Roy Huntsman

Attorney at McGee Lerer Ogrin
Los Angeles, CA25 years experience

About Roy Huntsman

Roy Huntsman is an attorney at McGee Lerer Ogrin, a California personal injury law firm. Since 2000, he has primarily focused on personal injury and wrongful death cases, having personally settled more than a thousand claims throughout his career.

Before his law career, Huntsman worked as a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy for thirteen years. He also owned and managed his own law office for twenty years.

His practice covers personal injury, wrongful death, wills, trusts, probate, Social Security disability, taxes, business litigation, contracts, elder law, insurance bad faith, civil rights claims, and sexual and child abuse claims.

He earned his B.A. in Economics and Asian Studies from Brigham Young University (BYU) and his Juris Doctor from Ventura College of Law. He is a graduate of the Trial Lawyer's College.

He is admitted to practice law in California and Utah.

Proven verdicts and settlements at McGee Lerer Ogrin

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

$122.5 millionSettlementTop 20 in California · #13

McGee Lerer Ogrin represented 14 of the 124 survivors whose claims were resolved in a $122.5 million settlement with the City of Santa Monica over decades of child sexual abuse by a PAL volunteer the city failed to stop.

Los Angeles Superior Court / City of Santa Monica · 2023Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
Verdict

In a landmark April 2023 ruling, California's Second District Court of Appeal reversed dismissal of a pedestrian trip-and-fall lawsuit, holding that Bird Rides owes a general duty of ordinary care over its dock-less scooters and can be sued when improperly parked scooters injure members of the public.

Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 3, California (Case B316374) · 2023Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

In November 2019, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge overruled demurrers filed by Lyft and the City of Santa Monica, finding that an 88-year-old woman who sustained five pelvic fractures after tripping over a Lyft scooter in a posted no-deployment zone had stated viable negligence and public-nuisance claims against both defendants.

Los Angeles Superior Court · 2019Slip & FallRead the full story →
Settlement

Catherine Lerer of McGee Lerer, co-counseling with Costell & Cornelius, filed a class action in October 2018 against Bird, Lime, Xiaomi, and Segway on behalf of riders and pedestrians seriously injured by dockless e-scooters deployed across Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Superior Court / U.S. District Court, Central District of California · 2018Product LiabilityRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Brigham Young University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California
State Bar of Utah

Awards & recognition

Trial Lawyer's College Graduate

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