28 YEARS EXPERIENCE
VOTED SUPER LAWYER 2004-2015
PERSONAL INJURY CRIMINAL DEFENSE
FRANK J.
O'KANE, Jr. brings
twenty eight (28) years experience as a trial attorney with the
prestigious plaintiffs’ firm of Greene, Broillet, Panish
and Wheeler in
Santa Monica, CA. Mr. O’Kane’s excellence as trial attorney has
been demonstrated in a wide range of plaintiffs’ actions
including PERSONAL INJURY, wrongful death,
catastrophic injury, traumatic brain injury, automobile
liability, truck, semi-truck and tractor trailer
liability, motorcycle liability, products liability, including defective tires and tire
tread separations, defective automobiles, ATVs and other
defective consumer products that cause death or serious
injuries,train
and aviation accidents, premises liability, construction
accidents, governmental liability, medical and legal
malpractice and insurance bad
faith.
Mr. O’Kane excels in all areas of CRIMINAL LAW including
DUI's, drug possession and intent to sell, expungements,
assault and battery, homicide, theft, sex crimes,
embezzlement and more. The new firm also specializes in all
aspects of LEMON LAW including multiple repairs and
dealer fraud for all vehicles including autos,
motorcycles, boats, motor homes and RVs.
VOTED SUPER LAWYER BY HIS PEERS IN LOS ANGELES AND
ORANGE COUNTY AS TOP TRIAL ATTORNEY 2004-2015
The survey was published in
Los
Angeles Magazine and consisted of 65,000 ballots sent to
attorneys in LA and
Orange
Counties
. The attorneys were asked to vote for the best lawyers
they have seen in action. Each lawyer was given a score
based on the number of votes received.
When the votes were counted Mr. O’Kane was voted
as one of top 100general
trial attorneys in Southern California.
To be recognized by your peers for your
courtroom skills is the greatest honor of all. Receiving
this award every year since 2004 distinguishes Mr.
O’Kane in his field.
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In 2007 Frank settled a tractor trailer
semi-truck collision involving the death of a 44 year old
for $1.5 million-in this case the driver of the truck was
uninsured and Frank got the money from the owner of the
trailer being hauled as well as the dispatch company that
dispatched the driver from the Port of Los Angeles. In 2008
Frank settled a tire defect-tread separation case involving
the death an unbelted infant passenger for $1 million.
In Choi v. State of California,
Frank obtained a $5 million settlement for a
32-year-old mother and homemaker who sustained serious
head trauma after an accident with a Caltrans vehicle. His
other notable cases include McCall
v. DOE Trailer, Co., ($4.55 million
settlement) a product liability case
concerning an overhead door, Pesso
v. Myers, (verdict: $2.85 million),
involving injuries from a vehicle rollover accident, Fell
v. Doe ($3.65 settlement) in which a
loading dock worker was seriously injured after being
pinned by a truck against a commercial trash receptacle, Staley
v. MTA ($3.2 Million settlement) in which a
UCLA graduate student suffered multiple injuries when hit by an MTA
bus, and
Passy v. State Farm ($3.05 million settlement),
an uninsured motorist case involving fibromyalgia and
closed head injury. Most recently Frank settled the case
of Peterson v. Quickrete
for the wrongful death of a 50-year-old father of three in the
sum of $7.75 million. Frank is also
handling several cases on behalf
of victims of the Glendale MTAtrain
crash.
In
his Lemon Law practice Frank has obtained hundreds of
thousands of dollars for consumers who have been the victims
of multiple repairs and dealer fraud. Just this year he
obtained a six (6) figure settlement in a dealer fraud case
where the consumer was sold a $200,000 car and the dealer
failed to disclose that the car had been in a serious
accident and was repaired and painted without using the
manufacturer’s parts or paint. Frank also obtained a
$51,000.00 settlement for a consumer who was the victim of
multiple repairs on her five (5) year old used vehicle.
Frank served for three years on the Board of Governors of
the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. He is a
member of the Consumer Attorneys of California, the Los
Angeles County and American Bar Associations, the
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
and is a member of the American
Business Trial Lawyers Association.
Upon his graduation from
California
State
University
at Northridge ( B.A. 1976), Frank began working as a paralegal for the
plaintiff firm of
Greene, Broillet, Panish and Wheeler in
Santa Monica, CA. He received his law degree at University of LaVerne
College of Law (J.D. 1988) and was admitted to practice
that same year. For the next 15 years Frank developed
exceptional trial and negotiating skills while preparing
and litigating a multitude of cases involving catastrophic
injury, death and other large civil money matters.
• VOTED SUPER LAWYER BY PEERS 2004-2015 FOR TRIAL
EXPERIENCE AND RESULTS.
• PERSONAL INJURY
• CRIMINAL DEFENSE
• LEMON LAW
• Over $50,000,000 in verdicts and settlements
• Member Consumer attorneys Association of Los
Angeles. Board of Governors 3 years. Education Committee
4 years
• Advisory Board Member of UCLA Brian Injury Research
Committee (BIRC)
• Member of Consumer Attorneys of California
• Member of Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations
• California State University at Northridge (B.A., 1976)
• University of LaVerne College of Law
(J.D., 1988)