Russell S. Kohn | Oceanside Personal Injury Lawyer

Russell S. Kohn was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 2, 1959. He attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona from which he obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Accounting in 1981 and his Juris Doctor Degree in 1984. He was admitted to practice law in Arizona in 1984 and in California in 1985.

He has limited his practice to representing injured victims in personal injury matters since 1987. Mr. Kohn is a lawyer for people, and does not represent businesses, corporations or insurance companies.

He enjoys the personal and professional satisfactions that comes from helping injured people obtain full and fair compensation. He is a lawyer who empathizes with this clients, and takes the time to understand the unique effects of the injuries to the specific lifestyle of each client.

As an attorney for people, Mr. Kohn is attentive and responsive to his clients. Each client's case is personally handled by him, rather than by paralegals or office staff. He believes that a successful resolution of a case is only achieved if the client is satisfied with the result. He also believes that a satisfied client is one who is fully informed about the applicable law, facts, and available options. For this reason, Mr. Kohn keeps each client fully informed, and is always accessible to his clients by phone and office visits. He is trustworthy, experienced, and aggressive for his clients.

Memberships: State Bar of California; State Bar of Arizona; Consumer Attorneys of California; Consumer Attorneys of San Diego; San Diego County Bar Association; Director 2006-2008, Bar Association of Northern San Diego County (President-Elect 2004; Member, Board of Directors 2001-2003; Chair, Personal Injury Section 1996-1998); Arbitrator, San Diego County Superior Court.

The experience and integrity he brings to each case has earned Mr. Kohn extensive recognition among his peers, including the distinction of being among the top 5 percent of attorneys endorsed by Super Lawyers in 2008 due to outstanding achievement. He was also elected by his peers as President of the Bar Association of Northern San Diego County for 2004, and was thereafter elected to a three-year term as a director of the San Diego County Bar Association in 2005.

• State Bar of California | Member
  State Bar of Arizona | Member
  Consumer Attorneys of California | Member
  Consumer Attorneys of San Diego | Member
  San Diego County Bar Association | Member
  San Diego North County Bar Association | Member
  San Diego County Bar Association | Director | 2006 - 2008
  San Diego North County Bar Association | President | 2004 - 2004
  San Diego North County Bar Association | Director | 2001 - 2003
  San Diego North County Bar Association | Chairman | 1996 - 1998

• Super Lawyer | Super Lawyers
  Top 100 Trial Lawyers | The National Trial Lawyers
  Top Lawyers of San Diego | San Diego Magazine
  AV Preeminent Rating | Martindale-Hubbell
  Best Lawyers
  AVVO 10.0 rating

• $681,606.20 (Underinsured Motorist)
  “Net Underinsured Motorist Arbitration Award. In May 2015 Attorney Kohn, along with attorney Suzanne Skolnick, represented a 60 year old man in an underinsured motorist claim against Truck Insurance Exchange (Farmers Insurance). The claimant was injured in a November, 2010 rear-end collision that occurred while he was in the course and scope of his employment as a school district security officer. He sustained back, neck and shoulder injuries and had undergone 4 ½ years of treatment, including neck and back epidural injections and 2 lumbar radiofrequency ablation procedures by the time the matter reached arbitration. The claim against the underinsured motorist settled for the $15,000 minimal policy limit. After the worker’s compensation case was resolved, the case was mediated unsuccessfully with Farmers offering only $30,000. The case then proceeded to arbitration before retired Judge Herbert Hoffman. Less than one week before the hearing, Farmers increased its offer to $175,000. Judge Hoffman determined total damages in the amount of $681,606.20, which included the following items: past economic damages of $156,606.20; future medical expenses of $75,000; past non-economic damages of $150,000; future non-economic damages of $250,000 and loss of consortium damages for the client’s wife of $50,000. After reduction for the worker’s compensation benefits and the third party recovery, Judge Hoffman’s net award totaled $681,606.20.”

• $465,000.00 (Woman Injured in Fall)
  “$465,000 Settlement for Woman Injured in Fall An Oceanside woman suffered severe fractures after falling from her home’s second-story window. The 51-year-old plaintiff stepped out of her bedroom window onto a narrow pot shelf in order to reach the outside glass which needed cleaning. The pot shelf was enclosed by a short wrought-iron railing. After cleaning the window, she leaned against the railing as she was climbing back inside. When the railing suddenly swung open like a gate, the woman lost her balance and fell backward onto her garage and then dropped 12 feet to her driveway. The fall resulted in fractures in her knee, shoulder, and face. The housing developer and subcontractor responsible for the iron railing were both named as defendants in the suit. They contended local building codes required the railing to open in order to provide adequate fire escape, and further argued that they could not foresee an individual climbing outside onto the pot shelf as the plaintiff had done. The matter was resolved through mediation.”

• $1,070,000.00 (Auto Accident)
  “$1,070,000 recovered. In March 2018, Kohn Law Office in association with Skolnick Law Group obtained a $1,070,000 settlement for three young men who were passengers in a motor vehicle accident at an intersection in Del Mar, CA. The defendant made a left turn on a red arrow signal crossing directly into the path of the plaintiff’s vehicle. All three clients suffered major injuries including a fractured femur, a fractured pelvis, lumbar vertebral fractures, and concussion head injuries. The clients individually recovered $435,000.00, $315,000.00, and $320,000.00, which were paid by defendant’s insurer Amica Mutual Insurance.”

• $1,000,000.00 (Wrongful Death)
  “$1,000,000 Recovery for Wrongful Death of Brother In December 2017, Kohn Law Office in association with Skolnick Law Group obtained a $1,000,000 settlement just weeks before trial for the brother of a 63-year-old disabled man who was struck and killed by defendant’s vehicle when the 89-year-old defendant driver lost control of his truck and drove onto the walkway hitting the man in his wheelchair outside the emergency room entrance at the new Palomar Hospital in Escondido, CA. This settlement was split as follows: $500,000 paid by underlying carrier USAA Insurance Co., $500,000 paid by the umbrella carrier, Scottsdale Insurance Co. This is believed to be the largest wrongful death recovery for a single sibling in San Diego County history.”

• North County Lawyer Magazine | Injuries to Children in California | 2013
  North County Lawyer Magazine | California Dog Bite Law | 2012
  North County Lawyer Magazine | Justice For The Fallen - Sidestepping The Trivial Defect Rule | 2009
  The Advocate, journal of the Consumer Attorney Associations of Southern California | "Damages: Obtaining Prejudgment Interest on Economic Damages in a Personal Injury Case” | 2009
  North County Lawyer | Many articles on personal injury for North County Bar Association (NCBA) | 2004
  Trial Bar News, publication of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego (formerly San Diego Trial Lawyers) | “Proposition 51 Does Not Affect Vicarious Liability” | 1993

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