California Lawyers

Civil Litigation

6A Liberty Street, Suite 200, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656

Crystal L. Rorabaugh is a senior associate practicing in the Orange County, California office of McNeil Tropp & Braun, LLP. She currently focuses her practice in the areas of general liability, premises liability, and insurance defense. Ms. Rorabaugh has extensive experience in law and motion, including at the appellate level, and has argued dispositive motions in courthouses throughout California. Ms. Rorabaugh received her Juris Doctor summa cum laude from the University of La Verne College of Law as the valedictorian of the 2016 class, and a Bachelor of Art from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida in 2006 with a major in linguistics. While attending law School, she earned over 13 CALI awards for excellence including torts, contracts, sales, property, and constitutional law. Ms. Rorabaugh is licensed to practice law in California. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the California Women Lawyer’s Association, the California Lawyer’s Association, and the Orange County Bar Association.

Criminal Defense Law

888 West Sixth St., Fourth Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017

Attorney D. Shawn Burkley is ready to help you with virtually any legal challenge affecting your livelihood, your business, your freedom and your future. Whether incarcerated or facing off against the government to protect your fundamental rights, just trying to navigate the legal system can be an intimidating and confusing experience. Let us guide you through the process. Our focus is your freedom, your due process rights, and fairness for you.

Personal Injury Law

1438 Market Street, First Floor, San Francisco, CA 94102

Mr. Rencher started his practice of law defending health care professionals expanding into a wide range defense of licensed professionals and litigation. Thereafter, he broadened his practice to the defense of medical institutions, businesses, professionals from all fields, and individuals accused of crimes. He has since sharpened his skills as a Trial Lawyer trying cases including personal injury, elder abuse, wrongful death, real estate and general litigation. As prospective client of RLG you will benefit from his vast experience whether in the prosecution of and/or defense of your matter.

In House Counsel

15068 Rosecrans Ave ste 269, La Mirada, CA 90638, USA

Dale Nowicki is a nationally recognized executive attorney and General Counsel with extensive experience in complex litigation, corporate risk management, workplace investigations, mergers and acquisitions, and governance for nationwide organizations. A former U.S. Army special operations officer, helicopter pilot, and veteran law enforcement officer, Dale brings a unique operational and legal perspective to high-stakes matters involving civil rights, employment law, security operations, catastrophic injury, and corporate liability. Dale oversees nationwide legal strategy for a major security and surveillance enterprise and maintains a respected legal practice representing businesses, executives, and public figures in complex civil litigation and regulatory matters, including serving as counsel to a former National Security Advisor to the Trump Administration. He is also active in nonprofit leadership and veteran advocacy initiatives supporting veterans and mental health programs.

Personal Injury Law

1010 Fair Ave., Suite H, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Dan’s path to becoming a trial lawyer definitely didn’t take the “traditional” route. Originally from Rapid City, SD, with a love for soccer, he was the first person from his high school to be offered an opportunity to play at the Division 1 level. Unfortunately, an injury towards the middle of his freshman year knocked him down to a level he was not able to recover from, and 2 years later, he hung up his cleats. While things worked out for him in the long run, he has never forgotten what it was like to have hopes and dreams dashed due to injury. After college, he became a SCUBA Instructor, picked up his gear, and jumped on a boat to the Cayman Islands where he spent almost 4 years teaching diving and working his way up to earn his civilian United States Coast Guard 50 Ton Master Captain’s License. While in the Cayman Islands he also worked on a number of local conservation projects, which further instilled in him the idea of always finding time to give back to his community. Dan attended law school at Santa Clara University, where he not only served as President of the Student Bar Association, but also lead a group of 25 students to post-Katrina New Orleans, to help that community in the rebuilding process. He has taken his commitment to people and the community to the courtroom, where his results speak for themselves. He takes on the most challenging of cases, often times after other attorneys have stated these cases are “unwinnable.” He has achieved multiple six- and seven-figure results, including one of California’s largest slip/fall verdicts–$2.8 million—in 2016. This verdict was followed-up in 2017 with a $6.8 million verdict on behalf of an injured bicyclist. This is the largest reported personal injury verdict in the history of Santa Cruz County, and was the largest verdict in California in 2017 on behalf of an injured bicyclist. His results have continued into 2018 and 2019, where he consistently holds insurance companies accountable for full justice at trial, often to the tune of many, many times higher than the final pre-trial offers. Dan has been recognized by his peers, having been nominated by the Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association Trial Lawyer of the Year each of the past 3 years. He has also been recognized by SuperLawyers as a Rising Star, and in 2018 as a SuperLawyer. In 2018 he was also selected as a National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyer. He travels the country with Nick and Courtney Rowley as an instructor with Trial By Human, always committed to helping other lawyers achieve complete justice for their clients. Dan is based out of CZR’s Northern California office, and when he isn’t in the courtroom, he enjoys traveling and photography with his beautiful wife, Monique and their daughter.