ELLIS RICCOBONO, LLP

 Verdicts and Settlements during their careers include:

• $6,100,000 Motorcycle v. Hole Created By City Of Los Angeles

• $5,000,000 Wrongful Death

• $4,000,000 Forklift Failure At Construction Site/Wrongful Death

• $3,300,000 Auto v. Bicycle

• $3,000,000 Truck v. Auto

• $610,000 Bicycle v. Dangerous Condition of Roadway

• $2,9000,000 Truck v. Truck

• $2,860,000 Auto v. Motorcycle

• $675,000 Truck v. Pedestrian

• $1,250,000 Auto v. Auto

• $1,000,000 Car v. Motorcycle

• $1,100,000 Car v. Bicycle

• $1,300,000 Slip and Fall

• $6,000,000 Auto v. Truck

• $750,000 Limo v. Bicycle

• $1,200,000 Underinsured Motorist UM/UIM Settlement

• $962,000 Birth Injury Case

• $1,000,000 Exercise Equipment Failure

• $1,100,000 Heavy Equipment Operator Burned After Gas line Explosion 

• $700,000 Sexual Abuse By School Employee

• $500,000 Unlicensed Contractor Fall From Ladder Breaks Leg

• $1,000,000 Fall From Scaffolding Causes Worker To Suffer Traumatic Brain Injury

• $1,950,000 Truck v. Truck

• $1,100,000 Fire Caused By Defective Copier

• $537,000 Underinsured Motorist UM/UIM Award

• $1,825,000 Auto v. Auto

• $700,000 Product Liability Case v. Auto Manufacturer

• $1,000,000 - Burn Injury/Work Place Accident

• $3,000,000 - Wrongful Death - Auto v. Truck

• $1,000,000 - Work Site Accident 

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TOBIN D. ELLIS

PARTNER

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Tobin D. Ellis focuses his practice on complex personal injury, wrongful death litigation, and a variety of other civil matters. He represents clients throughout the state who have been harmed by the negligence of others in motor vehicle collisions, construction site accidents, defective products, nursing home abuse, premises liability and medical malpractice. During his career, Mr. Ellis has also handled complex business litigation and insurance bad faith cases.

Mr. Ellis attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1996. He then pursued his legal studies at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu and was awarded his Juris Doctor in 1999. After graduation, Mr. Ellis joined a large firm, where he provided defense counsel to corporations, insurers and their clients who were being sued for negligence.

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In 2004, he focused his practice and dedicated his energy to representing plaintiffs. The experience that he previously obtained has helped him to anticipate the types of defense strategies that he now faces. Admitted to practice in California, Mr. Ellis is also admitted to practice before the Federal District Courts in Northern Texas and New Mexico.  In 2007 he became a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court.

Highly regarded by his peers, Mr. Ellis is frequently asked to speak to groups of fellow attorneys about developments in the ever changing law that affects the legal rights of Californians. He has been named a Super Lawyer, a Top 100 National Trial Lawyer, and has a rating of 10.0 on Avvo. He sits on the Board of Governors for the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and previously did for the Consumer Attorneys of California.

tobin@ertriallawyers.com

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Courtney Vasquez is an accomplished litigator with 12 years of experience specializing in mass tort cases and consumer class actions.  For the past six years, Courtney has focused her practice on wildfire litigation going head-to-head with the most powerful utility companies in the State, including Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation (PG&E) and Southern California Edison Company (SCE).  Courtney has successfully facilitated hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements for wildfire victims of the 2015 Butte Fire, 2017 Tubbs Fire, 2017 Mendocino Complex Fire, 2017/2018 Thomas Fire and Montecito Mudslides, 2018 Woolsey Fire, and 2018 Camp Fire.  Courtney understands the overwhelming devastation wildfire victims suffer and knows what it takes to maximize recovery for fire victims.

Before representing California fire victims, Courtney spent the first six years of her career working at the top international defense firm, DLA Piper LLP (US).  At DLA Piper, she led the charge defending companies against some of the biggest mass tort, product liability, and consumer class actions across the country.  This included the deadly 2008 Chatsworth Metrolink Train Collision, DJO Global Cold Therapy product liability cases, Bayer Men’s One-A-Day false advertising class actions, and various smoking and health cases nationwide.  This experience gave Courtney invaluable insight into corporate defense strategy and provides her with a unique basis to build the strongest case for her clients who have been harmed.

Courtney graduated from the University of San Diego in 2006, cum laude, with a double major in Philosophy and Psychology.  She then attended law school at UC Davis School of Law – King Hall and earned her Juris Doctor in 2009. 

Courtney currently lives in Ventura, California, having moved to the area after becoming integrally involved with the Ventura and Santa Barbara communities when representing fire victims in the 2017/2018 Thomas Fire and Mudslide and 2018 Woolsey Fire cases. 

COURTNEY VASQUEZ

OF COUNSEL

courtney@ertriallawyers.com