James Iagmin - Trial Attorney

For more than ten years, James S. Iagmin has represented only plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury and employment cases. Jim strives not only to achieve extraordinary results for clients, but also to help them cope with personal tragedy and sometimes stressful litigation.
Jim has received training from some of California’s finest trial lawyers.  He was an Associate Attorney at The Veen Firm, one of San Francisco’s most respected plaintiffs’ law firms.  There he learned to aggressively prosecute catastrophic injury cases. 

After returning home to San Diego, Jim joined the preeminent law firm of Schoville & Arnell, LLP as an Associate Attorney.  For eight years, Jim received mentorship and training on all aspects of complex injury cases, including premises liability, employment, government liability, wrongful death and product liability cases.  He participated in the work-up of a product liability case that resulted in a record $369,000,000 jury verdict.

Jim joined the Gomez Law Firm in 2008 as a Trial Attorney.  Since then, he has obtained three jury verdicts in excess of one million dollars.  Each of these has been in a unique area of the law, including the first application of the elder abuse laws to an arm’s length real estate transaction.  Jim continues to handle complex cases, helping people from all walks of life.    

Jim obtained his Bachelor’s degree at Loyola Marymount University, where he earned Dean’s List honors, and his Juris Doctorate at the University of San Francisco.

Cited cases:

Crowe v. County of San Diego (9th Cir. 2010) ___ F.3d ___
Ohton v. California State University (2010) 180 Cal.App.4th 1402
Ohton v. California State University (2007) 148 Cal.App.4th 749
Buell-Wilson v. Ford Motor Co. (2006) 141 Cal.App.4th 525

Honors:

Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award – Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, 2009
Super Lawyers, 2010
AV Rated – Martindale Hubbell