Civil Litigation

Richard J. Kossler, J.D. has been a member of the California State Bar since 1981 and he has dealt with a variety of legal disciplines for over 25 years. He has maintained a constant commitment to giving exceptional legal service to his clients. He has endeavored to give his clients the type of personal services generally associated with a smaller firm while maintaining the variety of expertise and the level of excellence of a much larger firm. Our extensive experience in handling general civil cases has proven extremely valuable to our clients.
We
have
prosecuted, defended and/or overseen civil lawsuits
involving individual and corporate clients including
collection cases, cargo damage cases, personal injury
actions, worker’s compensation claims and cases, other tort
and breach of contract cases.
We
are fully prepared to take cases through trial and appeal,
but where appropriate we encourage the use of early
settlement and alternative dispute resolution techniques as
a means of efficiently and effectively handling our clients’
matters. Our litigators work closely with other
attorneys in litigation avoidance, risk management and
pre-litigation strategy. We have a proven track record
of representing
individuals in personal injury actions of the plaintiff’s
side which has resulted in large settlements for clients.
We
have defended
numerous litigation cases for companies and as General
Counsel he oversaw the risk management of the company,
established a reserve amount for each case, interacted with
insurance carriers due to the ongoing litigation and workers
compensation cases and interacted with a major bankruptcy’s
firm due to his expertise in the transportation field.
Kossler & Associates have overseen the handling of numerous personal injury cases, including wrongful death actions involving millions of dollars against his corporate clients. Further, we have overseen a number of complex worker’s compensation cases and have litigated many employment disputes. We have also overseen cargo litigation by other law firms throughout the country. We have been retained by major insurance companies to represent their insured’s performing insurance defense work.
Please contact us at 951-789-7022 for legal counsel.







