Gary M. Paul
Partner
Gary Paul is a partner in Waters & Kraus' Los Angeles office. Gary brings a distinguished legal practice to the firm, with more than three decades of trial experience in complex civil matters, including consumer and medical product liability, medical and professional malpractice, commercial and insurance litigation, and employment and labor law. Gary earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Arizona, and a Master of Science degree in engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a space and missile engineer for a decade before deciding to pursue a career in law. Gary earned a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in 1974, and was admitted to practice by the State Bar of California the same year. A respected author, Gary has written numerous articles for legal journals. He is co-author of California Tort Practice Guide, a five-volume law treatise published by Clark Boardman Callaghan. He also frequently presents at legal symposia and continuing legal education seminars. Gary is a member of the State Bar of California, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the American Board of Trial Advocates, American Association for Justice (AAJ), The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), and Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC). He has served on the Board of Governors, and as president of both the CAALA and CAOC, as well as in numerous other executive positions. He currently serves as an officer of the AAJ and was appointed President-Elect in 2010. In 2006, he was president of the Civil Pound Justice Institute, a think-tank of accomplished trial attorneys who help to strengthen the practice of trial law through educational programs, publications and research grants. He has been recognized three times for outstanding service to the legal profession and his community by the CAALA and CAOC, including the CAALA's Trial Lawyer of the Year. In addition, he has been named on the Southern California Super Lawyers® list, published by Law & Politics Magazine, six times. Gary is a native of Springfield, Ohio.
Areas of Practice
- Asbestos Litigation
- Product Liability
- Commercial & Insurance
- Employment
- Medical & Professional Malpractice
- Pharmaceutical
- Toxic Tort
Bar Admissions
- California, 1974
Education
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, J.D., 1974
- University of California at Los Angeles, California, M.S.E., 1969
- Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, B.S.E.E., 1965
Professional Associations & Memberships
- State Bar of California
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers
- American Association for Justice
- Board of Governors, 2001-present
- Executive Committee 2005-2006
- Parliamentarian, 2006
- Treasurer, 2007
- Secretary, 2008
- Vice President, 2009
- President-Elect, 2010
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- Board of Governors, 1977-1979
- Treasurer, 1980
- Secretary, 1981
- Vice President, 1981-1983
- President, 1985
- Hall of Fame, 2008
- Consumer Attorneys Association of California
- Board of Governors, 1979, 1981-1983
- Vice President, 1987-1988, 1989-1991
- President-Elect, 1992
- President, 1993
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Pound Civil Justice Institute
- President, 2006
Honors & Awards
- AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell Featured Peer Review Rated Lawyer
- Selected for inclusion on Southern California Super Lawyers list, published by Law & Politics Magazine, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Recipient, Marvin Lewis Award, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2008
- Finalist, Attorney of the Year, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2008
- Recipient, Hall of Fame, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2008
- Recipient, Ted Horn Memorial Award, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2000
- Recipient, Edward I. Pollock Award, Consumer Attorneys Association of California, 1996
- Recipient, Trial Lawyer of the Year, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 1981, 2008
- Eta Kappa Nu Engineering Honor Society
- St. Thomas More Law Honor Society
