CAOC President and CAALA Immediate Past-President Mike Arias was quoted in the Los Angeles Times in an article analyzing the sex abuse allegations against the leader of a network of churches known as La Luz del Mundo. In June 2019, church leader Naasón Joaquín García was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport and charged with… Read more
Family of Autistic Boy Abused at Clark County School Files Lawsuit Las Vegas, NV –May 3, 2019 – The family of a severely autistic boy who was abused at a Clark County school has filed a lawsuit against the school district and the instructor, Melody Carter, who physically hit the boy on multiple occasions in… Read more
Las Vegas Review Journal Story On Tuesday, April 9, a two-day hearing began to determine whether to allow a student to attend school wearing an “AngelSense” device in a case involving a severely autistic boy who was physically abused by a special education teacher who later pled guilty to a crime for the abuse. Joshua… Read more
February 26, 2019 – San Francisco, CA – A class action lawsuit was filed in San Mateo Superior Court today accusing biotechnology giant Genentech of exploiting cancer patients by packaging cancer medications in vials that are too large for most patients. Because the unused portion of the medications cannot be safely stored after the first… Read more
Los Angeles, Ca. (February 6, 2019) – Six ASWT attorneys have been recognized in the 2018-2019 Super Lawyers Top Lists. Mike Arias, Alfredo Torrijos, Arnold Wang and Kate Harvey-Lee have all been named on the 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list. Elise Sanguinetti was named one of 2018’s Northern California Super Lawyer and Jamie Goldstein… Read more
November 6, 2018 – Los Angeles, CA – A Los Angeles jury awarded a woman $760,000 for her pain and suffering after she was severely injured falling through a trap door left open as the result of her electrician’s negligence. Mike Arias, managing partner, Kate Harvey-Lee and Gene Feldman represented the plaintiff in the case…. Read more
Monterey, CA – September 6, 2018 – Hon. Lucy Koh of the United States District Court today approved a global settlement against the County of Monterey and California Forensic Medical Group in the amount of $825,000 to end a lawsuit filed by the surviving children of a woman who died while in police custody on… Read more
Los Angeles, CA – July 11, 2018 – Mike Arias has filed a civil lawsuit against the County of Los Angeles and a former public defender who stands accused of sexually assaulting his own client in a Los Angeles County Courthouse in September of 2015. Emmanuel Bart-Plange, a former public defender for the County of… Read more
Oakland, CA (July 10) – On Tuesday, July 10, Elise Sanguinetti, a founding partner at Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos LLP, will be sworn in as President of the American Association for Justice. In addition to her service with AAJ, Ms. Sanguinetti served as the president of the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) from 2015… Read more
Los Angeles, CA – June 4, 2018 – Veteran trial attorney Kate Harvey-Lee has joined Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos LLP as a senior trial lawyer in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Her practice will focus on complex litigation involving consumer and employment class action, employment law, product liability, catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death…. Read more