About James Carraway

James Carraway is a Senior Trial Attorney at Gomez Trial Attorneys in San Diego, where he represents plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury cases. Originally from Las Vegas, Nevada, James attended Hawaii Pacific University on a full sports and academic scholarship for baseball, earning a degree in Political Science.

James earned his Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law, where he won the Distinguished Advocate Award, competed nationally on the trial team, and won the San Diego Defense Lawyers Trial Competition. After law school he joined the San Diego City Attorney's Office as a Deputy City Attorney, where he prosecuted over 30 criminal jury trials to verdict. He served as Team Lead in the General Trial Unit, was one of two attorneys in San Diego County prosecuting Drug DUI cases, and worked in the Special Prosecution Unit handling fatal traffic collision cases and high-profile misdemeanors.

James brings extensive courtroom experience from both prosecution and civil plaintiff work. Outside the courtroom he coaches mock trial for Crawford High School and E3 Civics High School. He is admitted to the California State Bar.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Gomez Trial Attorneys

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

$25.9 millionVerdict

A San Diego jury found Robert O. Young, author of the best-selling book "The pH Miracle," liable for $105 million after he treated Dawn Kali's breast cancer with baking soda infusions and told her to skip conventional care, an award a judge later cut to about $25.9 million.

San Diego County Superior Court, San Diego, CA · 2018Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$16.2 millionVerdict

A Kern County jury awarded William Kidd and his wife Elaine $16.2 million after he slipped at a Bakersfield El Pollo Loco and suffered a brain injury that later required surgery.

Kern County Superior Court, Bakersfield, CA · 2018Slip & FallRead the full story →
$14.5 millionVerdictTop 10 of 2006 · #7

A San Diego jury held former county toxicologist Kristin Rossum and San Diego County responsible for the 2000 fentanyl killing of Greg de Villers, awarding his family $106 million in a wrongful death case tried by John Gomez.

San Diego County Superior Court, San Diego, CA · 2006Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$10.8 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2010 · #20

A San Diego jury returned a $10.8 million verdict against Pizza Hut after one of its delivery drivers drifted across a center divide and hit a mother and daughter head-on, leaving the daughter with a permanent brain injury.

San Diego County Superior Court, San Diego, CA · 2010Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$8.5 millionVerdict

A San Diego County jury found the Metropolitan Transit System 40 percent at fault for the death of Anthony McGaff, who was held in a chokehold for more than eight minutes aboard a moving city bus.

San Diego County Superior Court, San Diego, CA · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

California Western School of Law
Political Science
Hawaii Pacific University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California (Bar No. 325423)

Awards & recognition

California Western Distinguished Advocate Award
San Diego Defense Lawyers Trial Competition Winner

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$94.5 million · San Diego Developer Wins $94.5 Million Jury Verdict Over City's Broken Promises at Otay Mesa
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$13.5 billion · PG&E Wildfire Bankruptcy: $13.5 Billion Settlement for Northern California Fire Victims
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$21.5 Million Settlement After Exposed Trolley Rail Left Man Paralyzed at San Diego Transit Station

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