Personal Injury
John P. McNicholas III
Founding Partner, McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP · Los Angeles, CA
John P. McNicholas III is a personal injury trial lawyer and founding partner of McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP in Los Angeles, California.
John Patrick McNicholas III was admitted to the State Bar of California on January 10, 1963, and holds an active license under bar number 33530 [1]. His State Bar record lists his office at McNicholas & McNicholas on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles [1]. With more than six decades since his admission, he is among the longest-licensed attorneys practicing in the city.
McNicholas has more than five decades of experience representing plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury, employment law, class actions, sexual abuse, and other consumer-oriented matters. The firm he founded was built by a family of attorneys spanning three generations: John McNicholas and his sons Patrick and Matthew have tried hundreds of cases to jury verdict on behalf of clients [2]. He is listed first among the firm's attorneys on its website [2].
McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP works exclusively on behalf of plaintiffs injured or harmed by the negligence or misconduct of others, in areas including catastrophic personal injury, employment law, class actions, sexual abuse, product liability, and public utility accidents [2]. The firm also serves as Panel Counsel to the Los Angeles Police Protective League and United Firefighters of Los Angeles City, representing law enforcement officers and firefighters in harassment, discrimination, and retaliation matters [2].
McNicholas earned his law degree from Loyola Law School at Loyola Marymount University. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates, and has been board certified in civil trial law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
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