Neil Gehlawat
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Los Angeles, CA
Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Civil Rights, Sex Crimes
12400 Wilshire Blvd., 4th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90025
About Neil Gehlawat
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Civil Rights
- Sex Crimes
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 2012J.D.
- Law Review: Texas Law Review, Notes Editor
- University of California, Berkeley, 2009B.A.
- Major: Political Science
- Major: Rhetoric
- Honors: With Highest Honors
Classes and Seminars
- The Nuts and Bolts of Practicing in Federal Court, CAOC Hawaii Travel Seminar, 2019
- Speaker, UC Irvine School of Law Civil Rights Litigation Clinic, 2020
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
Other Affiliations
- Consumer Attorneys of California (Member)
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Member)
- Kern County Bar Association (Member)
- American Association of Justice (Member)
- Consumer Attorneys of California, New Lawyers Division (Board Member)
- Consumer Attorneys of California New Lawyers Division, Education Committee (Chair)
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Board of Directors
- National Crime Victim Bar Association (Member)
Articles
Published Works
- Chain | Cohn | Stiles Celebrates New Building with Special Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Chain | Cohn | Stiles held a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house to celebrate its new home that will help better serve clients, while contributing to the ongoing revitalization of downtown Bakersfield.
- The Wrongful Death Case of David Sal Silva Neil Gehlawat helped settle a wrongful death, civil rights case that brought national and international media attention to Bakersfield. For the Silva family, that settlement was a vindication of a three-year campaign for justice.
- Chain | Cohn | Stiles Selected to Fourth Consecutive ‘Best of Bakersfield’ List For the fourth year in a row, Bakersfield-based personal injury and workers’ compensation* law firm Chain | Cohn | Stiles has been selected to the “Best of Bakersfield” list.
- Publication Highlights ‘America’s Deadliest Police’ of Kern County, Law Firm Cases, The Bakersfield Californian The Guardian unveiled its five-part series that examines the use of deadly force, rough justice, sexual misconduct cases and other issues involving “America’s deadliest police” of Kern Count, including cases handled by Chain | Cohn | Stiles.
- Attorney Neil Gehlawat, Father Give Delano High Schools Funding Boost with Generous Donation
- Poor Patient Care at Many Nursing Homes Despite Stricter Oversight, New York Times , 2017
- Sexual harassment in the Workplace Persists, but with the Law on the Victim’s Side, Kern Business Journal, 2017
- Building Your Case For Parental Dependency In Wrongful Death Actions, Forum Magazine, July/August, 2015
- 'First Look': Attorney Discusses Group Home Death, The Bakersfield Californian, 2014
- Taft High: Hazing Liability, Eyewitness News , 2014
- What Are ‘Spit Hoods,’ and Why Do the Police Use Them?, The New York Times, Sept. 3, 2020
- Litigating Civil Rights Cases In Federal Court, Forum Magazine, May/June, 2018
- Using The Mini-Opening To Your Advantage, Daily Journal, February, 2020
- Dismantling The Defense Medical Expert, Forum Magazine, July/August, 2020
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Construction, Product Liability, Premises Liability, Child Custody, Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination
- Personal Injury, Nursing Home Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Car Accidents, Sex Crimes, Child Custody
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