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Brian Jacob

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

5400 Bosque Blvd, Waco, TX 76710, USA

Brian was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He was blessed to have two loving, amazing, and hard-working parents that provided excellent role models for him. Due to the values instilled by his parents, Brian has a strong desire to help those in need and to be a positive influence in the lives of others and in the community. It didn’t take long for Brian to realize that he wanted to be an attorney when he grew up. Brian has always had strong opinions and has never been afraid to speak his mind. Even as a child and teenager, Brian loved to argue in support of causes he cared about and was passionate in defense of people that were close to him. Brian’s father has joked with him countless times over the years that he would argue with a fence post. During high school, Brian joined the debate team and began to work towards his dream of becoming an attorney. During his junior and senior years of high school, Brian was selected to travel to Boston, Massachusetts to compete in debate competitions at Harvard University. Brian graduated with honors from Roosevelt High School in 1994. With the assistance of an academic scholarship, Brian attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas where he majored in management and received a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1998. While attending Baylor University, Brian met the love of his life, Kristine Wallace, in the fall of 1995. Brian and Kristine dated during the remainder of their college years and while Brian attended Baylor Law School. Brian knew he wanted to marry Kristine for quite some time, but he also wanted to complete his education and be sure that he could financially provide for Kristine and the children they hoped to have one day. As Kristine would say, Brian “finally” proposed in the summer of 1999. Brian graduated from Baylor Law School and received his Juris Doctor in February of 2001. After Brian was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in May of 2001, Brian and Kristine moved to San Antonio for Brian to begin his legal career. Brian began working as an associate attorney at Allen, Stein & Durbin, P.C. shortly after moving to San Antonio. Brian was fortunate to work for and learn from some excellent trial attorneys at this firm while he remained there until December of 2011. In January of 2012, Brian co-founded the law firm of Jacob Jordan, P.L.L.C. in San Antonio, Texas. In September of 2016, Brian founded the law firm of BSJ Law Group, P.L.L.C. also in San Antonio, Texas, and has served as its managing attorney from its founding up to the present. Under Brian’s leadership, BSJ Law Group, P.L.L.C. was proud to announce the opening of its second office location in Waco, Texas on July 1, 2018. Brian has over 17 years of civil litigation experience providing representation to individuals, businesses, and insurance companies throughout Central and South Texas. Brian focuses his law practice primarily on personal injury, wrongful death, and construction dispute matters. Brian also represents telecommunications service providers against negligent excavators, contractors, subcontractors, builders, and other businesses that cause damage to underground and/or aerial telecommunications equipment. Brian is admitted to practice before all Texas state courts, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Brian has successfully tried to verdict jury trials, involving a wide range of subject matter and alleged damages, in multiple venues throughout the State of Texas. Brian believes that the practice of law is a calling, not just a profession. Brian strives to be a positive influence in the lives of his clients and further hopes that each client he serves will have a more positive view of the legal profession after his representation of them. When Brian is not working, he loves spending time with his beautiful wife, Kristine, and their 3 children. Brian and his family are avid fans of all Baylor sports and have been long-time season ticket holders for Baylor football and more recently men’s basketball. They have been known to plan family vacations around Baylor football road and/or bowl games. Brian also enjoys attending his kids’ sporting events and loves to travel with his family.

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Brian Larsen

Brian Larsen

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

530 Jackson St suite 2, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA

Brian Larsen is an attorney-at-law specializing in personal injury law and who started his practice in 1995. That is over 25 years or experience and expertise you can count on. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame Law School, a prestigious law school with lots of great history, competitive spirit, and the reputation of producing some of the best lawyers. We could go on about Brian's extensive 25 year-experience, his qualifications, and his winning record but here is the truth... this is about you... not our law firm or its attorneys. Brian Larsen does not just do an excellent job for his clients; he goes beyond the efforts made by most lawyers. He is tenacious and, once he takes on a personal injury case, there is nothing stopping him. He is willing to fight as long as it takes to secure a favorable result on your behalf. His ultimate goal is to win for you the financial compensation you deserve and help improve the quality of your life. Along with his team of attorneys and legal experts, he has fought against large corporations and helped countless injured victims in California. Call our office at 415-398-5000 and ask to speak with personal injury attorney Brian Larsen. He is waiting for your call.

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Brian Panish

Personal Injury Law

11111 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90025

One of the country’s leading trial attorneys, Los Angeles personal injury lawyer Brian Panish has obtained some of the most significant jury verdicts in United States history on behalf of plaintiffs. His courtroom victories include a $4.9 billion record verdict in the landmark products liability case Anderson v. General Motors, over 100 verdicts and settlements in excess of $10 million, six verdicts in excess of $50 million, and more than 500 verdicts and settlements over one million dollars in personal injury, car accident, wrongful death and business litigation cases. Mr. Panish consistently serves in a leading role in the largest personal injury cases in California and the country — he currently serves as Plaintiffs Co-Lead Counsel in the Woolsey Fire litigation, Plaintiffs Co-Lead Counsel in the Southern California Fire Cases litigation arising from the 2017 Thomas Fire and subsequent debris flows in Montecito, California and serves on the Plaintiffs Executive Committee for the 2017 North Bay Fires in Northern California. Additionally, Mr. Panish has been appointed as Lead Trial Counsel in the Porter Ranch/Aliso Canyon Gas Well Blowout Litigation and has served in leadership roles in the Asiana Airlines Crash Litigation, the Olympus Superbug CRE Litigation and DePuy ASR Hip Implant Litigation, among others. Since 2011, Mr. Panish has obtained more than $500 million in verdicts including, among others, a $23,720,996 bench trial award for a Southern California man and his wife after the man suffered a lower leg amputation as a result of being struck by a 28-foot utility truck while riding his motorcycle, a $21,503,420.48 verdict for a man who suffered catastrophic injuries after a vehicle illegally exiting the 405 Freeway HOV lane struck his motorcycle, a landmark $53,745,374 verdict for two Southern California brothers who were severely injured following a head-on collision with CRST big rig, a $41,864,102 jury verdict and subsequent $46,000,000 settlement for a United States Air Force Captain who suffered catastrophic injuries after being struck from behind while on his motorcycle and then dragged the length of a football field and a half by a Southern California Gas Company truck, a $36.5 million jury verdict against Schneider National for a big-rig crash that left a woman with severe spinal cord injuries, a $34.5 million verdict for a man who suffered a below the knee amputation after being hit by a tractor trailer, a $21,503,420.48 jury verdict for a Southern California man who suffered catastrophic injuries after a vehicle illegally exiting the 405 Freeway HOV lane struck his motorcycle and sent him careening across three lanes of traffic and into a passing flatbed trailer, a $17.4 million verdict for a Ph.D. student who suffered brain and jaw injuries during a rear end chain collision accident, a $17 million jury verdict against the Los Angeles MTA in the wrongful death of a visually impaired passenger, a $17.845 million award in a wrongful death case involving four family members killed when a Marine jet crashed into their home, a $20 million jury verdict for a woman who suffered a brain injury in a hit-and-run accident involving a J.B. Hunt tractor trailer, a $17 million jury verdict for a 84-year old man hit by a bus resulting in a leg amputation, a $15.3 million jury verdict for a woman and her daughter after the woman was severely injured on a negligently driven Alameda Contra-Costa Transit District bus, a $10.45 million jury verdict for the family of a security guard killed on the CBS studio lot and a $8.3 million jury verdict in the first DePuy ASR Hip Implant case to go to trial. Because of his expertise in personal injury, wrongful death, mass tort and product liability cases, Mr. Panish has been appointed to serve on the Plaintiffs’ Steering and Executive committees in numerous high profile mass torts and major disaster cases, including litigation involving train crashes (co-lead counsel in the the Chatsworth Metrolink disaster, the Glendale Metrolink crash, and the Placentia Metrolink collision), airplane disasters (Alaska Airlines Flight 261 and Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes), pharmaceuticals (Vioxx and diet drugs), and defective product cases (Welding Rods, DePuy ASR Hip Implant Litigation, and Toyota Unintended Acceleration cases.) He is currently handling numerous cases involving the Asiana Flight 261 plane crash as well as serving as Plaintiffs Co-lead Trial Counsel, representing over 7,000 clients in the Porter Ranch Gas Leak litigation. Mr. Panish has been recognized by numerous publications and organizations as being among the top trial lawyers in the country.

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