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Juan Dominguez

Proven Verdicts
Managing Partner at The Dominguez Firm
Los Angeles, CA38 years experience

About Juan Dominguez

Juan J. Dominguez is the founder, CEO, and Managing Partner of The Dominguez Firm, LLP, a Los Angeles-based personal injury, workers' compensation, and employment law practice with a legal staff of over 120 employees. He opened his practice in 1987 and under his leadership, the firm has secured over $1 billion in verdicts and settlements. He came to the U.S. at age 10 as a Spanish-speaking immigrant. Before law school, he worked for several years in the emergency rooms of major trauma centers at UCLA Medical Center and St. Francis Hospital in Lynwood, developing the compassion that shaped his legal career. He has a long history of charitable giving, supporting over 50 charitable causes.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$29 millionVerdict

A Los Angeles jury awarded $29,062,351 to Javier Perez, who was 16 when a doctor's car struck him in a crosswalk and left him with a brain injury, finding the driver entirely at fault despite no witnesses or video.

Los Angeles County Superior Court (Stanley Mosk Courthouse) · 2016Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$11.8 millionVerdict

The Dominguez Firm won $11.8 million for Oscar Esparza, a driver left with a traumatic brain injury when a Win Distribution truck rear-ended his stopped car near the I-15 interchange, a result that ranked among the top 20 personal injury verdicts in California that year.

Riverside County Superior Court · 2018Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$2.53 millionVerdict

A Santa Monica jury awarded security guard Reina Castro $2,534,613 after a heavy car wash gate, missing its safety stopper, rolled off its track and crushed her knee on a film set.

Los Angeles County Superior Court (Santa Monica Courthouse) · 2017Premises LiabilityRead 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

UC College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)
J.D., 1987
California State University, Long Beach
Undergraduate, 1984

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California
State Bar of California
National Trial Lawyers Top 100
Hispanic National Bar Association
Mexican-American Bar Association

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers (12 consecutive years, 17 times overall, through 2026)
2013 Attorney of the Year, Hispanic National Bar Association
2014 Special Recognition Award, Mexican-American Bar Association
2015 Latino Business Award, Los Angeles Business Journal
National Trial Lawyers Top 100

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