Temecula Asbestos & Mesothelioma Lawyers

An honors graduate of UC Berkeley and Harvard Law School, Neil Shouse uses his experience as a former insurance company defense lawyer now to fight for injury victims. He helps secure big money settlements to compensate victims for medical bills, lost wages, lost opportunities and pain and suffering.

Mr. Shouse practices in Los Angeles County and Las Vegas. He represents clients injured or killed in car accidents, workplace accidents, dog attacks, dangerous products and harmful drugs.

Mr. Shouse learned personal injury law by first working on the other side. He defended large insurance companies at Sidley & Austin, one of the...

As Managing Partner of Mission Personal Injury Lawyers in San Diego, Chula Vista, and Carlsbad, it is an honor to have been named a San Diego Super Lawyers Rising Star for the past several years. This designation is awarded to no more than 2.5% of attorneys in San Diego. However, that recognition is secondary to the privilege that I have, to advocate on behalf of San Diegans who have been injured in an accident. I love that my job is to fight for those who need help the most, while they recover from serious injuries. As an experienced and top-reviewed San...

Nicholas Kohan is a Southern California personal injury lawyer with experience you need on your side. After finishing his undergraduate degree at Cornell University in 2003, Nicholas Kohan received his J.D. from Whittier Law School in 2007. For the next ten years, he built his career working with insurance companies, corporations, and other groups protecting their interests from injury victims. His skill in the courtroom gave him an edge over the other parties his clients needed, and it gave him an inside look at how insurance companies and other groups avoid paying for their own negligence. His courtroom success saved...

San Diego personal injury lawyer Curtis Quay provides expectational representation to anyone that has been injured in an accident. Mr. Quay offers a free consultation and can be reached 24/7 at (619) 525-7007.

I graduated UCLA summa cum laude, and jumped into the business world. I have extensive business experience and truthfully, my business career was going great. I managed multi-million dollar projects all over California, overseeing Commercial Property Acquisition, Development, and Syndication. I have managed over 500 employees in my tenure, and have negotiated consistently with some of the largest companies.

When I was younger, my father passed away after suffering complications from a slip and fall accident. Unfortunately, his attorneys could not get him justice or proper treatment, and my heart broke witnessing the emotional and physical toll it took on my...

Jesse Bablove is a personal injury attorney practicing in Southern California with the team at Kohan & Bablove LLP. Jesse Bablove has years of experience dealing with injury claims, which may include motor vehicle accidents involving cars, motorcycles, and trucks; construction accidents; nursing home abuse; and many other accident types. Attorney Jesse Bablove started his journey to become a personal injury lawyer following his graduation from the University of Oregon with his Bachelor's degree, followed by his J.D. degree from the Chapman School of Law. Then, Jesse Bablove began practicing law with some of the best defense attorneys on the...

Serving all of California.

James Olson is an associate in the Riverside office of Fernandez & Lauby. Mr. Olson graduated from University of California, San Diego in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. In 2008, he received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of San Diego School of Law. While in law school, Mr. Olson volunteered for the San Diego County Public Defender's Office and received recognition for honors in Advanced Legal Writing and Negotiations. Also while in law school, Mr. Olson clerked for Kolod Wager Law Offices. Mr. Olson has worked as an associate attorney at...

The law office of Melinda J. Helbock, A.P.C. provides committed representation for personal injury victims and their families. We've been serving citizens throughout the communities of California for nearly 20 years. Allow us the opportunity to show you how our experience and determination can benefit your case. Come in or call for a free, no risk consultation regarding your case. You will meet with an attorney, not a paralegal to discuss the matters of your injury and you will continue to be represented by an attorney until your case has been resolved to your satisfaction.

Mr. Harmeling graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a bachelor of arts degree in English in 1993. While at UCLA, Mr. Harmeling was a sports writer and later a sports editor with the Daily Bruin. After working in sales for two years in Los Angeles, Mr. Harmeling commenced law school at the University of San Diego School of Law, receiving his juris doctor degree in 1998. Following law school, Mr. Harmeling worked as a researcher/writer/editor before deciding to sit for the February 2000 California Bar Exam. While awaiting his bar examination results, he was hired by the San...

Jeffrey Nadrich is a successful and nationally-recognized personal injury lawyer specializing in all aspects of personal injury, mostly: Auto accidents, Motorcycle accidents, Bicycle accidents, Truck accidents, Dog bite injuries, and Wrongful Death cases.

Mr. Nadrich is a 1972 graduate of the University of California Berkeley. He is also a 1975 graduate of the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Mr. Nadrich was admitted to the California State Bar in 1976.

Mr. Nadrich is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocate Forum, STLA, AAJ, CAALA, LACBA, ABA, and many other prestigious legal organizations. Due to its...

For over thirty years, attorney Fred J. Knez has been representing individuals and corporations in serious personal injury and business litigation (plaintiff and defendant). Attorney Knez graduated from Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California in 1979, was a member of the Honor Board and Law Review, admitted to practice law in California in 1980, admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court in 1981, admitted to practice in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in 1983, and in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1984. Attorney Knez began his private practice in 1984.

San Diego personal injury attorney completed his undergraduate education at the prestigious California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo. Continuing his education, Mr. Pelly graduated Cum Laude from San Diego's California Western School of Law in 1997. Mr. Pelly was honored to be a member of the Dean's list at California Western.

The Law Offices of Justin R. Heim is located in the historic Old Seal Beach City Hall building from where it serves personal injury clients involved in car accidents throughout Long Beach, Seal Beach, and Huntington Beach.

Olivier Taillieu is a distinguished and respected trial attorney. He has tried and won multiple jury trials in his prolific career, and has recovered tens of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients. He is the chief trial attorney of The Dominguez Firm and handles complex and hard-fought cases.

Mr. Taillieu has been recognized by his peers as an outstanding advocate for his clients. He was one of five finalists for the prestigious CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year Award in 2017, received the coveted nomination again in 2018, and was selected once again as one of the...

Andrew is a Thornton Law Firm partner and trial attorney. Andrew manages the Thornton Law Firm asbestos trial practice. He has successfully litigated hundreds of asbestos cases in the Massachusetts Superior Court. Andrew has also successfully argued cases before the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. (Spellman v. Shawmut Woodworking & Supply, Inc., et al, 445 Mass. 675 (2006)). He has lectured before nationwide continuing legal education seminars on the subjects of asbestos litigation and the admissibility of expert testimony. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, the United...

The Law Office of Donald R. Oder was founded on the principle that client satisfaction is more important than short term financial gain. We believe that our commitment to client satisfaction has led to long and rewarding associations. Attorneys can and should provide the highest quality legal representation at affordable rates, and they should do so in a way that does not intimidate clients. After fifteen years in the litigation trenches, attorney Donald R. Oder has seen first-hand the impact involvement in legal matters has on individuals and business of all sizes. Too often attorneys caught up in the pragmatic...

Dmitriy Cherepinskiy’s impressive litigation experience places him among some of the most decorated trial lawyers. Various entities, including such prestigious organizations as the NATIONAL TRIAL LAWYERS and SUPER LAWYERS, recognized his achievements in the legal field.

Dmitriy became a lawyer in 2002. His first job as a lawyer was at a boutique firm, where he represented plaintiffs with catastrophic injuries. From 2003 to 2015, he had been working at one of the most renowned and preeminent health care and professional liability defense law firms in the U.S.

Dmitriy has litigated hundreds of highly complex matters in...

Garrett J. Bradley is the managing partner of Thornton Law Firm, LLP. Mr. Bradley is a graduate of Boston College High School, Boston College and Boston College Law School. Prior to joining Thornton Law Firm, Mr. Bradley worked as an Assistant District Attorney in the Plymouth County District Attorney’s office. He also served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the Third Plymouth District, for 16 years. Mr. Bradley is a member of the Massachusetts and the New York Bars.

Garrett Bradley has years of experience helping institutional investors, public pension funds, and individual investors recover losses attributable to corporate...

Evan Hoffman concentrates his practice areas in complex financial fraud class actions, qui tam, and False Claims Act cases. He has successfully represented private whistleblowers and public pension funds in groundbreaking state and federal multi-district litigation against global custodial banks for foreign exchange fraud. In addition to his class action work, Mr. Hoffman represents and has helped obtain substantial settlements for plaintiffs who have contracted mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos. He is involved in the firm’s Birth Defects and farmworker pesticide litigation practice, working for clients exposed to dangerous and unsafe chemicals. Evan...

Leah McMorris is a partner at Thornton Law Firm LLP in Boston. She has been with the firm since 2005 as a clerk and joined full time as an associate in 2011. Her practice focuses on mesothelioma, toxic exposures, products liability, and catastrophic injury litigation. She has tried several cases in Massachusetts, obtaining significant verdicts and settlements for her clients. A female mesothelioma lawyer, Ms. McMorris represents victims of mesothelioma exposed to asbestos in the workplace, as well as mesothelioma victims exposed to asbestos-contaminated cosmetic talc.

Ms. McMorris earned her Bachelor’s degree from Fairfield University and her Juris Doctor degree from...

Michael P. Thornton is founder and chair of Thornton Law Firm LLP. A nationally recognized expert on toxic tort litigation, Mr. Thornton graduated from Dartmouth College and Vanderbilt Law School. In the 1970’s he successfully undertook the representation of a number of shipyard and construction workers who had developed asbestos-related diseases. Over the years, the firm has grown to become the largest firm in the Northeast representing victims of asbestos and other toxic materials. The firm has brought justice to workers who contracted cancer and other health issues from exposure to chemicals, defective drugs, and defective products, and to...

William Doyle is the founder and President of Doyle APC and is licensed to practice law in California and Washington. Since 1998 Mr. Doyle has focused his practice on representing individuals in class action and mass injury litigation involving defective products, securities fraud, consumer fraud, internet privacy, prescription drugs, and defective medical devices.

Mr. Doyle has served as lead counsel in national class actions and MDL litigations against such companies as Apple, LG, Honda, Sony, Amazon, the New York Stock Exchange, and other Fortune 500 companies.

Mr. Doyle represented CalPERS as lead counsel in the NYSE securities litigation. In the TransUnion consumer...

Leslie-Anne Taylor is a graduate of Northeastern University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2006) and Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 2013, summa cum laude). She concentrates her practice in the areas of mesothelioma and asbestos claims, drugs and medical devices, and consumer class action litigation. Ms. Taylor is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She is a member of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, the American Association for Justice, and the Women’s Bar Association.

Patricia Flannery is a graduate magna cum laude of Boston College (1979) and the Northeastern University School of Law (1988). She is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar and the United States District Court for Massachusetts, as well as to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Ms. Flannery worked for the firm before attending law school and joined the firm as a partner in 1996. She has worked in the firm’s asbestos practice and tried cases in a number of other areas. She was lead trial counsel in Ortiz del-Valle v. NBA, winning a $7.85 million award...

David Strouss concentrates his practice in representing children with catastrophic birth defects as a result of a parent's exposure to chemicals in the workplace. He represents children born with serious birth defects whose parents occupations include semiconductor manufacturing, agriculture, furniture making, industrial manufacturing, and scientific laboratories. Mr. Strouss prosecuted and successfully resolved some of the country’s first cases involving birth defects caused by glycol ethers and other solvent exposures in the semiconductor industry. He currently represents over 150 plaintiffs with birth defects in the United States and South America due to parental occupational and environment exposures. Mr. Strouss has also...

Oliver O. Naimi has a personal passion for representing injury victims. He was involved in a catastrophic accident when he was eighteen years old, where he was taken advantage of by the insurance company, who did not want to take responsibility for the accident. As a result, he changed course from pursuing a medical degree to becoming a lawyer in order to protect those who have been harmed by others. Oliver made the commitment to stand up for and protect the rights of individuals who have suffered catastrophic injuries due to the negligent actions of another in personal injury cases....

Mr. McMorris is a trial lawyer and directs Thornton Law Firm’ workplace injury and health care subrogation practices. He is a member of the Massachusetts and New York bars and the American Association for Justice. Mr. McMorris’ trial experience has included several jury verdicts in excess of $1 million dollars in cases involving products liability, construction accidents, toxic exposures, lead paint poisoning, and asbestos exposure. Mr. McMorris is appointed by the federal district court to serve as plaintiff’s liaison counsel in asbestos litigation, and has served in that positions since 1993. He was appointed by the Superior Court of...

Andrea Marino Landry is a partner at Thornton Law Firm LLP. She joined the firm as an associate in 2005 after previously clerking at the firm. During her time at Thornton Law Firm, Ms. Landry has successfully represented clients in a variety of the firm’s practice areas, including mesothelioma and asbestos claims, personal injury litigation, products liability litigation, toxic exposures, including children born with birth defects from their parent's exposure to chemicals in the workplace, and consumer class actions. She represents clients throughout Massachusetts and nationally. She was trial co-counsel for Lydon v. Turner & Newall, a $9.3 million...

Mr. Lesser heads Thornton Law Firm’s False Claims Act / Qui Tam litigation section, representing whistleblowers that report fraud on the Federal and State governments. While practicing in traditional areas of False Claims litigation, including Medicare and Medicaid fraud, Mr. Lesser also handles litigation involving finance and bank fraud. In 2020 Mr. Lesser's client, an FX trader who worked for Bank of New York Mellon, was awarded the then largest individual SEC whistleblower award in the history of SEC whistleblower litigation. The client's almost $50 million dollar award was for providing original information to the Securities and...

Brad Mitchell is a partner at Thornton Law Firm LLP. His main area of practice is toxic exposure litigation, including cases involving birth defects, cancer, and exposure to glycol ethers, benzene, solvents, and other hazardous substances. Mr. Mitchell has represented clients who have been exposed to toxic substances working in semiconductor chip manufacturing, printing, parts washing, and other industries and occupations. Brad J. Mitchell is a graduate of Colby College (B.A., May 1989) and Vermont Law School (J.D. 1998). Mr. Mitchell was a Note Editor for the Vermont Law Review. Mr. Mitchell is a member of...

For more than a decade, our team of personal injury, civil litigation, and business attorneys has been recognized for the positive results we achieve in helping people resolve their injury claims, navigate corporate legal transactions, and prosecute or defend their cases in court. Our unique collaborative approach to legal services means you benefit from the perspectives and experience of multiple attorneys assigned to your case – as well as the assistance of paralegals and investigators – all covered by fees that are about half of what larger downtown firms charge. Voted one of San Diego's "Top Attorneys" by "The...

Brian Freer is a partner at Thornton Law Firm and was previously employed as an associate and a law clerk with the Firm. He graduated from Villanova University (B.S. Finance, 2008, cum laude) and New York Law School (J.D. 2011). Mr. Freer is admitted to the Massachusetts and New York bars. He concentrates his practice in the Firm’s personal injury, products liability, financial and insurance fraud areas, as well as asbestos and mesothelioma claims.

Mr. Freer was named a Top 40 under 40 Lawyer – Civil Plaintiff for 2019 in Massachusetts by The National Trial Lawyers. He is a...

Christian Uehlein is of counsel to Thornton Law Firm LLP. He joined the firm as an associate in 2006. Mr. Uehlein is a graduate of Colorado College (B.A. 2002) and New England School of Law (J.D. 2006). He was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 2006, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 2007, Montana in 2016, and Wyoming in 2020, and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 2007. Mr. Uehlein focuses his practice on representing victims of toxic exposures as well as employers and business in insurance premium disputes. Since...

Richard has been representing Plaintiffs against insurance companies his entire career and specializes in litigating a variety of personal injury cases including automobile collisions, slip-and-falls, and sexual assault cases. Richard was trained by a former insurance defense attorney so he has intimate knowledge of how insurance companies evaluate claims, and uses that knowledge against them the ensure his clients get the maximum compensation. Richard became passionate about representing plaintiffs after experiencing first-hand the tricks and tactics insurance companies and defense attorneys use to avoid paying the fair value of claims. He now works tirelessly on behalf of his clients to ensure...

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts – University of California, Los Angeles (1991)

Juris Doctor – West Los Angeles School of Law (1995)

BACKGROUND

For more than 24 years, Pejman “Tony” Rahnama has represented clients on their personal injury and workers’ compensation matters. He has successfully represented more than 1000 clients and applicants, recovering more than 600 million for his law firm clients.

Tony graduated from West Los Angeles School of Law with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) Degree and received his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from UCLA and was admitted to the California Bar on 1995.

Tony is Licensed and authorized to practice before all courts...