Trials

Gerald S. Ohn is a trial lawyer who has successfully conducted civil jury trials in California against major law firms.

Results from Mr. Ohn's trials and settlements were featured in the Verdicts & Settlements section of the Daily Journal on August 24, 2007, June 22, 2012, March 14, 2014 and December 12, 2014; and in Trials Digest on June 5, 2006, June 11, 2007 and June 25, 2012.

Accordingly, the Law Offices of Gerald S. Ohn, APC welcomes the opportunity to be retained as trial counsel or provide trial assistance in civil litigation matters.

If you are a plaintiff, defendant, individual, company, governmental entity or attorney with a civil case scheduled to go to trial, the Law Offices of Gerald S. Ohn, APC will be dedicated to litigating on your behalf in an aggressive, effective and efficient manner before trial to attempt to obtain a favorable settlement and during trial to attempt to obtain a favorable verdict. Opposing parties and counsel can sense when a party or lawyer exhibits a "fear" of trial and will try to leverage this knowledge in their favor. Thus, it is critical that you have a lawyer who is ready, willing and able to take your case to trial. The Law Offices of Gerald S. Ohn, APC has been retained on the eve of trial for this reason.

After obtaining a favorable verdict for a plaintiff in a civil rights jury trial, Mr. Ohn spoke to a juror who indicated that Mr. Ohn obtained significant admissions during his cross-examination of defendants’ key witness and that Mr. Ohn’s closing argument to the jury “brought it all together.”

In connection with a recent civil rights jury trial, a Judge noted Mr. Ohn’s deft cross-examination skills.

When a corporate commercial real estate owner defendant was sued by a plaintiff seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief over property valued at around $1 Million, it turned to the Law Offices of Gerald S. Ohn, APC with a trial date just one month away. Using aggressive, efficient and effective litigation strategies, techniques and tactics, the Law Offices of Gerald S. Ohn obtained complete summary judgment for its defendant client after just one deposition on the eve of trial.

A California based company and its officers were sued by a former business partner and officer seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensatory damages. With the trial in this California civil action scheduled to begin in less than two months, the company and its officer retained the Law Offices of Gerald S. Ohn as trial counsel. Using aggressive and effective motion and deposition practice, the Law Offices of Gerald S. Ohn obtained a highly favorable settlement for its clients of essentially one thousand dollars on the eve of trial.