O'Brien, Kevin L

William D. Chapman handles complex business litigation and serious personal injury cases. He has recovered multimillion dollar jury verdicts and settlements for his clients and successfully defended multimillion dollar claims against his clients in state and federal courts in California and nationwide. For the last five consecutive years, Mr. Chapman has been included on the California Super Lawyers® List, a rating service that is based on independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.  For the last 25 consecutive years, Mr. Chapman has received Martindale-Hubbell®’s “AV” rating, the highest rating of a lawyer's ethical standards and professional ability, which is provided by other members of the bar and the judiciary in the United States and Canada.

In representing his clients, Mr. Chapman takes a serious interest in their business and injury claims. He has represented a wide range of businesses, small and large, in industries such as nutraceuticals, computer software, building insulation products, self-insurance groups, automobile dealerships, distributorships, raw materials suppliers, etc. His clients have included Fortune 500 companies as well as small startup businesses and everything in between. He has represented individuals who have suffered injuries from accidents involving automobiles, boats, gym equipment, insurance bad faith, etc. Although his clients are predominantly individuals and businesses from the local Southern California area, clients have come to him from as far away as São Paulo, Brazil, Milan, Italy and Moscow, Russia.

When Mr. Chapman takes on a new client, he fastidiously studies their business dispute or personal injury claim to fully understand the factual background that gave rise to their dispute. This has required him to become an expert himself - albeit in a very narrow band of that expertise - in specialized fields such as stereochemistry nomenclature, computer software licensing, building products fire safety, franchise finance, computer software distribution, gym equipment safety, automobile financing, self-insurance groups, etc. He has worked with and against some of the world’s leading experts in highly technical fields.

Mr. Chapman is passionate about advocacy. He makes his client’s interests his own interests. He understands that to effectively represent a client, he must understand his client, his client’s business, his client’s goals and whatever stands in the way of his client achieving those goals. When a lawsuit has been commenced or is anticipated, that requires him to know and understand the legal principles and procedures that will determine the outcome of his client’s dispute. During his 30+ years of practicing law, Mr. Chapman has gained a broad and deep knowledge of the legal principles and procedures in business and injury disputes and applies this knowledge to each and every case he works on. After understanding the pertinent facts, Mr. Chapman advocates the application of the law to the facts of each case in the light most favorable to his client.

Mr. Chapman is a hard worker. Once he is retained by a client, he works tirelessly and relentlessly towards achieving the outcome that the client desires, needs and wants. He understands that clients want a zealous advocate but at a price that is reasonable and that they can afford.