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About Brett Schreiber

Brett Schreiber is a nationally recognized trial attorney and co-founder of Singleton Schreiber, where he leads the firm's Personal Injury and Wrongful Death practice. He represents individuals and families harmed by corporate misconduct, defective products, dangerous roadways, and systemic safety failures, including high-profile litigation against Tesla arising from fatal crashes involving its autonomous and advanced driver-assistance technologies. The dozens of cases he has tried have resulted in numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements. Mr. Schreiber graduated cum laude from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where he competed on moot court teams and was a member of the law review.

He is admitted to practice in all California courts, the Southern and Central Districts of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, Consumer Attorneys of California, Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, the Attorneys Information Exchange Group, the American Association of Justice, and the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has been named a 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyer.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$243 millionVerdict

A Miami federal jury found Tesla 33% liable for a 2019 Key Largo crash that killed a 22-year-old woman and severely injured her boyfriend, awarding $243 million including $200 million in punitive damages in the first federal trial over a fatal Autopilot accident.

U.S. District Court, S.D. Florida (Miami) · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$16.4 millionVerdict

A San Diego County jury awarded $16,420,725 to Jane Neely after a diseased tree branch broke from a state-maintained oak and fell across State Route 79 near Warner Springs, crushing the 75-year-old motorcyclist beneath it and leaving her permanently paraplegic.

San Diego County Superior Court · 2022Motorcycle AccidentsRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Thomas Jefferson School of Law
J.D.

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California

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