John Greer

Partner & Trial Attorney at Gomez Trial Attorneys
San Diego, CA11 years experienceAdmitted 2015

About John Greer

John W. Greer is a Partner and Trial Attorney at Gomez Trial Attorneys in San Diego, where he concentrates his practice on catastrophic personal injury litigation. With intimate knowledge of the insurance and healthcare industries, John has recovered millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for his clients.

John earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2009 and worked as an editor for a small publishing house before attending California Western School of Law, where he earned his Juris Doctor in 2013. He was on the Dean's Honor List for four consecutive semesters and received the American Jurisprudence Award for Environmental Law. During law school he served as Vice-President of the Environmental Law Society and Director of the Community Outreach Committee, the homeless outreach arm of the Student Bar Association.

John was admitted to the California State Bar in 2015 and has built a strong track record in personal injury trial work. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star for five consecutive years (2021-2025) and received the Top 40 Under 40 award from the National Trial Lawyers as well as the Wiley W. Manuel Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service.

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
English, 2013
University of California, Santa Barbara
Undergraduate, 2009

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California, admitted 2015 (Bar No. 304911)
San Diego County Bar Association
Consumer Attorneys of California
Consumer Attorneys of San Diego

Awards & recognition

Top 40 Under 40 - National Trial Lawyers
Wiley W. Manuel Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service
Super Lawyers Rising Star (2021-2025)
American Jurisprudence Award for Environmental Law

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