• $156 million class action verdict on behalf of doctors defrauded by an insurance company.
• $30 million verdict for the parents of an infant who suffered damage due to hospital negligence.
• $20 million recovered in a class action lawsuit for individuals financially harmed by a major corporation.
• $16.5 million recovered in a class action lawsuit on behalf of workers denied full pay for all overtime and other benefits.
• $16 million verdict for corporation which was the victim of theft of their trade secrets.
• $13 million recovered against a commuter rail service for victims who were injured and lost loved ones in a railroad disaster caused by a deranged felon who left a Jeep on the tracks and was later convicted of eleven counts of first degree murder and one count of arson.
• $12 million verdict for a paraparetic victim of a truck vs. train collision where there were no lost wages and the plaintiff could walk with the assistance of a walker.
• $12 million recovered in a class action lawsuit on behalf of pharmacists who were denied overtime pay by a major healthcare provider.
• $12 million recovered in a products liability action for the wrongful death of middle-aged spouses due to defective recreational vehicle design.
• $10 million verdict for an injured construction worker who fractured his hip due to the negligence of a general contractor.

Firm's Partners

Exceptional. Professional. Experienced.

The attorneys of Ringler Kearney Alvarez LLP are consistently ranked among the top performing lawyers in Los Angeles and California. For instance, name partner Jerome L. Ringler has achieved the rank of Diplomate, the highest level of achievement in the American Board of Trial Advocates and a rank attained by only a small fraction of lawyers in the United States. He is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, an elite organization of courtroom attorneys which selects its members from the top crust of the trial bar. Indeed, membership is limited to 500 lawyers from the United States judged to possess, to an exceptional degree, superior skill and recognized ability in trial and appellate practice, and to be of excellent character and absolute integrity. Mr. Ringler has also been awarded "best of" recognitions by various media and legal associations such as Super Lawyer magazine, Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, California Trial Lawyers Association, and Los Angeles County Bar Association. The other partners have been frequent invited speakers to the trial bar, have received multiple awards and honors for outstanding legal work, and have served in prestigious positions in the legal community, such as the Board of Governors of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.

We are true trial attorneys, meaning we try cases whenever it is in our clients' best interest to do so. We exclusively represent people and businesses who have been harmed, and we only take cases on a contingency fee, which means our clients pay no attorney's fees unless we achieve success on their behalf. In this way, we and our clients truly are "partners."

For further details regarding each of the partners, click on their names.

• Paul Alvarez
• Thomas A. Kearney
• C. Jerry Kutner
• Thomas H. Peters
• Jerome L. Ringler
• Paul G. Szumiak

Contact our law offices in Southern California to discuss your legal matter further.

• Tel: 213-473-1900
• Fax: 213-473-1919
• E-mail