Charles E. Moore - San Diego, CA

Mr. Moore was admitted to the California Bar in 1995. Mr. Moore has participated in many high profile cases. Robles v. AutoZone, Inc., was an employment case that resulted in a $7.5 million dollar punitive damages verdict. AutoZone had used psychological coercion techniques (the same techniques condemned in the famous Miranda v. Arizona Supreme Court case) to coerce employees into false confessions of theft and then fired them. The case was described in a column by Ralph Nader (http://www.counterpunch.org/2006/05/20/coerced-confessions/). Mr. Moore was quoted in the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/business/when-employees-confess-sometimes-falsely.html?_r=0). As a result of the Robles case, Mr. Moore was recruited to assist in Kell v. Autozone and Cosby v. AutoZone, both of which resulted in $1.5 million verdicts. Mr. Moore was the attorney on Juarez v. AutoZone from its beginning in 2006, was joined on the case by Mr. Bohm in 2009 and was on the trial team that achieved a record $185,872,000.00 verdict in November 2014.

Mr. Moore was the lead attorney on Johnson v. 505 West Madison Apts. (personal injury fire case, $1.1 million dollar total verdict) and Rodriguez v. Care With Dignity Skilled Nursing Facility, an elder abuse and wrongful death case tried to a successful jury verdict.

Other cases include Johnson v. Prudential Ins. Co., an insurance bad faith case. Darla Johnson was stricken with disabling illnesses. Her claim for long term disability benefits was arbitrarily terminated by Prudential. The jury returned a $16 million verdict including $14 million in punitive damages. Meehan v. CBIZ Benefits and Insurance (employment/defamation case, $1.1 million dollar compensatory damages verdict settled before punitive damages phase); Bryant v. SDG&E (employment/whistleblower case, $3.1 million dollar jury verdict )

Mr. Moore has participated in several medical malpractice trials and many other large personal injury cases settled prior to trial. Prior to and during law school, Mr. Moore worked in the bicycle industry and was an amateur bicycle racer. Mr. Moore is an expert in bicycle personal injury law.

When not practicing law, Mr. Moore continues his passion for bicycling. He is also an accomplished foosball player having won numerous tournament titles.