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John Gomez - San Diego, CA
655 W BroadwaySuite 1700 San Diego, CA 92101
Gomez Trial Attorneys, Accident & Injury Lawyers
San Diego Business Interruption Litigation Lawyer
Overview
Attorney John Gomez is a nationally recognized trial lawyer. A magna cum laude graduate of the University of San Diego, where he also garnered Academic All-American Honors as a member of the Toreros football team, John went on to graduate from Yale Law School in 1993...
Attorney John Gomez is a nationally recognized trial lawyer. A magna cum laude graduate of the University of San Diego, where he also garnered Academic All-American Honors as a member of the Toreros football team, John went on to graduate from Yale Law School in 1993...
Attorney John Gomez is a nationally recognized trial lawyer. A magna cum laude graduate of the University of San Diego, where he also garnered Academic All-American Honors as a member of the Toreros football team, John went on to graduate from Yale Law School in 1993.
Upon graduation from Yale, Gomez spent a year honing his legal skills as a law clerk to a federal judge, and the next three in Los Angeles as an attorney at Latham & Watkins, one of the nation's largest and most prestigious law firms. There, he represented Fortune 500 and other institutional clients in a broad range of complex litigation matters.
In 1997, John accepted a position as a federal prosecutor. An exceptionally effective and award-winning trial lawyer, he tried and won twenty straight felony jury trials, including several lengthy, complex and high-profile criminal prosecutions.
When Gomez returned to private practice in 2000, he brought the same passion for the rule of law and justice to his work in representing "ordinary people." He has taken on some of the most powerful companies in the world and has stood toe to toe with their talented and well-financed lawyers. Since 2000, he has obtained over $160 million in verdicts and settlements for his clients with more than 25 awards exceeding one million dollars each. Perhaps most notably, he has obtained four jury verdicts in excess of one million dollars each in which the defendants offered absolutely nothing whatsoever to settle before trial. He also has obtained the largest wrongful death verdict in California history: $106 million.
Fellow attorneys have consistently recognized John as among the very best in the profession. He is a four-time recipient of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego's "Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award" for trials in which he obtained million and multi-million dollar verdicts for his clients. He was named the 2006 Consumer Attorneys of San Diego's Trial Lawyer of the Year, the highest award possible for a San Diego trial attorney. He is an overall "Top 50" attorney among all fields according to the San Diego Daily Transcript's peer review poll, and every year is voted by his peers for inclusion in both "Super Lawyers" and "Best Lawyers in America" in both the personal injury and products liability fields.
Very active in the legal community, John serves as a member of the executive committee of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, on the Board of Directors of the San Diego County Bar Association, and as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of "La Cuna", a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding permanent and loving homes for Latino foster children.
John speaks, reads, and writes Spanish fluently, and in his free time, enjoys spending time with his wife Lisa, son "JD", twins Michael and Analise, and dog Emma. He holds a black belt in Tang Soo Do Korean karate and has completed numerous marathons and half-marathons.
About John Gomez
Practice Areas
- Business Interruption Litigation
- Wrongful Death
- Personal Injury
Current Employment Position(s)
- President and Lead Trial Attorney
Languages
- Spanish
Qualifications
Other Affiliations
- Consumer Attorneys of San Diego (Member, Executive Committee)
- San Diego County Bar Association (Board of Directors)
- San Diego Volunteer Lawyers Program (Board Member)
- Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, 2012 - Present (1000 Member)
Education
- Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1993
- University of San Diego
Honors: cum laude
Honors: Academic All-American Honors
Honors: Member, Toreros Football Team - Grossmont Junior College
Past Positions
- Federal Judge, Law Clerk
- Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, Attorney
Pro Bono Activities
- Chair, Board of Directors of "La Cuna"
- cademic All American football player for the University of San Diego’s Toreros
Classes and Seminars
- Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy Skills, University of San Diego
- Member/Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About John Gomez
Included on the 2023 San Diego list
Past Lists
- 2022 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2021 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2020 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2019 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2018 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2017 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2016 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2015 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2013 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2012 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2011 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2010 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2009 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2008 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2007 San Diego Super Lawyers list
Honors
- San Diego Daily Transcript Selected John One of San Diego's Top Attorneys, 2005
- Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, 2005
- Super Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America
- National Lawyer of the Year, Lawyers USA, 2010
- San Diego’s Trial Lawyer of the Year
- Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award
- Top 100 California Attorney, Los Angeles Daily Journal
- Top 10 San Diego Attorney, San Diego Metropolitan Magazine
- Top 10 San Diego Super Lawyer, 2012
- Number 1 attorney in San Diego for 2015 and 2016, Super Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America named him the San Diego, Plaintiffs Products Liability Attorney of the Year, 2011 - 2012
- Class Action and Mass Tort Attorney of the Year, 2015
- 10.0 out of 10.0, Avvo Top Ten San Diego litigator in three separate fields: Personal Injury, Insurance and Corporate Litigation
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Member, Summit Council
- “Community Service” Award, San Diego County Bar Association, 2012 - Present
Office Information
Address
655 W BroadwaySuite 1700 San Diego, CA 92101
Phone
Office Hours
24/7, seven days a week
Websites
- https://www.thegomezfirm.com (Gomez Trial Attorneys)
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