Claire Plotkin
Claire is a fearless jury consultant and fierce advocate for her clients and cases. If you need a consultant who won't back down and will give you brutal honesty when you need it, Claire is the one to call.
Claire is an expert at giving advice and feedback that helps lawyers understand a juror's point of view.
CLAIRE'S RECENT VERDICTS
$46 MILLION VERDICT in sex abuse trial
Doe v. Kuhlmann, October 2024 (Sonoma)
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$40 MILLION VERDICT in pedestrian wrongful death trial
Mount v. California Highway Patrol, June 2024 (Van Nuys)
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$5.8 MILLION VERDICT in negligent bus stop trial
McElrathv. Los Angeles County MTA, January 2025 (Alhambra)
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$2.2 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful termination trial
Yang v. Global Win, November 2024 (Los Angeles)
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$6.4 MILLION VERDICT in slip-and-fall/habitability trial
Abrego v. BJM, April 2024 (Los Angeles)
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$3.5 MILLION VERDICT in excessive police force trial
Sullivan v. City of Buena Park, May 2024 (Orange County)
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$25 MILLION VERDICT in failure to prevent child abuse trial
Doe v. AFS Sonoma County, December 2023 (Sonoma County)
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$9.4 MILLION VERDICT in age discrimination trial
Buron v. Occupational Health Centers, December 2023 (San Diego)
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$25.5 MILLION VERDICT in contractor electrocution trial
Perez v. Stoneledge, July 2023 (Alameda County)
$6.3 MILLION VERDICT in age discrimination trial
Contreras v. Kelly Pipe, June 2023 (Los Angeles)
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$4.1 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful termination trial
Whithorn v. West Covina, May 2023 (Los Angeles)
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$2.7 MILLION VERDICT in disability discrimination trial
Spillane v. Partners in Leadership, March 2023 (San Diego)
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$5.5 MILLION VERDICT in whistleblower retaliation trial
Galvan v. UPS, February 2023 (Downtown Los Angeles)
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$1.2 MILLION VERDICT in constructive termination trial
White v. Rockport Services, January 2023 (Downtown Los Angeles)
$2.3 MILLION VERDICT in negligent security/torn ACL trial
Khanian v. All Action Security, December 2022 (Van Nuys)
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$3.5 MILLION VERDICT in whistleblower/termination trial
Young v. County of Los Angeles, October 2022 (Downtown Los Angeles)
$5.2 MILLION VERDICT in auto crash trial against county sheriff defendant
Kozy v. County of Orange, October 2022 (Orange County)
$12.2 MILLION VERDICT in slip-and-fall TBI trial (0% fault on plaintiff)
Vu v. DFS Flooring, April 2022 (Downtown Los Angeles)
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$5 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death trial (50% fault on CalTrans)
Shepard v. CalTrans, March 2022 (Santa Monica)
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$6 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death trial
Doub v. Lyft, November 2021 (Sacramento)
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$4.3 MILLION VERDICT in slip and fall trial
Mora v. Albertsons, November 2021 (Bakersfield)
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$21.1 MILLION VERDICT in dangerous condition/wrongful death trial
Walsh v. CalTrans, July 2021 (Burbank)
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$5.5 MILLION VERDICT in negligent supervision vs. retirement home
Phillips v. AvantGarde, Janury 2020 (Van Nuys)
$15 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death of a 48 year-old son trial
Keck v. Bel Air Bay Club, November 2019 (Santa Monica)
$13.4 MILLION VERDICT in "consensual" sex abuse of mental health patients
Doe v. Vista del Mar/Signature Health, August 2019 (Ventura)
$6.2 MILLION VERDICT in personal injury/failure to supervise disabled adult
Dotson v. Aacres, November 2019 (Orange County)
$3.4 MILLION VERDICT in "lane-splitting" motorcycle versus auto crash trial
Orrin v. Sundaralingam, August 2019 (Long Beach)
$1.2 MILLION VERDICT in disability discrimination/wrongful termination trial
Scricca v. UC Irvine, July 2019 (Orange County)
$24.3 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful termination/defamation trial
King v. US Bank, May 2017 (Sacramento)
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$7.8 MILLION VERDICT in disputed liability trucking crash trial
Takamura v. Pacific Tank Lines, December 2017 (San Bernardino)
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$15 MILLION VERDICT in heavily-disputed course and scope, car crash trial
George v. First Service Residential California, March 2017 (Los Angeles)
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DEFENSE VERDICT ($40M demand) in fraud/elder abuse trial
Howard v. Howard, September 2018 (Glendale)
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$3 MILLION VERDICT in non-economic-damage-only wrongful death trial
Oliver v. Oakwood Worldwide, April 2018 (Van Nuys)
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$2.1 MILLION VERDICT in back injury trial (defense suggested $15,000)
Gil v. Anderson Commercial Plumbing, April 2018 (Van Nuys)
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$4.5 MILLION VERDICT in product liability/hip implant trial
Warner v. Wright Medical, June 2015 (Van Nuys)
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$7.8 MILLION VERDICT (including malice royalty) in trade secrets trial
Pine Valley v. Ajinomoto, January 2016 (Los Angeles)
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$2 MILLION VERDICT in personal injury trial
Summers v. HMT Tank Services, May 2016 (Los Angeles)
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$1.5 MILLION VERDICT in sexual harassment/retaliation trial
Vandervoort v. Fontana Unified Schools, March 2015 (San Bernardino)
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$1 MILLION VERDICT in race discrimination/retaliation trial
Lopez v. Bevery Hills, May 2015 (Los Angeles)
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$3.8 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death trial
Manning v. Sunbelt, November 2014
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