About John Sheehan

John Sheehan is Managing Attorney for The Barnes Firm's Los Angeles office. Admitted to practice in 1988, he has represented thousands of injured clients and successfully prosecuted complex personal injury cases in California and New York. He previously worked at Cellino & Barnes alongside Steve Barnes. His experience spans construction accidents, workplace injuries, vehicle collisions, slip-and-fall incidents, and wrongful death claims. Having personally suffered a workplace injury from hot steel burns at a construction site, he deeply understands the challenges faced by injured workers.

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Barnes Firm Injury Attorneys

These results are credited to The Barnes Firm Injury Attorneys. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$19.45 millionVerdictTop 10 of 2000 · #6

Ross Cellino and Stephen Barnes won a $47.4 million Erie County jury verdict for a 22-year-old law student who suffered a catastrophic brain injury when two drivers played high-speed road tag on the New York State Thruway.

Erie County Supreme Court (Justice Christopher J. Burns); affirmed as modified, NY App. Div. 4th Dep't, Dec. 21, 2001 · 2000Car AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific
J.D., 1987
Canisius College
Undergraduate, 1982

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of State Bar of California
State Bar of New York
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Erie County Bar Association

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers in America – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs (2023+)
Super Lawyers (2013, 2021)
Million Dollar Advocates Forum

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Los Angeles firms

Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP
Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP
$1.2 billion · $4.9 Billion Verdict Over Chevy Malibu Fuel Tank Fire
Taylor & Ring, LLP
Taylor & Ring, LLP
$47.41 million · Road Rage Chase That Killed Torrance Teen Ends in $61.7 Million Jury Verdict
McGee Lerer Ogrin
McGee Lerer Ogrin
$122.5 Million Settlement for 124 Survivors of Police Activities League Volunteer Eric Uller
West Coast Trial Lawyers
West Coast Trial Lawyers
$13.1 million · Federal Jury Awards $13.1 Million to Parents of Man Shot in the Back by Riverside County Deputy
Wilshire Law Firm
Wilshire Law Firm
$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.