Christopher Paul Yuhl
Personal Injury Attorney | Serving Marina Del Rey, CA
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 550, Marina Del Rey, CA
Personal Injury
California
Biography
Mr. Yuhl, a native of Los Angeles and a Loyola High School Graduate, earned his
Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Colorado in
1983 where he also served as Assistant Sports Information Director. Mr. Yuhl
managed the critical media aspects to comply with Title IX effects in opening up
college athletics to women, as well as being men's football and basketball
assistant . He worked as a free-lance sportswriter for the Denver Post, Rocky
Mountain News, the Colorado Golf Association, ESPN, and in the Denver Broncos
press box on Sundays. His journalism and public relations background helped
him develop a clear, concise, and compelling ability to deliver the story – a
critical asset in the communication between a Trial Lawyer and his jury.
Chris returned to California to attend law school at the University of San Diego
where he earned his Juris Doctorate degree in 1987. While at USD, Mr. Yuhl
earned top honors as the American Jurisprudence Award winner in Torts and
was privileged to represent USD on its National Trial Team which finished as
National Semi-Finalists.
His journey to the courtroom led him to the prestigious 160-lawyer defense firm
of Haight, Dickson, Brown & Bonesteel in Los Angeles. There he focused on
civil litigation and trials for the firm’s corporate and insurance clients. Mr. Yuhl
quickly made it into the courtroom, with juries returning favorable verdicts in
more than a dozen civil trials in his first 5 years. In 1990, just three years into
practice, Mr. Yuhl obtained the largest monetary recovery in the defense firm’s
then 54-year history with his $1.7 million victory in the “flying triangle landslide”
case. Chris also tried criminal cases as a pro bono prosecutor for the Los Angeles
City Attorney’s office obtaining convictions in every case assigned to him.
Turning the page again, Chris partnered with his brother Eric in plaintiff’s
practice in 1992 where he made his impact early. In a landmark jury
verdict, the first case to ever prove the traumatic activation of post-polio
syndrome successfully, a jury rendered a seven-figure judgment for his elderly
client. He successfully recovered more than $3million for the parents of two 21-
year-olds killed on PCH because of a dangerous road design that had been
ignored by the county for decades despite similar fatal accidents. The
settlement led to a reconfiguration of the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway
and Sunset Blvd eliminating the hazard and improving safety. In 2019 his team
received a $23.9 million verdict on behalf of an injured child involving a defective
fetal heart monitoring device. The verdict was upheld on appeal, ultimately
settling for $26.2 million.
Mr. Yuhl runs a variety of the firm’s Mass Tort matters involving defective drugs,
medical devices, and rail accidents. In 2012, he was appointed to national
leadership In the Wright Medical Technologies MDL/JCCP in a defective medical
device litigation involving 8,000 plaintiffs. In November 2015, Chris and his
leadership group received a stunning $11million verdict for a single plaintiff,
from a Federal Court jury in Atlanta in the first bellwether trial against the
manufacturer. The MDL/JCCP eventually settled for $. He has since
been appointed to leadership in MDL 2949 in the Eastern District of Arkansas
regarding another defective hip implant which has resulted in millions recovered
for plaintiffs.
Mr. Yuhl enjoys an AV rating by Martindale Hubble, the highest rating for ethics
and professional skill. He has been listed as a California Super Lawyer every year
since 2006 for his excellence in personal injury litigation and trial. He is a long-
standing member of the American Association for Justice and the LA County Bar
Association where he also serves on the Judicial Appointment Selection
Committee commissioned by the California Governor to vet and recommend
Superior Court appointments. His enjoys his philanthropic work with TheLA25
which strives to enrich the lives and intellectual growth of school kids by raising
money for Art and Music programs.
Chris and his wife Amy have three college age daughters, who also share his
passion for camping, hiking, skiing, baseball, dogs, and music.
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Christopher Paul Yuhl
Christopher Paul Yuhl
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Marina Del Rey, California