Matthew S. McNicholas | Attorney

Matthew McNicholas is a partner with McNicholas & McNicholas. After graduating from law school, Matthew was law clerk to United States District Court Judge William J. Rea, Central District of California, for a one year term.

Matthew attending Loyola High School, received his B.A. from UCLA with honors and graduated from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles.

His practice areas include: representing large groups of “mass” plaintiff in tort-based actions, toxic injury litigation, sexual assault and sexual abuse litigation, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, employment law (harassment, discrimination, and retaliation), consumer class actions, maritime law, Jones Act, LHWCA, landlord-tenant habitability and nuisance cases, civil rights, and products liability.

Matthew was named as one of the top 20 attorneys in California under the age of 40 in 2002 by the Daily Journal (the legal newspaper for San Francisco and Los Angeles), and was named a Super Lawyer by Los Angeles Magazine in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Matthew is also a member of ABOTA. Click here. To check the Avvo rating for Matthew McNicholas click here.

Some notable results include the following:

• $9,000,000 settlement for 26-year-old plaintiff recovered against international company for a brain injury suffered as the passenger in a single-vehicle accident.
• $8,000,000 - 27 tenants recovered against their landlord for breach of covenant of habitability, nuisance and negligence for substandard conditions and mold-related injuries View the article
• $5,340,000 - African-American plaintiff recovered for racial harassment, discrimination, and retaliation against the LAPD Bomb Squad View the article
• $5,100,000 settlement for truck driver against two entities that repaired a portion of his truck that did not operate properly, causing head injury
• $3,591,000 - Japanese-American officer recovered against the LAPD K9 Unit for harassment, discrimination, and retaliation View the first article, View the second article
• $3,450,000 - Seaman was injured in boatyard while performing maintenance and yearly repairs on vessel View the article
• $3,150,000 - Farm laborers exposed to a soil fumigant during a single application causing acute symptoms
• $2,300,000 verdict for female LAPD officer who was subjected to sexual harassment, causing pre-term labor that led to the loss of her child at 23-weeks.
• $2,250,000 - 3 female employees within the same unit of the LAPD recovered for discriminatory and retaliatory actions
• $2,200,000 - Young boy recovered against his school as a result of being sexually assaulted in the school bathroom by another student
• $2,000,000 - Family recovered against truck driver for striking and killing their 64-yeard -old mother while crossing the street
• $1,800,000 - Female motorist was forced to have sexual intercourse with a uniformed peace officer who threatened legal recourse against her if she refused
• $1,400,000 - Settlement for father of 9 year old boy ejected and killed in a motor vehicle accident while not wearing a seat belt
• $1,250,000 - 30 tenants recovered against their landlord for breach of the implied covenant of habitability and nuisance
• $1,250,000 - 88 year old woman killed while crossing street by California Department of Corrections bus View the article
• $1,000,000 - settlement for truck driver with head injury in a case which McNicholas & McNicholas took over from another lawyer after summary judgment was granted against plaintiff