Geoffrey M. Trachtenberg

Managing Partner (California)

Statewide Administrative Headquarters

402 West Broadway, Ste 400
San Diego, California 92101
Telephone: (619) 265-2006
Toll Free: (800) 433-5336
Facsimile: (619) 923-0011
E-mail: gmt@lclegal.com

Managing Partner (Utah)

Statewide Administrative Headquarters

Wells Fargo Center
299 South Main, 13th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT  84111
Telephone: (801) 355-4529
Toll Free: (800) 433-5336
Facsimile: (801) 907-7996
E-mail: gmt@lclegal.com

Areas of Practice

Corporate / Business

• Business Organizations
• Commercial Transactions
• Franchising/Licensing
• Securities

Litigation & Appeals

• Personal Injury
• Auto Accidents
• Motorcycle Accidents
• Large Truck Cases
• Dog Bites
• Nursing Home Abuse
• Medical Malpractice
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Insurance Bad Faith
• Wrongful Death
• Premises Liability
• Defective Products
• Construction Accidents
• Bicycle Accidents
• Pedestrian Accidents
• Birth Injuries
• Airplane Accidents

Bar Admissions

Utah State Bar, 2010
Arizona State Bar, 2000
California State Bar, 1997
U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1998
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1998
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 2002
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2003

Education

Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Doctor of Jurisprudence, May 1997

Law Journals:

California Law Review, Editor
Ecology Law Quarterly, Member

Activities:

McBaine Moot Court Honors Competition

Honors:

Prosser Award (Civil Procedure)
Best Brief Award (Moot Court)

University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, December 1993

Honors:

Magna Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa

Activities:

Lovaas Autism Institute, Senior Therapist
Behavior Modification, Lecturer

Prior Employment

Irell & Manella LLP - Newport Beach, California
Litigation and Corporate Associate (8/98 - 2/02)

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Law Clerk for the Honorable Gary L. Taylor (8/97 – 8/98)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Judge Pro Tempore, Maricopa County Superior Court
• Arizona Trial Lawyers Association - Director
• American Association of Motorcycle Injury Lawyers
• American Association for Justice
• Federal Bar Association
• Maricopa County Bar Association
• Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
• Consumer Attorneys of San Diego
• Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
• Utah Association for Justice

Pro Bono Activities

• Author, Arizona Personal Injury Lien Law & Practice
• Lawyers on Call - Channel 12 KPNX TV
• Maricopa County Youth Assistance Foundation
• Arizona State Bar - Fee Arbitration Panel
• Public Law Center
• Volunteer Lawyers Program

Representative Cases

Southwest Fiduciary, Inc. v. AHCCCS, 226 Ariz. 404, 249 P.3d 1104 (App. 2011).
Progressive v. Blaud, 212 Ariz. 359, 132 P.3d 298 (2006).
Jeter v. Mayo Clinic, 211 Ariz. 386, 121 P.3d 1256 (2005).
Castiglione v. U.S. Life Ins. Co. in City of N.Y.,, 262 F.Supp.2d 1025 (D.Ariz. 2003).
Moreno v. Bran & Sons Transport, CV2005-005023.
Masherella v. Hymson & Goldstein, CV2003-022684.
TLD Funding v. Gallagher & Kennedy, CV2002-017524.
Zumstein v. Phillips & Associates, CV2002-13772.

Birth Information

1971, Cape Town, South Africa