New Law Firm of the Year USA
Firm Profile
Skane Wilcox LLP is a women- owned “AV”® rated law firm headed by Elizabeth Skane and Wendy Wilcox with offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Las Vegas. We have a team of attorneys licensed to represent our clients in the State of California, State of Nevada and State of Arizona.
Skane Wilcox LLP represents a vast number of individuals, businesses and public entities. Liz and Wendy have defended clients in a number of trials over the past several years with great success. This past month, Liz obtained a dismissal for a waiver of costs after a 14 week construction defect jury trial in Las Vegas, Nevada and Wendy obtained a cheap settlement just before closing argument on a property damage jury trial in Los Angeles, California.
Our team of attorneys works to achieve successful resolutions for our clients from the start. Our website,
skanewilcox.com includes an extensive section explaining the many results we have obtained for our clients which we have achieved through advantageous settlements, motions and other stages of the litigation, including trial and appeal. Skane Wilcox LLP always strives to efficiently attain a winning result in order to maximize the outcome and minimize the expense on every case.
In the last year, Skane Wilcox LLP has won several legal awards including Employment/Labor Law Firm of the Year in California and Construction Law Firm of the Year in Nevada and Litigation Advisory Firm of the Year in Nevada. Skane Wilcox LLP is also named as Experts in their Areas of Expertise by
AgentsofAmerica.org and Claims and Litigation Management Alliance. We provide seminars and send out monthly E-newsletters in order to keep our clients up to date on our results and the current law concerning our Areas of Expertise.
66 Areas of Expertise
• Professional Liability • Architects/Engineers
• Lawyers and Insurance Professionals
• Employment Practices/Litigation • Products Liability • Premises Liability • Construction Defect • Insurance Coverage and Litigation
Notable Legal Work
• We obtained a defense verdict in a multi-million dollar construction defect case. Our client performed the roofing/waterproofing work on a home valued at over $8 million. The plaintiff sought $1 million, allocating the largest percentage to our client. Following the defense verdict, we sought our costs from the plaintiff.
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• After two weeks of trial, we obtained a directed verdict in favor of our general contractor client in a multi-million dollar personal injury claim involving allegations of negligence and premises liability. The plaintiff, a prominent orthopedic surgeon, sought several million dollars in damages that included past and future medical expenses and lost earning capacity. We are currently seeking costs from the plaintiff.
• We obtained summary judgment in federal court on behalf of our client, a major national retail employer in a multi-party lawsuit involving claims of disability and race discrimination as well as unlawful employment practices.
Elizabeth Skane and Wendy Wilcox
Wendy Wilcox Partner
1055 West 7th Street, Suite 2850 Los Angeles, California 90017
Tel: 213-452-1200 Email:
wwilcox@skanewilcox.com Website:
www.skanewilcox.com
Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2011
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