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Orange County Top Gun, Medical Malpractice Trial Lawyer in 2002 & 2006
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Orange County Top Gun Personal Injury Lawyer 2006 & California Super Lawyer
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2007 Southern California Super Lawyer “Rising Star”
To find out how an experienced, professional personal injury lawyer serving Orange County, Riverside, and all of Southern California can help you if you have suffered a personal injury, contact HodesMilman today.
Each of the attorneys of HodesMilman is a proven personal injury lawyer in Southern California; together, they have provided Orange County, Riverside County, and Los Angeles County with decades of collective service. The courtroom experience of our attorneys is unmatched, giving our firm a distinct advantage over other law firms, and we have the resources necessary to provide our clients with the expert representation and guidance they deserve at every stage of the legal process.
Daniel M. Hodes is a partner with HodesMilman. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from State University of New York at Oswego in 1977 and his Juris Doctorate from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1981. While at Pepperdine, he was president of the Student Bar Association. Dan is admitted to practice personal injury law before all of the state and federal courts within California.
One of the most successful plaintiff medical malpractice attorneys in California, Dan was named Top Gun, Medical Malpractice Trial Lawyer of the Year for 2002 and again in 2006 by the Orange County Trial Lawyer's Association. Dan has also earned the distinction as one of the Southern California Super Lawyers, signifying a place among the top 5% of the region's attorneys. In the past, Dan has ranked in the Top 50 of Southern California Super Lawyers.
In addition, Dan's courtroom expertise earned him a spot in the Top 50 Attorneys in Orange County in 2005 and 2007, and he was a finalist for California Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2004 2006, and was voted Top 50 Lawyers in Orange Co by his peers for 2005, 2007. Dan was the Orange County Medical Malpractice Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2002 and 2006, and holds the distinction of having earned the two largest medical malpractice verdicts in Orange County history. Overall, Dan has earned dozens of jury verdicts and negotiated settlements in excess of $1 million, with some in the $10 million range.
Dan's expertise in the area of complex medical malpractice actions and his extensive, successful trial experience make him one of the most sought-after lawyers in California among victims and the families of victims of medical, hospital, and HMO negligence. Dan has successfully resolved, by way of settlement, arbitration, or trial, hundreds of malpractice actions in the six- and seven-figure range, including a landmark 1997 verdict in which an HMO was ordered to pay $10.96 million for the wrongful death of a young wife and mother. This was the largest medical malpractice wrongful death verdict in Orange County history, in a state that has established significant limits on the amount of money damages that can be obtained in medical malpractice actions.
Dan, a frequent author and lecturer on issues relating to medical malpractice, is a past president of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (1998-1999). In 1999, the Consumer Attorneys of California honored Dan as the Consumer Attorneys Associations' President of the Year. He is also an active member of the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), for which he served as a Southern California Board Member for over five years; the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA); the Western Trial Lawyers Association; Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles; the Orange County Bar Association; and Orange County Barristers. In addition, he is a member of the Orange County Arbitration and Judge Pro Tem Panels, where he volunteers his time acting as a court-appointed arbitrator and temporary judge.
Contact our firm to speak with personal injury lawyer Daniel Martin Hodes. Serving Orange County, Riverside, and all of Southern California, the attorneys of HodesMilman can help you obtain the compensation to which you are entitled.
Jeffrey A. Milman is an experienced personal injury lawyer serving clients throughout Southern California, including Orange County and Riverside County. He is a past President of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, having served as head of the prestigious organization in 2004. Jeff also has been named among the California Super Lawyers for Southern California, a select group which comprises the top 5% of the region's most successful attorneys. In addition, Jeff was voted Top Gun Personal Injury Attorney by the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association in 2006.
Jeff is also our law firm’s resident expert in medical malpractice litigation against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs under the Federal Tort Claims Act. He currently is lead counsel in a number of such cases pending against the VA.
In 1978, he earned his bachelor's degree in business management from California State University, Fullerton; three years later, he earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego, where he was a member of the 1980-1981 Law Review. He also received a degree in advanced legal education in California evidence from the University of Southern California in 1990.
Jeff is an expert trial litigator, with courtroom extensive experience in handling medical and professional negligence, product liability, and personal injury cases. After joining the firm of Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman & Skikos in 1996, he successfully litigated hundreds of cases that were resolved either by jury verdict, arbitration award, or settlement. He has won many large financial verdicts, including the largest verdicts in Orange County history for a splenectomy case and a soft-tissue injury in a motor vehicle case.
Jeff was named among the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the American Trial Lawyers Association for 2007. He also is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); the Orange County Bar Association (chairman, Mandatory Fee Arbitration Committee, 1986-1993; director, Lawyer Referral Service, 1994-1995; vice chair, Mandatory Fee Arbitration Committee, 1993-1996); State Bar of California; the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA); Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC); and Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (2004 president). He is past president of the Rotary Club of Coto de Caza/Rancho Santa Margarita.
Additionally, Jeff is a past editor of The Gavel, the monthly publication of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association. He has written a number of articles on medical and medical-legal issues that have been published in law journals statewide and nationally. He is also an instructor in the Orange County Bar Association's College of Trial Advocacy and a frequent speaker for bar associations and other professional organizations on various medical and medical-legal topics.
Celebrated trial attorney, Kevin G. Liebeck, Esq., is an associate attorney with HodesMilman. Liebeck began his legal career defending physicians and hospitals in medical malpractice lawsuits filed by patients. In 2003, he switched sides and now uses the extensive knowledge and experience he garnered while defending doctors and hospitals to represent victims of medical malpractice in suits against their physicians and health care providers. Liebeck brings vast knowledge, experience, and success as a plaintiff’s trial lawyer to personal injury, medical malpractice and consumer and business fraud actions.
Over the years, Liebeck has successfully tried multiple high-profile cases to verdict. He was named a 2007 Southern California Super Lawyer “Rising Star,” a designation that is reserved for the top 2.5 percent of Southern California attorneys who are under 40 years old or have been in practice less than 10 years.
Liebeck, a Huntington Beach resident, earned both a bachelor’s degree and a Juris Doctorate from Chapman University in Orange, Calif. He is currently admitted to practice before all California State Courts as well as the United States District Court, Central Division of California.
A personal injury lawyer from the Southern California firm of HodesMilman, serving clients in Orange County, Riverside County, and Los Angeles County, will bring vast experience and knowledge to your case. To find out how our veteran personal injury litigators can help you obtain the maximum allowable compensation under the law for your losses, contact our office today.