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Personal Experience

Mr. Lazarus has served as lead counsel on hundreds of litigated actions in which he has taken and/or defended over a thousand depositions of parties, witnesses, and experts. He has also represented clients as lead counsel on approximately five bench trials, approximately twenty jury trials, approximately one hundred binding arbitrations, more than a hundred judicial arbitrations, and over two hundred mediations, mandatory settlement conferences, and voluntary settlement conferences. As proof of success, Marc has received recognition as a 2022 Southern California Super Lawyer, and a Clients’ Choice Award from Avvo.

For more than twelve years prior to becoming a plaintiff personal injury attorney, Mr. Lazarus worked as a paralegal with several plaintiff personal injury law firms, and he has extensive experience in working with individuals who have been injured in automobile collisions, motorcycle collisions, bus accidents, slip and falls, trip and falls, falls from ladders, product-related injuries, medical malpractice claims, and work-related claims. He specializes in cases resulting in traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, shoulder injuries, wrist and hand injuries, knee injuries, and ankle injuries. Mr. Lazarus’ knowledge in the area of medicine has served to greatly improve the value of his clients’ cases throughout his career.

Mr. Lazarus has had the privilege of giving back some of his experience to the legal community including his work as an instructor at the University of California at Irvine and at Southern California College of Business and Law in their American Bar Association-approved paralegal certification programs. Mr. Lazarus has offered his services as a pro bono arbitrator through the Los Angeles Superior Court and is still an active member of the panel of arbitrators. He has also served as a pro bono mediator in resolving disputes in several limited jurisdiction civil actions in Orange County.

Verdicts & Settlements

Chris and his associates have successfully litigated over 5,000 personal injury claims to verdict or claims that have been settled prior to trial or arbitration, ranging in value from $25,000 to $16.2 million.

Chris belongs to the American Association of Justice (formerly known as the American Trial Lawyers Association), the Consumer Attorneys Of California, the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, and the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association. Chris has also been admitted to all of the courts of the State of California, and has argued cases in the Federal Courts as well as the California Court of Appeals. He shares strategies and communicates daily with his Plaintiff attorney colleagues across the State of California on topics including trial tactics, judge selection, expert witness background information, medical provider credibility, etc.

These strategies help put his clients in the best position to allow them to resolve their injuries as quickly as possible, and to obtain fair compensation from at-fault parties who are oftentimes represented by insurance companies that seem to have lost the ability to even understand the definition of “fair.”

He has worked on almost every type of personal injury claim imaginable, including motor vehicle collisions, product liability claims, slip, trip and fall claims, premises liability claims, animal inflicted injury claims, work related claims, sexual assault claims, and the list goes on.

The common theme to all of these claims was that someone was injured and they needed help. Chris’ goal in helping people is two fold; get them better and get them fair compensation.

Chris has recovered compensation on behalf of his clients 95% of the time. Chris does not shy away from taking on difficult liability claims when the injuries are substantial, which is why it is not at 100%.

Organizations & Memberships

Mr. Lazarus is currently a member of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and spoke at the Arbitration: Procedure & Practice conference when invited to the CAALA convention as a featured speaker. He is also a member of Consumer Attorneys of California, and the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, and Mr. Lazarus enjoys attending classes at Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers’ College offered on a regular basis throughout the United States.

Education

Marc Lazarus obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature with an emphasis in Technical Writing from the California State University at Northridge in 1992. He obtained his Juris Doctorate degree from Chapman University School of Law as a member of its first graduating class in 1998 and served as an editor of the law journal.

Personal Life

Mr. Lazarus has been married to his wife Cathy for 19 years. He has enjoyed the privilege of serving as a Boy Scout Den Leader for Pack 632 for three consecutive years, and on weekends he has volunteered as an AYSO Assistant Soccer Coach in Regional 1422 for the past five years.

Languages

English (fluent)

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