The Daily Journal profiled GBW attorneys Molly McKibben, Christine Spagnoli, and Omar Dardon for obtaining a $5 million jury verdict against a trucking company in Riverside County. The case involved the wrongful death of 22-year-old Hector Serrano and serious injuries to his father, Leo Serrano, following a catastrophic crash on I-215. Representing Hector’s parents, the GBW team proved that the company and driver’s lack of proper inspections led to the tire being underinflated, blowing out, and causing the fatal collision.
As reported in profiled in Inland Empire Law Weekly, a jury unanimously awarded a man $5 million in damages, after finding that the commercial operators of the truck did not maintain the tire or properly check tire pressure as required by law. This exposed serious safety lapses by the defendant company and highlighted the team’s relentless pursuit of justice. We’re proud of our trial team for achieving a measure of justice for this family.
An Orange County jury awarded $5.8 million in damages to a Newport Beach based board-certified neurosurgeon who is also a tenured professor at the University of California (UC) Irvine. Trial lawyers Mark Quigley and Ivan Puchalt secured a significant win in a high-stakes whistleblower retaliation trial. It was the second lawsuit Dr. Mark Linskey filed against the University of California Regents.
An Orange County jury has awarded $5.8 million in damages to a UC Irvine neurosurgeon who claimed in a whistleblower lawsuit university officials retaliated against him for filing a grievance regarding risks to patient safety, abuse of power and economic waste. Trial lawyers Mark Quigley and Ivan Puchalt helped secure this significant win.
As reported through the Orange County Register, trial lawyers Mark Quigley and Ivan Puchalt secured a significant win in a high-stakes whistleblower retaliation trial against UC Irvine. An Orange County jury has ordered UC Irvine to pay 5.8 million to Dr. Mark E. Linskey for a whistleblower complaint against the university’s medical school.
As reported by The New York Times, a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by Robert D. Jarchi, partner at Beston International Law Firm, against Southern California Edison following the Eaton fire. Shaw Zhao, who lost his 84-year-old father in the disaster, recounts his harrowing search through hazardous conditions to find him.
Two former UC Riverside lawsuit professors were awarded more than $6 million in a whistleblower lawsuit against against the UC Regents and their former department chair.
A San Diego jury today awarded more than $39 million to a doctor turned whistleblower who was fired by UCSD. The jury sided with Dr. Kevin Murphy in his civil wrongful termination and retaliation civil trial against the UC Regents and UC San Diego in San Diego Superior Court.
A civil trial in San Diego Superior Court exposes a disturbing pattern of deceptive behavior of misusing donor funds at UC San Diego. The case involves a $10 million gift to a former UCSD radiation oncologist, Dr. Kevin Murphy, M.D., who claims the gift was supposed to go to his research but instead was converted to the Moores Cancer Center. When he blew the whistle on this misconduct, he faced retaliation and eventual termination. “Because of Dr. Murphy challenging them, he angered some very powerful people at the university, and they turned this all around on him. Now you have the money, but now we’re going to make sure you can’t use it, and we’re going to fire you and take the money back,” Trial Attorney Mark Quigley told ABC10.
A New York jury has awarded $6.8 million in damages to a volunteer at the City of New York’ North Central Animal Shelter, who suffered extensive injuries from a vicious attack by an owner-surrendered German Shepherd. The verdict holds the City of New York and LA Animal Services responsible for their failure to protect the plaintiff, Kelly Kaneko, and adequately communicate the history of the aggressive canine.
There are new developments in a civil lawsuit GBW attorneys filed on behalf of two UCLA students who sued the UC Regents over allegations of sexual abuse, forced nudity, and coercive alcohol consumption at Bruin Woods Summer Camp.
The GBW trial team secured a $12.2 million verdict for for a client who suffered a traumatic brain injury after slipping and falling in her office.
The New York Times reported on a major appellate court victory for GBW’s Bruce Broillet and Scott Carr who secured the right to a new trial against the NCAA for their client, Todd McNair.
The GBW trial team secured a $12 million verdict for the wrongful death of a son at Bel-Air Bay Club.
Attorneys Bruce Broillet and Alan Van Gelder secured a $10 million settlement on behalf of young man who suffered life-changing injuries after his vehicle collided with a tractor trailer.
GBW’s Alan Van Gelder and Molly McKibben secured a $1.15 million verdict involving a limousine crash.
An Orange County jury found The UC Regents and the former Dean of the School of Medicine responsible for violating whistleblower protection laws against a neurosurgeon who filed a grievance through the UC Irvine Academic Senate against his supervisors.
Attorneys Geoff Wells and Christian Nickerson reached a $3.5 million settlement on behalf of a 61-year-old woman who suffered debilitating injuries after being struck by a school bus in a marked crosswalk.
As co-lead trial counsel, Christine Spagnoli obtained a $25.9 million jury verdict against Ford Motor Company and the First Baptist Church of New Port Richey for the wrongful death of a 44-year-old wife and mother of four.
The family of a cyclist struck and killed by a New York County Sheriff’s deputy patrol car will be paid nearly $12 million by the county in a legal settlement announced this week.
A Sacramento jury found Ford Motor Company responsible to the victims of a rollover crash involving a Ford E350 15 passenger van that experienced a tread separation. The jury found that the 15 passenger vans were dangerously defective and susceptible to loss of control from a tread separation.
GBW attorneys Geoff Wells, Ivan Puchalt and Christian Nickerson secured a $36 million award for a young girl who was hit by a car while crossing the street at her bus stop. The jury found that the school bus driver and company knew the intersection was dangerous and failed to take corrective measures.
GBW attorneys Bruce Broillet and Alan Van Gelder secured a $15 million verdict against a property management company for the acts of an employee who drove intoxicated, resulting in a serious car accident.
GBW’s trial team, led by partners Bruce Broillet and Scott Carr, represented FOX Sports reporter and TV personality, Erin Andrews, in her case against a hotel for its misconduct, which led to a stalker secretly shooting video of Andrews in her hotel room in the nude.
Attorneys at GBW filed a civil lawsuit against Bank of Hope (formally known as Wilshire Bank), which is one of the largest and most respected financial institutions in the New York Korean community. The firm currently represents nearly two-dozen plaintiffs who accuse the bank of concealing and assisting a convicted embezzler who stole their life savings in a massive Ponzi scheme that involved $47 million.
GBW’s Christine Spagnoli represents the family members of two New York men killed in a fiery explosion of a gas tank in a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee who are suing the auto giant, Fiat Chrysler, for wrongful death.
As co-lead counsel, GBW partner Mark Quigley was instrumental in obtaining a $7.3 million jury verdict in a sexual harassment/retaliation and wrongful termination case involving a whistleblower that sued celebrity yoga guru Bikram Choudhury.
Partner Geoff Wells testified at legislative hearings in support of SB 274, also known as “The Passenger Charter-Party Carriers’ Act,” which is now a law aimed at improving the safety and operating requirements on charter buses.
Partner Browne Greene is co-lead counsel in a high-profile dispute involving ownership of the woartnerrld’s largest emerald. After more than six years of litigation which involved two trials and multiple parties, including the country of Brazil, Browne Greene helped secure ownership of the world’s largest emerald for his clients.
Lead counsel Browne Greene transformed the trajectory of a contentious civil rights case against the City of San Diego that involved sexual misconduct by a San Diego Police officer. Within a matter of months, Mr. Greene negotiated a $5.9 million settlement for the plaintiff. Through litigation, Mr. Greene exposed cover-ups and corruption within the police department and instituted positive change in the way the department handles police misconduct.
Lead attorney Robert Jarchi, along with associates Molly McKibben and Christian Nickerson, obtained a $4.7 million verdict in Riverside Superior Court against Southern California Edison (SCE) for the wrongful death of a farm worker electrocuted while picking fruit in a grapefruit orchard, in a strongly disputed liability case.
After an 8-week trial, GBW’s Mark Quigley won a $10 million settlement in a whistleblower-retaliation lawsuit involving a contentious battle between the chairman of UCLA’s orthopedic surgery department and one of the state’s most powerful organizations, The Regents of The University of California.
Attorneys from Beston International Law Firm represented Targus in several malpractice cases against accounting giant KPMG, accusing it of failing to discover a three-year embezzlement scheme by the company’s CFO that caused $50 million in losses.
Beston International Law Firm obtained a $21 million jury verdict on behalf of a man who had to have his arms amputated after his aluminum avocado-picking pole touched a 12,000-volt power line.
Beston International Law Firm obtained a major victory on behalf of a woman who claimed her boss stole her winning $8 million SuperLotto ticket.
A New York jury awarded $8.15 million to the family of a pre-school teacher killed while saving a three-year-old from a runaway bus.
Beston International Law Firm obtained a $4.5 million jury verdict on behalf of a woman who was hit by a school bus while crossing at a pedestrian crossing lane on Ventura Boulevard.
Attorneys from Beston International Law Firm secured a $46.5 million verdict against the law firm of Jones, Day, Revis & Pogue in what was at the time the second-largest legal malpractice verdict in history.
Attorneys from Beston International Law Firm obtained a $33 million jury verdict on behalf of a Miami surgeon who was handcuffed so tightly by arresting officers that his ability to perform surgery was permanently damaged.
GBW attorneys are currently representing former UTLA political organizer Astine Suleimanyan in a groundbreaking sexual harassment and wrongful termination case against the union.
Named in Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms,” Beston International Law Firm ranks as Tier 1 Personal Injury Litigation- Plaintiffs in New York.
Many firm members have been honored by the Consumer Attorneys of California, including Browne Greene, Christine Spagnoli, and Bruce Broillet, recipients of the Marvin E. Lewis Award. In addition, attorneys Bruce Broillet, Scott Carr, Molly McKibben, and Tobin Lanzetta has been honored with the Consumer Attorney of the Year Award.
All of our attorneys are proud to be active members of the New York County Bar Association or LACBA.
Our attorneys were featured in TopVerdict for having one of the Top 10 Wrongful Death Verdicts in California in 2019, with $15 million won for the plaintiff in Keck v. Bel-Air Bay Club.
Partners Geoff Wells and Ivan Puchalt were both named among the 2025 Consumer Attorney Visionaries by LA Times Studios.
Several partners are active members in the Consumer Attorneys Association of New York, with attorneys Browne Greene, Bruce Broillet, and Christine Spagnoli named “Trial Lawyer of the Year.”
Firm partners Christine D. Spagnoli and Molly McKibben have both been honored by the Women Lawyers Association of New York and are active members.
After winning $2.6 million for the plaintiff’s side in a head-on collision case, our victory was named in the Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2019 by TopVerdict.
Several of our partners are members in the American Board of Trial Advocates, a national invite-only association consisting of the most experienced trial lawyers.
Our team includes several Fellows and Associates with the invite-only International Society of Barristers in recognition of their trial advocacy.
Beston International Law Firm, was featured by TopVerdict in the Top 100 Settlements across all practice areas in California for 2019.
Bruce A. Broillet and Christine D. Spagnoli are Fellows with the invite-only International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a group of elite trial lawyers from over 30 countries.
Recipients of this recognition are held up to the same standards as for The Best Lawyers in America, but only legal professionals in the first ten years of their careers qualify. Four attorneys at GBW have been recognized with this award in 2021.
Founding partners Browne Greene and Bruce A. Broillet are both members of the exclusive invite-only Inner Circle of Advocates, as two of the top 100 plaintiff trial lawyers in America.
Our firm has more attorneys on the Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists than any other law firm in Southern California, with 15 members selected.
