The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™, Martindale Hubbell®

AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating, Lawyers.com / Martindale Hubbell®

Avvo.com Superb Score of 10

Plaintiff Vice Chair to the Aviation and Space Law General Committee of the American Bar Association, 2019-Present

Editor, American Bar Association Aviation and Space Law Committee Newsletter, 2020-present

Editor, The Brief Editorial Board Standing Committee, American Bar Association, 2021-2022

Member, Plaintiffs Practice Standing Committee, American Bar Association, 2021-2022

Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers in America®, Consumer Protection Guide, 2021

Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers®, 2019 -2021

Lawyer of the Year, Southern California, Wall Street Journal, 2020, 2021

Top 100 Attorneys (Civil Plaintiff), The National Trial Lawyers®, 2016-2022

Top 100 Attorneys in Southern California, Los Angeles Magazine, 2016-2022

Best Lawyers in America®, Plaintiffs Product Liability Litigation, 2016-Present

Elite Trial Lawyer Finalist, Consumer Protection Category, The National Law Journal and ALM Media for Germanwings opinion, 2018

Nations Top One Percent, National Association of Distinguished Council, 2017-Present

Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Lawyer Honor Society, 2016-Present

California Board Certified Attorneys, 2019-present

Aviation Trial Lawyers Association: Top 10, 2016-Present

National Brain Injury Trial Lawyers Association – Top 25

Southern California Super Lawyers® – Rising Stars, Up and Coming 100, 2016

Southern California Super Lawyers® – Rising Stars, Top List, 2015

Southern California Super Lawyers® – Aviation & Aerospace, 2007-Present

Southern California Super Lawyers® – Rising Stars, 2007-2016

American Association for Justice

Leader’s Forum

Aviation Law Section

Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Section

Trucking Section

Products Liability Section

Railroad/Highway Crossing & Derailment Litigation Group

American Bar Association

Aviation and Space Law Committee

Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section

Litigation Section

Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA)

Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC)

Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)

Biomedical Engineering Society

North American Brain Injury Society

Brain Injury Association of America

California Brain Injury Association

Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, Ad hoc, MDL-2497, In Re: Air Crash at San Francisco on July 6, 2013

Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, MDL-2085, In Re: Air Crash Near Clarence Center, New York, on February 12, 2009 (Colgan Air dba Continental Connection)

Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, MDL-1967, In Re: Bisphenol-A (BPA) Polycarbonate Plastic Products Liability Litigation, 2009

Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, MDL-1953, In Re: Heparin Product Liability Litigation, 2009

Leadership Group, East Coast Jets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 31, 2008

President, Student Bar Association, Southwestern University School of Law, 2002

Founding Vice-President, International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers, University of California at San Diego