Christian Nickerson

Christian Nickerson is a trial attorney at Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP with a widely varied practice specializing in employment litigation, business litigation, catastrophic personal injury, and wrongful death cases. Christian has achieved over $240 million in jury verdicts and negotiated settlements on behalf of his clients. These include: LA Pacific Center Inc. v. Paul Hastings (Confidential Settlement – Represented real estate developer in transactional legal malpractice lawsuit involving ownership dispute over Las Vegas Hotel Property); Federal Express Orland Bus Crash Cases (Confidential Settlement – Coordinated action representing over 30 injured plaintiffs and family members of 9 deceased passengers in catastrophic bus collision in Orland, CA); Baklayan v. Southern California Edison (Confidential Settlement - Represented family of two decedents who died in the Woolsey fire); Escamilla v. Durham School Services ($36.1 Million jury verdict for 6 year old student hit by vehicle while trying to cross the street to board her school bus); Pedowitz v. Regents of the University of California (Obtained $10 Million for former Chair of Department of Orthopedic Surgery at UCLA in whistleblower retaliation action after two month long jury trial); Alagba v. LAUSD ($9.5 Million for family of middle school student who died at school after negligent emergency response); Segal v. LACMTA ($7.5 Million settlement for plaintiff hit by oncoming LA County Metro Bus that crossed lanes to avoid runaway dump truck); McNair v. NCAA (Confidential Settlement - Represented former USC Coach in defamation case against NCAA); Saraceno v. Hyros Corporation ($4 Million settlement for family of young man ejected from party bus on 101 Freeway); Dina v. Dickstein Shapiro (Confidential Settlement in legal malpractice case involving ownership dispute over highly valued art collection); Broderick v. State of California ($1.2 Million Settlement for family of young man who died as a result of dangerous condition of public property); Chambrone v. Knecht ($1 Million Settlement for moped accident); and Bolotin v. Act 4 (Confidential Settlement in intellectual property dispute regarding “American Psycho” Broadway Musical). Christian was recently named to the Top 40 under 40 by the Los Angeles Daily Journal in 2021. He is a two-time finalist for CAOC’s Consumer Attorney of The Year Award. Christian was named one of the Top 100 young lawyers in Southern California by Super Lawyers Magazine from 2018-2023, as well as a "Rising Star" from 2015-2023.