Layfield & Barrett

Layfield & Barrett

Type	Professional Corporations
ISIN	🆔
Industry	Legal services
Founded 📆	2010
Founder 👔
Headquarters 🏙️	Los Angeles, California
Area served 🗺️
Key people	Philip Layfield - Managing Partner Joseph Barrett - Partner
Products 📟	Full Legal Services
Members
Number of employees	Approximately 150
🌐 Website	www.layfieldbarrett.com
📇 Address
📞 telephone
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Layfield & Barrett is an American law firm.

History

The firm was founded as Layfield in 2010 by Philip Layfield. The firm was rebranded as Layfield & Barrett towards the end of 2015 with the introduction of Joseph Barrett as a firm Partner. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and has offices in Orange County, San Francisco, San Diego and Washington, DC. Layfield & Barrett (L&B) is a plaintiff-only law firms. Its personal injury lawyers handle catastrophic injury cases, wrongful death claims, medical malpractice, civil rights, construction defect and mass torts.

In May 2016, Layfield & Barrett opened a new office in downtown Los Angeles at the U.S. Bank Tower. The firm is also currently preparing to occupy a new office in Scottsdale, Arizona in November, 2016.

San Bernardino Sherriff lawsuit

On September 18, 2015, a Friday afternoon, law enforcement followed a fleeing suspect on a high-speed chase through the streets of Fontana and San Bernardino, California. Offices of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department fired up to nine shots from a helicopter moving at a similarly high speed. The passengers of the vehicle suffered injuries, and represented by Layfield & Barrett and the V. James DeSimone law firm filed a lawsuit against the Sheriff's Department in San Bernardino Superior Court on April 28, 2016.

Glassdoor litigation

On May 2, 2016, through its lawyers, Layfield & Barrett and partner Phil Layfield issued a subpoena on Glassdoor seeking the online identities of former employees who posted extremely critical and negative reviews. Glassdoor executives have stated that they will fight the subpoena,as they have fought off other efforts to disclose anonymous identities in the recent past. Other litigants in California have won their right to anonymously post negative job reviews but the law remains hotly contested.

Awards and recognition

• Layfield & Barrett received the Litigator Award in 2015, placing the firm among the top 1% of lawyers.
• Philip Layfield and has been included in The Recorder's "Top Verdicts in California" on April 25, 2016.
• Layfield & Barrett's Partner, Joseph Barrett became President of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) in 2015.
• Philip Layfield has been selected as a Super Lawyer consecutively for three years (2014, 2015 and 2016). Joseph Barrett has been selected as a Super Lawyer consecutively for ten years (2006 - 2016).
• Joseph Barrett received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the CAALA in 2015.

References

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