Vista Personal Injury Lawyers

Thom loved pursuing his legal education and is thrilled to put his knowledge to use in the personal injury world. He most looks forward to protecting the financial interests of children who’ve been injured.

Thom Bunnell has worked for Harris Personal Injury Lawyers in the Oceanside office for nearly two years. Thom earned his undergraduate degree in Ancient Near Eastern Studies from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT. During his time at BYU, Thom published an article in BYU’s academic student journal, Studia Antiqua. He then received his Juris Doctorate degree from California Western School of Law where he graduated Cum...

Alise began her career in law school with the intention of helping those with limited resources. While attending law school, she pursued this career goal by becoming one of thirteen selected from her class to join the California Innocence Project. This experience solidified her desire to help those in need, provide a voice to her clients and seek justice.

Alise is a compassionate professional who keeps her clients well informed and supported during what can be the most physically and emotionally exhausting times of their lives. Alise’s ability to think outside the box, attention to detail, and experience with large bureaucracy...

Chisholm P. Wight Joined the United States Marine Corps after he graduated from EL Camino High School in Oceanside, California. Chisholm served eight years honorably with 3rd Battalion 5th Marines, and 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Some of Staff Sergeant Wight’s personal awards include the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Combat Action Ribbon. Mr. Wight went back to school and worked in the construction field following his military service. He received...

Erin Lee is an experienced, licensed attorney with the State Bar of California. She obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law, and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Ms. Lee is licensed to practice in all Immigration Courts in the U.S., the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Southern District of California, and the Central District of California. She has served as the primary attorney on hundreds of successful cases and is passionate about obtaining success for her clients. She also speaks Spanish and Korean fluently.

The founding shareholder of Dillon Miller Ahuja & Boss, LLP, Mr. Dillon’s practice focuses on complex litigation matters, with an emphasis on business and commercial litigation, real estate matters, personal injury, and contract disputes. Mr. Dillon also advises the firm’s varied corporate and business clients in strategies to limit exposure to litigation through business policies, contract drafting and employment practices.

Intent on helping those victimized by insurance companies, John Clayton goes to battle for countless people injured due to someone’s negligence and recovers the compensation they deserve. As a litigation attorney at Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc., John focuses exclusively on personal injury cases and only represents injured persons and their families. An aggressive litigator, he takes pride in providing passionate, caring, and personalized service to each one of his clients. John is also fluent in Spanish.

John’s recent litigation success includes settlements in the cases of Hales v. Schulze for $1.5 million, Weaver v. Chamberlin for $1 million, and Albino...

Representing employees as a Union Leader inspired me to become an attorney, exclusively representing California employees against their employers in all aspects of employment law: illegal retaliation, illegal discrimination, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, wage/hour issues in the workplace, unemployment appeals, and understanding the severance agreement.
I work up every client's case myself and deliver the kind of personal service that every client deserves.
I strive to understand the client's expectations and to exceed them by offering a specialized service tailored to his/her unique case.
If you or someone you know has questions about a workplace issue, give me a call....

Michael Hernandez is known in the legal community as an expert trial strategist and has a reputation for winning the most difficult cases. In law school, Michael interned for the San Diego Public Defender’s office. Michael worked on hundreds of cases and successfully tried cases to a jury before he was a licensed attorney. Michael’s countless hours working on high-profile murder cases landed him the prestigious award of San Diego Volunteer of the Month for the County of San Diego in December 2012. After passing the CA Bar Exam, Michael was quickly hired as a lead criminal defense trial attorney. In...

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Christopher C. Walton is an experienced and award-winning Personal Injury and Employment attorney. Chris aggressively pursues the compensation his clients need and deserve. Having spent several years defending insurance companies, Chris has unique legal insight and knowledge. He now dedicates his practice to fighting for the rights and interests of those harmed by the wrongdoing or negligence of others. Chris has been honored with numerous awards for his legal success. He has been recognized as a Top 10 Personal Injury Attorney, Best of the Bar, Client's Choice, Outstanding Trial Lawyer and Super Lawyer. Contact Chris for a Free Consultation. No fee unless...

Former CAOC President Former OCTLA President Former Trial Lawyer of the Year Nominee, CAALA Two time Trial Lawyer of the Year for Products Liability OCTLA Trial Attorney of the Year, CAOC 2022 Chair-Elect – OCBA Tort & Trial Section 2023 Best Law Firms in America 2023 Elite Lawyer 2023 Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® 2021 Top Plaintiff Lawyer, Daily Journal

Dave is a former federal prosecutor and seasoned plaintiffs trial lawyer that has dedicated his career to helping ordinary people get through extraordinary circumstances. Dave has obtained over $75 million dollars for his clients in just the past few years through outstanding settlements and verdicts in difficult cases involving wrongful death, catastrophic injuries, premises liability, and fraud. Dave has been recognized by his San Diego peers as a Super Lawyer, Outstanding Trial Lawyer, and Distinguished Alumni of the University of San Diego School of Law.

Dave has had remarkable success as a trial lawyer representing plaintiffs who have been injured. Dave...

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...

William M. Berman, Esq., is the founding and managing partner of the San Diego-based civil litigation firm, Berman & Riedel, LLP. Possessing the highest possible Martindale-Hubbell AV rating, Mr. Berman has broad litigation experience in handling complex civil litigation matters on behalf of injured consumers involving claims of serious automobile accidents, catastrophic construction and work site injuries, products liability matters, and medical malpractice actions.

For more than 15 years, I have litigated personal injury and wrongful death cases in San Diego. After working for law firms representing both plaintiffs and defendants, I opened the Law Office of Scott R. White to better serve the needs of my clients. By keeping a small caseload, I am able to give each client the individual attention that their cases deserve.

Ray spent years working in prestigious firms handling a multitude of Personal Injury and Employment law cases helping thousands of working class individuals recover compensation denied by their employers. Today, Ray Padilla focuses on helping people injured in car accidents get the treatment and compensation they deserve. Ray Padilla prides himself in keeping his case load small so that he can deliver quality and personal representation to each of his clients who have decided to put their faith in him.

Ray obtained his Bachelor’s degree at Arizona State University, where he earned Dean’s List Honors, before moving to San...

As a founding partner of Martinez & Schill LLP, Jennifer heads the firm’s personal injury practice. Jennifer has extensive litigation experience handling wrongful death, severe personal injury actions including traumatic brain injury and paraplegic injuries, premises liability, automobile and motorcycle accidents, work place injuries and general negligence cases. In addition to her personal injury practice, Jennifer has extensive experience representing contractors in all construction related matters including construction defect litigation, contract negotiation and drafting, prosecution of mechanics liens and securing insurance coverage. Jennifer has successfully tried multiple cases to a jury and has effectively and efficiently handled...

As a partner at Klein DeNatale Goldner, San Diego attorney Ryan Bright provides counsel in personal injury cases. In his years at the firm, he has obtained more than $15 million in recovery for clients. The National Trial Lawyers have recognized him with their Top 100 Trial Lawyers and Top 40 Under 40 distinction. In addition, he maintains a perfect 10.0 Superb rating on Avvo. Mr. Bright received his Juris Doctor from California Western University School of Law. Currently, he serves on the board of directors of the nonprofit organization, A Life Interrupted, and he is a member of numerous...

Paul Jonna has a long successful legal career. As a top rated attorney in Rancho Santa Fe and a partner at LiMandri & Jonna LLP, he has helped a number of clients obtain the justice they are looking for. He his skilled in business litigation, wrongful death, and more. He started his career at the University of Southern California, where he earned a degree in Business Administration. He went on to graduate from the University of San Diego School of Law with his Juris Doctor. Because of his hard work and tenacity, he was selected at one of the “Best...

Gerald Singleton began his legal career as a trial attorney at Federal Defenders of San Diego, where he represented federal criminal defendants in the Southern District of California and before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He left Federal Defenders in 2003 to start his own practice, which has grown from a sole proprietorship to a national firm with over 100 employees. Jerry focuses on complex civil litigation and catastrophic personal injury/wrongful death cases and is a nationally recognized expert in utility-caused fires. Over the past two decades, he and his team have represented more victims of utility-caused fires than any other...

Ed Nield is the principal and partner of the Nield Law Group APC with his wife/partner, Gabrielle De Santis Nield, and has over 35 years litigation experience. Mr. Nield has experience litigating life-changing catastrophic injury claims, whether arising out of medical malpractice, automobile, motorcycle, and pedestrian accidents, premises liability, dog bites or wrongful death. Mr. Nield, along with the Nield Law Group team, is dedicated to fighting for justice for victims who have suffered from the wrongful actions of others and strives to reach the maximum recovery for those victims.

Ed and Gabrielle Nield have a unique perspective and advantage to...

Michelle is a fierce legal advocate. She has received numerous professional accolades from both her peers and clients. She has been named a Super Lawyer and Rising Star (2015-2022), has received AV Peer Review Rating in the categories of Personal Injury and Litigation and name "Best of the Bar" in San Diego. Michelle's legal career has been focused on representing injured parties in Personal injury cases including: child injuries, brain injuries, dog bites, car accidents, wrongful death, slip and fall and other serious injuries. Michelle finds it rewarding to give a voice to those who have been injured. ...

I am a San Diego native and have been a trial attorney here since 2005. During that time my practice has focused on assisting those who have been injured in resolving their claims. We are focused on bringing compassion and understanding along with our legal expertise. It is my job to tell my client's story and I do that by getting to know them and connecting with them so I fully understand not just the nature of their injuries, but how those injuries have impacted their lives. https://www.padillalawgroup.com/attorney/padilla-jeffrey-m-esq/

Experienced in DUI, Criminal Law, Personal Injury, Torts, and Civil Law. Our firm does special appearances and writes briefs, motions and other documents for other attorneys. We are proud to be approaching our 12th year in business (as of 2014). Thank you to our wonderful clients and to those of you who have helped us throughout the years.

or over 38 years, Mr. Bibb have been fighting to make sure you are protected under the law and compensated fairly for your pain and suffering, medical bills and loss of earnings. We know how stressful a time like this can be in your life and how important it is for you to collect the money you deserve. Put your trust in us to ensure you are taken care of. With our no recovery, no fee policy, you can rest assure you are receiving the care you deserve.

As a dedicated Rancho Santa Fe attorney at LiMandri & Jonna LLP, Charles LiMandri has had a lot of success. His extensive legal history includes many successful trials and cases. Through hard work, tenacity, and the relentless pursuit of excellence, he has obtained tens of millions of dollars on behalf of his clients. He started his legal career at the University of San Diego and went on to Georgetown University Law Center. His list of accolades include inclusion into the Million Dollar Advocates Circle, recognition as one of “San Diego’s Top 120 Top Most Influential, and more. If you want...

Founded HainesLaw 2006. Currently with 1 of counsel attorney.

The firm handles cases in personal injury [emphasis on motorcycle accidents], business disputes, collections, employment matters and elder/dependent adult abuse.

Heavy emphasis on litigation.

Mr. Haines averages 5 jury trials per year.