Josh Poulsen

San Diego, CA12 years experience

About Josh Poulsen

Josh Poulsen, Esq. is an Attorney at Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc. who has devoted his legal career to representing injured individuals and families. He joined the firm as a law school intern and has worked there since graduating in 2013, with approximately 12 years of legal experience and successful advocacy for hundreds of clients.

Poulsen has been named to the Super Lawyers Rising Stars list every year from 2018 to 2025, and was recognized as Harris Personal Injury Lawyers' Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2018. He is a member of Consumer Attorneys of San Diego.

A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Poulsen now resides in California with his wife and four daughters. Outside the firm, he enjoys golf, skiing, snowboarding, travel, and coaching youth soccer.

He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2013 and his Bachelor's degree in Business Management from Utah Valley University. He is admitted to the State Bars of California, Utah, and Arizona, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of California and the District of Utah.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc.

These results are credited to Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc.. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$21.5 millionSettlement

David Long tripped on two inches of exposed trolley track left by construction grinding crews at the 12th and Imperial MTS station and suffered a spinal cord injury that left him quadriplegic; the case settled for $21.5 million.

San Diego County Superior Court, Central Justice Center · 2015Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$13.28 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2009 · #18

A Tulare County jury awarded $13,284,363 to a nineteen-year-old Farmersville woman who suffered permanent traumatic brain injury and hemiparesis when a multi-vehicle chain-reaction crash sent an oncoming car into her lane.

Tulare County Superior Court (Visalia, CA) · 2009Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$1.59 millionVerdict

A San Luis Obispo County jury awarded $6,709,300 to the family of Tricia Rittger, a KSBY sales manager who was struck and killed by an SUV while crossing Shell Beach Road to reach The Cliffs Resort, after the firm proved the resort had violated its own parking policy and a city-issued operating permit.

San Luis Obispo County Superior Court · 2014Wrongful 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

University of San Diego School of Law
B.S. in Business Management, 2013
Utah Valley University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California
State Bar of Utah
State Bar of Arizona
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
State Bar of U.S. District Court, District of Utah
Consumer Attorneys of San Diego

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers Rising Star (2018-2025)
Harris Personal Injury Lawyers Trial Lawyer of the Year (2018)

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