Demetrios Papanikolas

Los Angeles, CA35 years experienceAdmitted 1990

About Demetrios Papanikolas

Demetrios Papanikolas is a Partner at Jacoby & Meyers with over 35 years of litigation experience.

Papanikolas earned his Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law and his undergraduate degree from Vassar College. He is admitted to the State Bar of California (1990), the State Bar of Maryland (1994), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and five federal district courts.

Papanikolas has been recognized as a 2022 Super Lawyers California honoree and Southern California Super Lawyers (2024). He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and has been recognized as Best Motorcycle Accident Lawyer in Los Angeles.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Jacoby & Meyers Accident & Injury Lawyers

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

$6.68 millionVerdict

An 11-day jury trial in Los Angeles ended with a $6.68 million verdict for a 56-year-old customer who slipped on a single grape in the condiments aisle of an El Monte Food4Less, sustaining serious spinal injuries.

Los Angeles County Superior Court (Case No. 19STCV05580) · 2024Slip & FallRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Vassar College
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California, admitted 1990
State Bar of Maryland, admitted 1994
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
American Board of Trial Advocates
Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers California (2022)
Southern California Super Lawyers (2024)
Best Motorcycle Accident Lawyer in Los Angeles

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$122.5 Million Settlement for 124 Survivors of Police Activities League Volunteer Eric Uller
West Coast Trial Lawyers
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$13.1 million · Federal Jury Awards $13.1 Million to Parents of Man Shot in the Back by Riverside County Deputy
Wilshire Law Firm
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$35.3 Million Verdict for 81-Year-Old Backseat Passenger Rear-Ended by Tractor-Trailer on the 10 Freeway

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