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Robert Finnerty
- Firm Name
- Girardi|Keese
- Address
- 1126 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90017 - Phone
- (213) 262-6777
- Fax
- (213) 481-1554
- Website
- http://www.girardikeese.com/
- Primary Practice Area
- Professional (Legal) Malpractice
- Secondary Practice Area
- Personal Injury
- Professional Biographical Information
Robert W. Finnerty specializes in the areas of toxic torts, product liability, professional negligence, catastrophic personal injuries and insurance bad faith. He has gained a reputation among judges, fellow trial lawyers and industry followers as a skilled and talented trial lawyer. As a trial lawyer, he has obtained verdicts and settlements exceeding $500,000,000. More significant than the shear dollar amount of his results, Mr. Finnerty seeks to make a difference in his clients’ lives. Giving people the opportunity to obtain their goals and overcome their injuries is the driving force behind his practice.
- Legal Admission Dates & Jurisdictions
- California, 1985
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1985
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1985
- Education
- Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California
- J.D. – 1982
- Honors: Member of Phi Delta Phi
- University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, California
- B.A. and B.S. – 1978
- Major: Political Science and Psychology
- Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California
- Honors & Awards
- “AV” Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
- Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist 1997
- American Trial Lawyers Assoc. Top 100 Trial Lawyers 2008
- Super Lawyers 2008 – Forbes Top Litigators
- The Ten Most Dependable Attorneys of California 2008
- Top Plaintiffs Lawyers 2016 – The Daily Journal
- Professional Associations
- American Board of Trial Lawyers, Member Advocate, 1985 – Present
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Member, 1985 – Present
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Member, 1985 – Present
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- American Association for Justice
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- Multiple Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 1985 – Present
- Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2014 – Present
- Representative Cases
- Toxic Tort Plaintiffs – PGE
- Toxic Tort Plaintiffs – Lockheed Litigation