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
US News and World Report’s “Best Law Firms” edition listed Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos as one of the top Personal Injury law firms in the nation. The firm had a banner year obtaining multiple seven- and eight-figure verdicts and settlements. The firm also made history as Mike Arias was inducted as president of Consumer… 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
Mike Arias represents roughly 80 women who are part of a class action lawsuit against USC claiming they are victims of disgraced gynecologist George Tyndall. On Friday, October 19, USC announced a proposed settlement in the amount of $215 million to settle the federal class action filed against the school. Several media outlets including ABC,… Read more
Hon. Lucy Koh of the United States District Court 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 December 19, 2015. The County and CFMG will… 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 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 public defender for the County of Los Angeles… 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