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Benjamin Valerio 
Los Angeles, California
Associate
phone 310-694-5027
866-664-3055 (Toll Free)
fax 310-475-7871
email Email Me

Benjamin Valerio is an associate with McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP. He is the firm's law and appellate attorney practicing in all areas of litigation at the firm. He has experience prosecuting appeals in both the state and federal systems.

Mr. Valerio graduated from Vassar College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature. In 1997, he graduated from The University of Michigan Law School where he was an Executive Editor of The University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. Mr. Valerio served as a law clerk to the Honorable John Corbett O'Meara in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Prior to joining McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP, Mr. Valerio was a litigation associate at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP and a Vice President for Legal Affairs at Paramount Pictures Corporation.

Mr. Valerio is admitted to practice in all of the California State Courts

including Central, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of the United States District Courts. He is also a member of the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles and the Consumer Attorneys of California.

Some Notable Case Results Click Here For More Results Some Pending Matters
  • $10,800,000
    Sexual abuse of a male minor
    by a male coach
  • $10,048,000
    Laborer injured right thigh & knee on
    construction job requiring internal hardware
  • $9,000,000
    26-year-old plaintiff recovered against
    international company for a brain injury
  • $8,000,000
    25 tenants subjected to slumlord
    and uninhabitable conditions
  • $6,500,000
    Subway tunnel worker killed
    in a workplace accident
  • $5,430,000
    First African-American member of LAPD bomb
    squad discriminated against because of his race
  • $5,000,000
    Wrongful death of individual with three
    heirs in vehicle accident
  • $3,603,000
    Verdict for LAPD K9 Bomb Unit dog handler was
    retaliated against for standing-up for the lone
    female in the Unit who was harassed and discriminated against (click here)
  • $2,200,000
    16-year-old special education student recovered
    against LAUSD for being sexually assaulted
  • $1,750,000
    Jury verdict in favor of passengers injured
    in an elevator crash
Southern California Super Lawyers

John, Patrick and Matthew McNicholas were named as Super Lawyers in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

The Top 100 Southern California

John McNicholas was named to the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2007 and 2008, and Patrick McNicholas was named to the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

American Board of Trial Advocates

John, Patrick, and Matthew are all members of the American Board of Trial Advocates an organization based on trial experience.