AlderLaw Plaintiff's Trial Lawyers
Contact Information for Michael Alder - Phone 310-275-9131 - Email: Michael Alder |
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Michael Alder"My job is to restore people's faith in our jury system. Our country's founding fathers devised a way to protect the little guy from big business or anyone else who was in a position of power and had the ability to exploit it, and wrote that into our Constitution. They realized that the right to a trial by a jury of twelve objective people who heard all the facts would result in justice being served the vast majority of the time, and would guarantee average Americans who are wronged a fighting chance against the big guys. Runaway juries are not this country's problem right now - runaway corporations and insurance companies who leave our citizens high and dry, while their executives get rich in the process, are our current nightmare. My job is to educate people about that fact, just as the insurance companies and big corporations are spending tens of millions of dollars to distribute misinformation about our justice system." [Full Attorney Profile for Mr. Alder] |
Contact Information for Jennifer Burkes - Phone 310-275-9131 - Email: Jennifer Burkes |
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Jennifer Burkes"I always say that if aliens landed on Earth and we tried to explain our current insurance system to them, they would say 'are you people crazy?' Because here's how it works: hard-working people pay big premiums to an insurer in order to get coverage in the rare event that something bad happens to them. If the bad event never happens, as it usually doesn't, the insurance company keeps all the money. On the unusual occasion when the bad event actually occurs, the insurance company immediately invests all of its resources not in paying the poor client and living up to their contract, but instead in trying to figure out ways to avoid paying the victim and avoid taking responsibility. It is scandalous, and I am thrilled to be on the side of the individual, helping people who need help at what is probably the worst time in their lives." |
Contact Information for Mary Caruso - Phone 310-275-9131 - Email: Mary Caruso |
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Mary CarusoMary Caruso is an associate at AlderLaw. Mary practices in the areas of personal injury, including catastrophic injuries, premises liability, product liability, wrongful death, medical malpractice, employment law, elder abuse, and insurance bad faith. For more than 12 years Mary has been an advocate on behalf of Plaintiffs. |
Contact Information for Marni Folinsky - Phone 310-275-9131 - Email: Marni Folinsky |
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Marni FolinskyMarni is an associate at AlderLaw practicing in the areas of employment law, elder abuse and personal injury. Throughout her career, Marni has always represented dependent adult consumers, in particular the elderly and disabled, from the abuses of health care providers and insurance companies. |
Contact Information for Christopher Guldjian - Phone 949-554-2502 - Email: Christopher Guldjian |
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Christopher GuldjianChris Guldjian specializes in major injury cases especially those with a punitive damage component. His passion for the practice of law comes from his ambition to help others involved in catastrophic injuries and injustice done to innocent people. Mr. Guldjian was trained by clerking for the Los Angeles Superior Court in Long Beach and the Huntington Beach City Attorney's office. Mr. Guldjian's experience blossomed while working for major private firms including the largest L.A. based law firm, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP. Mr. Guldjian has successfully brought several cases to verdict and has aggressively advocated major plaintiff settlements.
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Contact Information for Steve McElroy - Phone 310-275-9131 - Email: Steve McElroy |
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Steve McElroyMr. McElroy is the Managing Attorney for the Century City office of AlderLaw. He is a highly experienced trial lawyer who has litigated major injury and wrongful death cases for the past 25 years. Mr. McElroy joined AlderLaw in 2011 and during his two years with the firm tried 20 jury trials to verdict. His most recent verdicts include a $3.6 million dollar award in Riverside, California for a man who suffered a construction site injury and developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Other recent verdicts include a $1.8 million dollar award for a woman who was injured by a falling shelf in a grocery store, a $1.1 million dollar verdict for a woman who suffered shoulder injuries in a car collision, and a $1 million dollar verdict in a wrongful death case. In one of his earliest jury trials with AlderLaw, Mr. McElroy attained an award of $900,000 for an elderly woman who was injured in a slip and fall incident and required a knee replacement. Ms. McElroy's largest verdict to date was for $6.15 million dollars in Bakersfield, California for a young woman who suffered a shoulder injury in a traffic collision and developed a chronic pain syndrome.
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Contact Information for Melissa E. Mielke - Phone 949-554-2503 - Email: Melissa E. Mielke |
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Melissa E. MielkeMelissa E. Mielke is an associate at AlderLaw's Newport Beach office, where she works on complex litigation matters including, products liability, personal injury, and mass tort litigation. Melissa is admitted to the California Bar and is a member of the Orange County Bar Association, the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, and the Consumer Attorneys of California.
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Contact Information for Cioffi Remmer - Phone 310-275-9131 - Email: Cioffi Remmer |
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Cioffi RemmerCioffi Remmer is an associate at AlderLaw, representing Plaintiffs in all areas of civil litigation, including catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, elder abuse and products liability. Cioffi is committed to protecting the rights and interests of the underdog, namely consumers and individuals who have been injured through the unlawful acts of others. |
Contact Information for Ernie Santamaria - Phone 949-554-2502 - Email: Ernie Santamaria |
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Ernie SantamariaErnie P. Santamaria is an associate at Alder Law’s Newport Beach office, where he works on complex litigation matters including products liability, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and premise liability. Ernie especially enjoys the diversity and idiosyncrasies of his products liability and catastrophic injury cases. |
Contact Information for Jefferson Saylor - Phone 310-275-9131 - Email: Jefferson Saylor |
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Jefferson SaylorJefferson Saylor is an associate at AlderLaw, representing Plaintiffs in all areas of civil litigation including catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, governmental liability, products liability, and premises liability.
Jefferson earned his J.D. at Loyola Law School, where he represented the Center for Juvenile Law and Policy, regularly appearing in Superior Court to defend minors charged with crimes. He was also chosen to serve as a judicial extern in Federal Bankruptcy Court. After law school, Jefferson accepted a fellowship position with the Inner City Law Center where he litigated against Los Angeles slumlords on behalf of tenants.
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Contact Information for Laura Sedrish - Phone 310-275-9131 - Email: Laura Sedrish |
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Laura Sedrish"Before I joined AlderLaw, at the end of the day, I spent most of my time moving money around between rich people. As rewarding as my career and client relationships were, they cannot compare to the feelings of accomplishment I get from representing the individuals who choose AlderLaw as their counsel. I love the excitement of litigation, the thrill of trial, and most of all, the unbelievable feeling I get when I achieve success for my clients, who have usually been horribly injured and then cast aside by the system and treated like garbage by the insurance company. I am gratified that my daughters can see their mom making a huge difference in people's lives through her work - this is the kind of role model I always hoped to be." |
Contact Information for Allison Stone - Phone 310-275-9131 - Email: Allison Stone |
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Allison StoneAllison Stone is an associate at AlderLaw practicing in the areas of catastrophic personal injury, governmental liability, wrongful death, and products liability. Since joining the legal team at AlderLaw, Allison has had repeated successes helping litigate and settle numerous cases for the firm, and has earned the trust and confidence of clients. Allison has tried cases in both state and federal court. |
Contact Information for Ted Wacker - Phone 949-554-2502 - Email: Ted Wacker |
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Ted WackerTed Wacker is the managing attorney of the Orange County office of Alder law. He has been a trial attorney involved in litigating cases for over 20 years and currently the First Vice President of the Orange County Trial Lawyers' Association (OCTLA). He specializes in catastrophic injury cases including individual personal injury cases involving accidents, medical malpractice, elder abuse as well as mass tort pharmaceutical and medical device cases.
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