American Board of Trial Advocates - Los Angeles Chapter

The Partners John, Patrick, and Matthew are proud to be members of the Los Angeles Chapter of The American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), and consider their membership an example of their record of strong courtroom advocacy. ABOTA is a national association of 6000 trial lawyers whose admission is based on specific selection criteria which includes a minimum number of jury trials (as opposed to judge-only trials) to verdict. Click here to read about ABOTA. Click here to learn more about ABOTA requirements.

On October 22, 2007, the Los Angeles Daily Journal identified John, Patrick, and Matthew as the first family to have three simultaneous members in ABOTA. Click here to read article.

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$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
$5,100,000
Independent truck driver suffered head injury as a result of an improperly repaired trailer
$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

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

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.

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