Ben Coughlan
Coughlan & Vinel LLP - Personal Injury Attorneys - www.sandiegolawyers.com
Ben Coughlan is an award-winning trial lawyer who has dedicated his career to fighting for individuals going through the toughest times of their lives. Ben believes that personal attention, and creativity on cases, are what achieve the best results for clients. Ben believes his job is to tell each client's story as he or she sees it, not as others might see it. To do that, he believes in spending the time to get to know every client personally so he can best understand not only how to get the largest financial result, but also how to take as much stress as possible off the client throughout the process.
Ben is known in San Diego, and throughout Southern California, for handling some of the very biggest and most high-profile cases. In addition to his experience litigating, Ben is an adjunct professor at University of San Diego School of Law and an instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) in both the Trial Skills and Depositions Skills programs. Ben is the President of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego (CASD)– the Plaintiff’s Bar for all of San Diego.
Ben has a sub-specialty in brain injury and spinal injury cases. He is the immediate past Vice President of the San Diego Brain Injury Foundation, and regularly works to support brain injury survivors in his free time. He is also a published author in the field of Brain Injuries, having co-authored and edited “A Journey Towards Recovery: A Brain Injury Guide for Survivors.” He is regularly asked to speak about brain injuries around the country to lawyers, medical professionals, survivors and their families.
Prior to becoming a lawyer Ben spent four years in the media relations department of the San Diego Padres.
Ben was born and raised in San Diego. He lives with his wife Kathleen, son Jack (4) and daughter Mackenzie (2) in Solana Beach. Ben and his family love San Diego and believe it is their privilege to give back to their community.
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Health Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Bike Accident
- Burn Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment
- Whistleblower and Qui Tam
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 284658
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- English
- Co-Founder/Partner
- Coughlan & Vinel LLP
- Current
- University of San Diego School of Law
- J.D.
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- Northwestern University
- B.S.
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- SuperLawyer
- SuperLawyers
- Super Lawyer - Rising Star
- SuperLawyers
- Awarded every year 2016-2022
- 40 under 40 Award
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Awarded 2020-2021
- Top Attorney
- San Diego Reader
- America's Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys
- America's Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys
- 2020-2021
- State Bar of California # 284658
- Member
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- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Board of Directors
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- Consumer Attorneys of San Diego
- President
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- Activities: President - 2022 President-Elect - 2021 Treasurer - 2020 Secretary - 2019
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- National Institute of Trial Advocacy
- Instructor
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- San Diego Brain Injury Foundation (SDBIF)
- Vice President
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- Activities: Board of Directors
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- 10 Cases Every Trial Lawyer Should Know
- Trial Bar News
- Anything but simple, the Taxation of Personal Injury Settlements and Judgments
- Trial Bar News
- Intervening and Superseding Causes in California Tort Cases
- Trial Bar News
- Negligent Sexual Transmission of Disease: A Primer
- Trial Bar News
- Pebley v. Santa Clara Organics, LLC: Court of Appeals Extends Bermudez Ruling to Lien Treatment
- Trial Bar News
