Over 20 Years of Legal Experience Fighting for Injured Victims
Fiat justitia, et pereat mundus
Darrell Padgette represents personal injury plaintiffs in state and federal courts throughout Southern California. He specializes in personal injury and product liability actions at his legal practice, APG LAWYERS, APC.
Darrell Padgette focuses his litigation and trial practice on actions against individuals, businesses, and government entities responsible for causing or creating defective products, automobile collisions, trucking crashes, and dangerous conditions of property.
If you or a loved one has been injured due to another’s negligence, you can count on him to provide the personalized and aggressive representation you deserve.
Court Admissions
- State Bar of California
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- Multiple District Courts around the country on a Pro Hac Vice basis
Education
Juris Doctor
University of Dayton School of Law- Graduate School
Dayton, OH
1998
Bachelor of Science in Business Economics
Northern Arizona University- Undergraduate School
Flagstaff, AZ
1995
Memberships
- American Association of Justice (AAJ)
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA)
- Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC)
- Awards
- Super Lawyers
- AV Rated Preeminent by Martindale Hubble
- Avvo Rating
- The Corporate LiveWire Global Awards 2015
- Judge Advocate Generals
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 25 Products Liability Trial Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100
- Publications
- Combatant Activities Defense: Another Option for Military Product Manufacturers, DRI Skywritings Aviation Law Committee.
- Severing Bureaucratic Red-Tape to Secure Evidence from the Federal Government in Aviation Cases, Aircraft Builders Council, Inc. Law Report
- Death On the High Seas Act and the New Frontier, Aircraft Builders Council, Inc. Law Report
- California Adopts the Sophisticated User Defense by Placing a Label on Already Existing Legal Principles, Newsletter of DRI Aerospace Law Committee
Reported Cases
- Helman v. Alcoa Global Fasteners, Inc., 637 F. 3d 986 (9th Cir. 2011) (involving Death on the High Seas Act)
- Getz v. The Boeing Company, 547 F. Supp. 2d 1080 (N.D. Cal. 2008) (involving government contractor defense)
- McKinley v. XL Specialty Insurance Company (2005), 131 Cal. App. 4th 1572 (involving suits against own insureds)
- The United States v. Reyes-Platero, 224 F. 3d 1112 (9th Cir. 2000) (involving Hague Convention on Consular Relations)
Our Difference
- Over 20 Years of Legal Experience
- Consultations in Turkish, Russian, Czech, and Slovak Available
- Veteran-Owned Business
- Recovered Millions of Dollars for Injured Clients
