McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP, was founded by a family of attorneys spanning 3 generations who have been trying cases to jury verdict on behalf of their clients in Los Angeles, California and other venues for five decades.

We have the resources available to maintain extensive and complicated litigation. We have fought many high-profile entities, including the State of California, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), BNSF Railroad, Goodyear and Home Depot.

Qualities of Representation

A number of success stories detail our practice history, including the following:

• We have secured many multimillion-dollar results on behalf of our clients, including $10.8 million for a sexual abuse case, $8 million for 25 tenants living in uninhabitable conditions, $10 million for a construction worker suffering a big injury on the job, and $5.4 million for discrimination against the first African-American on the LAPD bomb squad.
• The firm represents high profile individuals in various employment and compensation related matters.  These have included celebrities who have suffered catastrophic injuries, investment bankers who were not paid at the close of certain deals, international institutions in licensing and contract negotiations, and financial executives.
• Our attorneys include those recognized by Super Lawyers magazine, named among the top 100 lawyers in California and who are members of American Board of Trial Advocates. Our office has also been awarded the highest possible rating by Martindale-Hubbell for our ability and commitment to ethical practice.

John, Patrick and Matthew McNicholas were named as Super Lawyers in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

John McNicholas was named to the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 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.

John McNicholas is a certified specialist in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Legal Specialty.

John McNicholas and Patrick McNicholas are fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers, admission by invitation only.

Matthew McNicholas was listed as one of the Top 100 lawyers in the state by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals.