Vlad Raul GhenciuMember

Most personal injury attorneys let the insurance company’s lawyers run the process. After working as an in house attorney at Allstate Insurance Company, I know the ins and outs as to how to be on the offense for your case.

I practice mainly plaintiffs’ personal injury litigation, focusing on motor vehicle accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, pedestrian v. auto accidents, bicycle accidents, slip & falls, trip & falls and dog bites.  When the cases cannot resolve in my clients’ favor, I try them.

In in the civil jury trial arena, I have tried  12 civil trials before a jury, 11 of which went to a jury verdict.  I have also tried 2 civil trials before a judge, known as a “bench trial.”

My civil trials were as follows:

1. June 2018 – representing a Allstate policyholder before a jury trial, West Covina Courthouse, Judge Gloria White-Brown, presiding;
2. September 2019 – representing a plaintiff before a jury trial, Chatsworth Courthouse, Judge Gabriela Freixes, presiding;
3. October 2019 – representing a plaintiff before a jury trial about to be empaneled, Van Nuys Courthouse, case settled, Judge James Kaddo presiding;
4. January 2020 – representing a plaintiff before a judge trial, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Judge Holly Kendig, presiding;
5. March 2020 – representing a plaintiff before a jury trial, Van Nuys Courthouse, Judge Michael Harwin, presiding;
6. April 2021 – representing a plaintiff before a judge trial, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Judge Armen Tamzarian, presiding;
7. February – 2022 – representing a plaintiff before a jury trial, Spring Street Courthouse, Judge Stephen Moloney presiding;
8. May 2022 – representing a quadriplegic/traumatic brain injury plaintiff in a electric scooter case/uplift in a city sidewalk case, before a jury trial, Chatsworth Courthouse, Judge Randy Rhodes, presiding;
9. August 2022 – representing two plaintiffs in a disputed liability car crash, Westminster Courthouse, Orange County Superior Court before a jury trial, Judge Nathan Scott, presiding;
10. September 2022 – representing two plaintiffs in a car crash case, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, before a jury trial, Judge Gregory Alarcon, presiding.
11. January 2023, representing one plaintiff in a car crash case, Spring Street Courthouse, before a jury trial, Judge Mark A. Borenstein, presiding.
12. March 2023, representing one plaintiff in a car crash case, Spring Street Courthouse, before a jury trial, Judge Richard J. Burdge, Jr., presiding.
13. May 2023, representing one plaintiff in a premises liability case, Hall of Justice Courthouse, San Diego County Superior Court, Judge Timothy B. Taylor, presiding.
14. August 2023, representing one plaintiff in a car crash case, Spring Street Courthouse, before a jury trial, Judge Richard J. Burdge, Jr., presiding.
15. September 2023, representing one plaintiff in a car crash case, Van Nuys West Courthouse, before a jury trial, Judge Thomas Rubinson, presiding.

My first trial advocacy work began in criminal work while a law student at Loyola Law School, as a Certified Law Clerk, in July 2012 at the age of 26 I tried my first felony trial to jury verdict before Judge Upinder Kalra, Foltz Courthouse.  I tried two bench trials for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office in 2016 following completion of the “Academy of Justice” trial advocacy program.  I tried a criminal defense misdemeanor trial before a jury in December 2019 in San Fernando Courthouse before Judge Andrew Cooper.

Regarding trial advocacy training, I have completed, two intensive trial advocacy courses, seen below:

1. Criminal prosecution-The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office “Academy of Justice” a six-week (40 hours a week) invitation only, tax payer funded program taught by veteran Los Angeles Deputy City Attorneys.  I took and graduated from this course in the Summer of 2016 after which I was placed as a Special Deputy City Attorney in the Pacific Branch (LAX Courthouse) to try and litigate misdemeanor cases on behalf of the City of Los Angeles).

2. Plaintiffs’ Civil Litigation-The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) “Plaintiffs’ Trial Academy (PTA).”  This course was a 7-week program that I took and graduated from in the summer of 2019.  The course was taught by Mike Arias, past president of CAALA and president of Consumer Attorneys of California (CAC).  Lecturers included Carl Douglas, Arash Homanpour, Christa Ramey, Gary Dordick, Bob Simon, and Rahul Ravipudi.  Topics like the Academy of Justice were Jury Selection, Direct Examination, Cross Examination, Closing Arguments, Evidence, Ethics, Maintaining Credibility with the Jury and Trial themes.  Closing Speech was by Nick Rowley.

I have argued cases three cases in arbitration and made countless law and motion appearances in California state Superior Court.

I am President of the Romanian-American Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles Chapter which is part of the Romanian-American Chamber of Commerce, founded in New York State in 1990.  The Los Angeles Chapter, which I was the founding member of, was organized in July 2019 and has seated its Board of Directors.  I speak Romanian fluently, having been born in Romania.

I have extensive knowledge and experience in American politics, on the Federal (U.S. Senator Arlen Specter-2005, U.S. Senator Rick Santorum-2003, U.S. Representative Mike Garcia, 2020), state (West Virginia Attorney General Darrell V. McGraw-2008, two Pennsylvania state Representatives 2002, 2004) and local (Los Angeles City Attorney Michael N. Feuer, 2013).  Thus, I have worked for progressive Democrats, conservative Republicans, moderate Republicans, moderate Democrats, elected officials on both of America’s Coasts and in the Heartland.

I have lived in Washington, D.C., suburbia, Los Angeles, and small-town America (West Virginia).

I look forward to working on your case.