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Acker and Whipple has taken measures to ensure the health and well-being of our employees while continuing to provide our clients with uninterrupted service.  Our attorneys have long been able to work from any location, and prior to the issuance of the government sheltering orders, the firm prepared for the entire staff, also, to be able to work remotely and created a plan for the firm to operate under remote and distanced circumstances.  Our plan was implemented and our transition seamless.  We remain committed to meeting our clients’ needs. 

We also wish you and your families safety and health during this crisis. We are in this together.

Congratulations to Stephen Acker whose article on impeaching expert witnesses was recently published by national defense bar organization DRI (Defense Research Institute).  You can read the article in DRI’s The Voice, here.

Congratulations to Stephen Acker whose article on extroversion in the legal profession was recently published by national defense bar organization DRI (Defense Research Institute). Click here to read the full newsletter or click here to read the article.

Plaintiff incurred a traumatic brain injury, multiple skull fractures, and other catastrophic injuries, when he drove his Jeep into the back end of defendants’ big rig stopped in the gore point on a freeway. Jurors, however, believed that the truck became disabled and the driver had stopped in the closest, safest spot out of travel lanes and therefore was not negligent.

Plaintiff sought $50,000,000 following 23 days of trial in Los Angeles Superior Court relating to allegations of sexually assault of a three year old, special-needs child. However, jurors were more persuaded by the defense and returned a verdict in favor of Acker & Whipple’s client. Please refer to our Successes page for further information. You can also find an article published about it in DRI’s newsletter The Voice by clicking here.

The firm is pleased to announce another addition to our litigation team. Vi Hohuynh brings a range of prior experience in litigating tort matters in Southern California. Please visit our Attorneys page to read more about her.

The firm is proud to announce the addition of Bradley P. Childers to its team of attorneys.  Mr. Childers brings a solid history of success and more than two decades of experience in Southern California in a variety of tort defense work.  He will be defending clients in each of Acker & Whipple’s practice areas.  Check back soon to read his full biography on the Attorneys page of our website.

The firm welcomes associates Tina Farazian, Drew Helms, Heidy Flores and Samantha Hart to our team. They will be working closely with all the firm’s partners and engaged in all practice areas.  To learn more about them, view their respective profiles on the Attorneys page.

The firm welcomes associates Melissa Ogunnubi and Genna DeLany to our team. They will be working closely with all the firm’s partners and engaged in all practice areas.  To learn more about them, view their respective profiles on the Attorneys page.

Jerri and Laurie have obtained yet another defense verdict in Los Angeles, this time from a downtown jury in a trip and fall case.  Plaintiff ran through a planter, instead of the designated walkway, in a mall parking lot and fell.  He claimed a finger fracture and CRPS from his fall.  Acker & Whipple represented the janitorial company defendant.  Plaintiff settled with the property owner, the security company and landscaping company prior to trial and asked the jury for $1,700,000 from the janitorial company alone.  The jury instead returned a defense verdict of no liability.