FRANK J. O'KANE, Jr. brings fifteen (15) years experience as a trial attorney with the prestigious plaintiffs’ firm of Greene, Broillet, Panish and Wheeler in Santa Monica, CA. Mr. O’Kane’s excellence as trial attorney has been demonstrated in a wide range of plaintiffs’ actions including personal injury, wrongful death, auto liability, product liability, train and aviation accidents, premises liability, construction accidents, governmental liability, medical and legal malpractice, insurance bad faith and business torts. The new firm also specializes in all aspects of family law in association with The Law Offices of Scott Miller.
 

Mr. O’Kane is voted by peers as top 35 general personal injury lawyer in Los Angeles and Orange Counties for 2004, 2005, 2006 and again in 2008.

The survey was published in Los Angeles Magazine and consisted of 65,000 ballots sent to attorneys in LA and Orange Counties . The attorneys were asked to vote for the best lawyers they have seen in action. Each lawyer was given a score based on the number of votes received. 
When the votes were counted Mr. O’Kane was voted as one of top 35 general negligence attorneys in the southland in 2004, 2005 and again in 2006. 
To put this in perspective, there are well in excess of 10,000 personal injury attorneys in LA and Orange counties.  To be honored by your peers is the greatest compliment of all. It’s an honor that distinguishes Mr. O'Kane in his field.

GLENDALE METROLINK TRAIN CRASH!!

Mr. O’Kane currently represents several victims of the tragic Glendale MetroLink train crash where 12 people died and over 80 people suffered catastrophic injuries. Frank currently represents several other families who have lost loved ones in other rail road related accidents.

UCI LIVER TRANSPLANT SCANDAL!!

Mr. O’Kane is currently representing the families of several UCI liver transplant patients who died waiting for a transplant, as well as several patients who waited as long as 6 years and never received a liver.
The O’Kane Law Firm is proudly representing the victims of this scandal. The case alleges that UCI Medical Center’s liver transplant program intentionally turned down hundreds of viable livers while performing only a few transplants a year.
The rejected livers were given to other programs and successfully used to save lives. A recent Federal investigation of the UCI liver transplant program revealed that in the last year alone 66 viable livers were rejected by and only 4 liver transplants were performed that year at UCI.

CALL FRANK O’KANE, ESQ. PERSONALLY AT 818 501-6100 FOR A FREE CONSULTATION OR SEND EMAIL TO FRANK O'KANE AND SOMEONE WILL GET RIGHT BACK TO YOU AND ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ABSOLUTELY FREE.

In Choi v. State of California, Frank obtained a $5 million settlement for a 32-year-old mother and homemaker who sustained serious head trauma after an accident with a Caltrans vehicle. His other notable cases include McCall v. DOE Trailer, Co., ($4.55 million settlement) a product liability case concerning an overhead door, Pesso v. Myers, (verdict: $2.85 million), involving injuries from a vehicle rollover accident, Fell v. Doe ($3.65 settlement) in which a loading dock worker was seriously injured after being pinned by a truck against a commercial trash receptacle, Staley v. MTA ($3.2 Million settlement) in which a UCLA graduate student suffered multiple injuries when hit by an MTA bus, and Passy v. State Farm ($3.05 million settlement), an uninsured motorist case involving fibromyalgia and closed head injury. Most recently Frank settled the case of Peterson v. Quickrete for the wrongful death of a 50-year-old father of three in the sum of $7.75 million. Frank is also handling several cases on behalf of victims of the Glendale MTA train crash.

Frank served for three years on the Board of Governors of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. He is a member of the Consumer Attorneys of California, the Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and is a member of the American Business Trial Lawyers Association.

Upon his graduation from California State University at Northridge ( B.A. 1976), Frank began working as a paralegal for the plaintiff firm of Greene, Broillet, Panish and Wheeler in Santa Monica, CA. He received his law degree at University of LaVerne College of Law (J.D. 1988) and was admitted to practice that same year. For the next 15 years Frank developed exceptional trial and negotiating skills while preparing and litigating a multitude of cases involving catastrophic injury, death and other large civil money matters.

• In 2004, 2005, 2006 and again in 2008 voted by peers as one of top 35 General Personal Injury Lawyers in Los Angeles and Orange Counties

• Over $50,000,000 in verdicts and settlements

•  Member Consumer attorneys Association of Los Angeles.  Board of Governors 3 years. Education Committee 4 years

• Advisory Board Member of UCLA Brian Injury Research Committee (BIRC)

• Member of American Business Trial Lawyers.

• Member of Consumer Attorneys of California

• Member of Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations

• Member of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers of America.

• California State University at Northridge (B.A., 1976)

• University of LaVerne College of Law (J.D., 1988)