Coleman & Horowitt, LLP

Laurence Y. Wong

Senior Counsel

Head of Tort Litigation Practice Group

Contact

(310) 203-2888
lwong@ch-law.com
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Practice Areas

Civil Litigation
Business Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Real Estate Litigation
Construction Litigation
Commerical Collections

Education

Juris Doctor, 1981
Western State University College of Law
Bachelor of Science, 1975
California State University, Long Beach, BA History

Admissions

California, United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court, Central, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of California

Professional Associations

State Bar of California
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
Los Angeles County Bar Association

Experience

Prior to joining Coleman & Horowitt, LLP in 2006, Mr. Wong practiced law with the Century City firm of Gittler & Bradford and the firm of Hemer, Barkus & Clark, where he was managing attorney of their inland area office.

Mr. Wong has acted as a crash settlement officer and judge pro tem for the Los Angeles County superior court as well as an arbitrator for the court.

Mr. Wong has extensive trial experience, having tried to verdict numerous jury and non-jury trials and arbitrations. He has handled all phases of litigation, including post trial motions and appeals. His results include:

High profile litigation representing a physician who refused to provide an epidural to a pregnant medicare patient unless $300 in cash was paid first
Representation of a physician and clinic in which a physician within the clinic was charged with manslaughter following a medical procedure

Mr. Wong has has also obtained defense verdicts for:

alleged failure to diagnose colon cancer resulting in the wrongful death of a 35 year old psychologist survived by her 3 year old son
battery allegation in which the patient claimed the physician operated on the wrong site
birth injury alleged as result of failure of physician to perform a c-section