Nicholas C. Rowley
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| Nicholas C. Rowley | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nicholas Charles Rowley August 22, 1977 Storm Lake, Iowa, US |
| 🏫 Education | University of Florida (BA, JD) |
| 💼 Occupation | Jury Trial Lawyer/personal injury/injury lawyer |
| 📆 Years active | 2001–present |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Courtney E. Rowley (Yoder), 2013–present (3 children) |
| 🌐 Website | Official website |
Nicholas Charles Rowley (born August 22, 1977)[1] is an American jury trial lawyer. He is the founder of a personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice law firm, Trial Lawyers for Justice (TL4J).[2]
Personal life[edit]
Nick was born in Storm Lake, IA, the eldest of seven children.[3] Rowley spent his first few years of life living on a farm in Storm Lake, IA. He grew up in the country and spent his summers working on his grandparents’ farm. Being the oldest child, he always had chores and someone he needed to take care of. When he was 10 years old, he worked in soybean and corn fields so he could afford to buy his own clothes and care for siblings.
By age 15, Rowley was living on his own. While living on his own, he worked two to three jobs at a time. For a six-month period, Nick paid a co-worker $50 a week to sleep on his couch and use his shower.[4]
At age 17, Nick joined the military where he worked as a medic (1994–2000). He knew that he couldn’t afford a higher-level education on his own, so he traded time serving his country in exchange for an education. He obtained his BA from Park Collage (1996) and his Juris Doctor from the University of La Verne Law (2001). Rowley met his wife, Courtney Rowley (Yoder), while attending the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyer College. They were married on September 7, 2012.[5]
Today, Nick
Honors[edit]
Nick has received several accolades for his career successes:
- 2018 CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year
- 2018 named to The National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyers – Top 50 verdict in the nation
- 2018 named “Los Angeles Top Litigators by the Los Angeles Business Journal
- 2015 listed in TopVerdict.com’s Top 100 Largest US Verdicts in the nation
- 2012 finalist for the “Consumer Attorney of the Year” award, given by Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC)
- 2010 recognized by the Los Angeles Daily Journal for winning a $31.6 million jury verdict for a victim of a traumatic brain injury
- 2009 Outstanding Trial Lawyer award by the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego[6]
In the News[edit]
Nick is known by many as the best Jury Trial Lawyer of his generation. He has won well over $1.5 Billion in jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. His successes have been featured in several publications across the nation.
In April 2012, The Tribune featured Rowley’s $74 million verdict in which the jury found a physician negligent in the delivery of a baby girl who developed cerebral palsy.[7]
In June 2018, the Des Moines Register published an article featuring Nick winning $29.5 million for a woman who died due to medical negligence.[8][9] April 2019, the Des Moines Register also featured Nick’s verdict of $12.25 in which his client suffered from receiving the wrong-patient prostate cancer surgery.[10] Nick represented a student at KHSD who was injured in a violent dog pile that broke out at Bakersfield High School during a pep rally. In 2010, his client put on a chicken costume intended to mock an opposing team’s mascot. Members of the football team pounced on him, kicked him, and punched him resulting in him having a traumatic brain injury. The case was settled for $10.5 million before a jury verdict came back.[11]
In 2010, 32-year-old Nicholas Rowley won a jury verdict of $31.5 million. The case involved a drunk driver hitting Nick’s client, age 16 at the time, resulting in a brain injury and left-sided hemiparesis. The insurance company refused to payout its insured’s policy limit of $10 million. Nick whacked them for more than triple their policy.[12]
Political activity[edit]
Rowley has been a courageous leader in making noise to adjust California’s regressive medical malpractice cap (MICRA -1975 law) that caps the value of life at $250,000 regardless of the injury. This is the most regressive restriction on the Civil Rights of Health Care Patients in American history. MICRA is a one-size-fits-all $250,000 cap on the Quality of Life and Wrongful Death damages suffered by victims of Medical Malpractice. Medical Malpractice is the 3rd leading cause of death in America.
The MICRA cap has not been adjusted to reflect inflation for almost 50 years. The Fairness for Injured Patient Act (FIPA) is intended to fix this bill to help protect injured patients by raising the Medical Malpractice cap to $1,200,000 to reflect inflation. Passing FIPA would not cost healthcare professionals anything; however, it would enforce billion-dollar insurance companies to pay negligently harmed citizens on behalf of the medical professional it insures.[13]
Bibliography[edit]
- Trial by Human (2013)[14]
- Running with the Bulls – How to Win Top Dollar Settlements (2019)[15]
- Voir Dire and Opening Statements (2020)[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Nicholas Charles Rowley United States Public Records".
- ↑ "Profile: Nick Rowley". www.tl4j.com.
- ↑ Cushing, Susan. "Profile: Nick Rowley: Champion of the People". attorneyatlawmagazine.com.
- ↑ McGinn, Andrew. "Profile: Nick Rowley left Jefferson as a troubled teen. As a trial lawyer, he's won more than $1 billion for underdogs everywhere". The Jefferson Herald.
- ↑ "About Nicholas C. Rowley". nicholasrowley.com.
- ↑ "Nicholas Rowley Trial Lawyer". Trial Guides.
- ↑ Wilson, Nick. "Parents awarded $74 million in malpractice lawsuit against doctor". www.sanluisobispo.com.
- ↑ Gruber-Miller, Stephen. "Jury awards $29.5 million verdict for woman's death in medical malpractice case".
- ↑ Gruber-Miller, Stephen. "Parents awarded $74 million in malpractice lawsuit against doctor". www.sanluisobispo.com.
- ↑ Leys, Tony. "Wrong-patient prostate cancer surgery costs Iowa Clinic $12.25 million in malpractice case". www.desmoinesregister.com.
- ↑ Pierce, Harold. "KHSD settles chicken suit beating case for $10.5 million". www.bakersfield.com.
- ↑ "Young Lawyer Wins $31.5 Million Verdict". www.trialguides.com.
- ↑ Brian Miller. "Nicholas Rowley - California's Regressive Malpractice Damages Cap". anchor.fm (Podcast).
- ↑ "Trial by Human". /www.trialguides.com. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ↑ "Running with the Bulls". Trial Guides. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ↑ "Voir Dire and Opening Statements". www.trialguides.com. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
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