarded $23 million in December 2012 after finding that LAUSD ignored repeated warning signs while a fifth-grade teacher molested a ten-year-old student dozens of times over the course of a school year.

Los Angeles Superior Court · 2012Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$20 millionSettlement

A Southern California hospital agreed to the largest medical malpractice settlement in California history after a NICU nursing error with a feeding machine caused glucose overload and permanent brain damage in a five-week-premature newborn.

California (confidential) · 2016Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Suffolk University School of Law
J.D.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California
State Bar of Massachusetts
State Bar of Texas

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