BORN: New York, New York.

Admitted to bar: 1980, California; United States District Court, Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1977); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D. 1980).

Memberships: Fellow in American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Association; American Board of Trial Advocates; Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; 2009 President of The Association of Southern California Defense Counsel; California Bar Association; Trucking Industry Defense Association; Hathaway Children and Family Services – Former Trustee of the Board of Directors, Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Los Angeles County Superior Court Arbitrator; Southwestern University School of Law, Deans Circle; Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America.

Lectures, Seminars and Publications: Key Issues in Claim Handling, Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Company (July 1992); Defending Under Coverage B in Employers Liability Litigation, CNA Insurance Company. Co-Author/Lecturer; How to Defend a Premises Liability Case-The Defense Perspective, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles-Las Vegas (September 2001); ABOTA “Masters In Trial” Speaker – March 10, 2006, Santa Barbara, CA.; CAALA Lecture “Killer Deposition Techniques” – September 2008, Las Vegas, NV; SuperLawyers 2009, 2010.


Robert Morgenstern is a founding principal of the firm, is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member ABOTA. AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, Mr. Morgenstern has engaged in an active trial practice since 1980, representing clients in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases in the commercial trucking, products liability and other casualty fields. He is also a frequent lecturer and has participated as a Lecturer in ABOTA's Masters in Trial programs.