John Gomez - Trial Attorney

John Gomez is a nationally recognized trial attorney.  A magna cum laude graduate of the  University of San Diego, where he  also garnered Academic All-American Honors as a member of the Toreros football team, John went on to graduate from Yale Law School in 1993.

Upon graduation from Yale, Gomez spent a year honing his legal skills as a law clerk to a federal judge, and the next three in Los Angeles as an attorney at Latham & Watkins, one of the nation's largest and most prestigious law firms. There, he represented Fortune 500 and other institutional clients in a broad range of complex litigation matters.

In 1997, John accepted a position as a federal prosecutor. An exceptionally effective and award-winning trial lawyer, he tried and won twenty straight felony jury trials, including several lengthy, complex and high-profile criminal prosecutions.

Since 2000, he has obtained over $200 million in verdicts and settlements for his clients with more than 30 awards exceeding one million dollars each.  Perhaps most notably, he has obtained four jury verdicts in excess of one million dollars each in cases in which the defendants offered absolutely nothing whatsoever to settle before trial.  He also has obtained the largest wrongful death verdict in California history:  $106 million.

Fellow attorneys have consistently recognized John as among the very best in the profession.  He is a 6-time recipient of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego’s “Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award” for trials in which he has obtained million and multi-million dollar verdicts for his clients.  He was named the 2006 and 2010 “Trial Lawyer of the Year” for San Diego, the highest award possible for a San Diego trial attorney.  He has consistently been named a “Top 10” San Diego Attorney in a variety of legal fields, including personal injury, insurance and corporate litigation and every year is selected for inclusion in “Best Lawyers in America” and “Super Lawyers” in both the personal injury and products liability fields.

He has appeared on local, national and international news affiliates and was named one of San Diego’s 50 People to Watch by San Diego Magazine in 2010 and one of 25 “Metro Movers” for both 2010 and 2011 by San Diego Metropolitan Magazine.  He is the President-Elect of Consumer Attorneys of San Diego and serves on the Board of the Chicano Federation.

John speaks, reads and writes Spanish fluently.  In his free time, John enjoys spending time with his wife Lisa, son “JD”, twins Michael and Analise, and dog “Emma.”