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For the third time in the last four years, KMS has won the Manhattan Beach Six Man Volleyball Tournament, Men’s Open division. The Manhattan Six Man is the oldest and most prestigious six man beach volleyball tournament in the United States. This was a back to back win for Team Spyder/Res Ipsa. They have made…

Patrick Stockalper was an invited panelist at the American Conference Institute Obstetrics Malpractice Claims seminar in Philadelphia. The seminar features some of the top medical malpractice lawyers in the country. He participated on a panel entitled “Plaintiff and Defense Perspectives on Early Settlement in Birth Injury Cases” which took place on June 27, 2019 at…

Jim Kjar and Pat Stockalper attended FDCC Annual Meeting at the Sun Valley Lodge in Sun Valley, Idaho. The FDCC is an invitation-only organization for distinguished defense trial lawyers, corporate counsel and insurance industry leaders.

On June 16th KMS went to The Perch in DTLA for the ASCDC mixer celebrating women lawyers.

Patrick Stockalper, Esq. and Melissa Wetkowski, Esq. successfully obtain Court of Appeal ruling upholding summary judgment for Azusa Pacific University (APU) involving concussion injury. Ms. Wetkowski prepared a motion for summary judgment arguing that Plaintiff’s claim was barred by the assumption of risk doctrine. Plaintiff was a cheerleader for APU who suffered three alleged concussions…

On May 1-3 2019 KMS lawyers attended the annual conference of the Southern California Association of Hospital Risk Managers (SCAHRM) conference at the Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Palm Springs. The firm also hosted a dinner for friends and clients of the firm on Wednesday, May 1.

The Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel was formed 80 years ago. Its members are national and international coordinating counsel as well as trial attorneys and claims directors of national insurance companies all over the world. Membership is by invitation only and subjected to an intense peer review process. The Federation members include presidents and…

On December 6, 2018, Kjar, McKenna & Stockalper hosted the First Annual KMS Holiday Party at the historic Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. Along with KMS, the firm of McNicholas & McNicholas and Centext Legal Services served as hosts for the evening. Drawing inspiration from the grand law firm holiday parties of the past,…

Rick Wirick will be interviewed by noted author, James Tonkovich to discuss his new novel, The Devil’s Water. This is Rick’s third published work in addition to two collections of stories. It is published by McMillan Press.

KMS is proud to announce that in the year 2018 the firm won 13 trials for its clients. The cases involved such diverse areas as medical and legal malpractice and employment law. The cases were tried by Jim Kjar, Robert McKenna, Pat Stockalper, Ryan Deane, Jon Schwalbach, Hanna Dunn, Jason Petersen, Ali Baraff and Mellissa…