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Praglin, Gary A.

Gary A. Praglin - Burlingame, CA

Attorney at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP

Contamination Lawyers in Burlingame, CA

San Francisco Airport Office Center 840 Malcolm Road Suite 200 Burlingame, CA 94010

  • 1 Super Lawyers®
  • 45 Years 
    Experience

Burlingame Contamination Lawyer

Updated: 03/02/2026

Areas of Practice

  • Contamination
  • Toxic Torts
  • Environmental Justice
  • Defective Products / Mass Torts
  • Personal Injury
  • Wrongful Death
  • Pharmaceutical Litigation

Attorney Information

Overview

Handled exclusively mass tort plaintiffs' personal injury cases. Experience includes every phase of groundwater contamination cases, air contamination cases, class action and direct action cases.

Responsible for supervising and training Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack's litigation staff in the handling of toxic tort cases. Responsibilities include day-to-day training and management of Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack's sizeable paralegal staff, clerical staff and environmental litigation associates. Responsible for supervising Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack's data management staff, including management of all computer related litigation tasks.


Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

SuperLawyers

Gary A. Praglin included in a Super Lawyers® list

Honors

  • Trial Lawyer of the Year Award by Trial Lawyers for Public Justice for work on the PG&E litigation- 1997
  • Southern California “Super Lawyer”- 2007
  • Southern California “Super Lawyer”- 2010
  • Southern California “Super Lawyer”, 2018 - 2019

Other Sources of Feedback About Gary A. Praglin

Included on the 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list


Past Lists

  • 2010 Southern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2009 Southern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2008 Southern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2007 Southern California Super Lawyers list

Education

  • Legal Education

    • Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1981
      J.D.
  • Non Legal Education

    • UCLA, 1978
      B.A.
      Major: English Literature

Current Employment Position(s)

  • Partner

Published Works

Articles

  • The sad truth about recycling Daily Journal, 01.2023

Bar Admissions

  • California, 1981
  • Florida
  • U.S. District Court Central District of California

Other Affiliations

  • Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member)
  • State Bar of California, - 1981 (Member)
  • Consumer Attorneys of California (Member)
  • Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles (Member)
  • American Board of Trial Advocates (Member)
  • Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles Mentor
  • California Bar Association
  • ABOTA

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Burlingame, CA

San Francisco Airport Office Center
840 Malcolm Road
Suite 200
Burlingame, CA 94010

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Phone: 866-553-9736

Fax: 650-697-0577

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