Meet the Attorneys
Greenberg & Rudman LLP is a California law firm specializing in personal injury litigation. We have over 50 years of combined experience and have collected over $150 million in trial verdicts and settlements for clients. We only represent people who have been seriously injured or have lost a loved one through a wrongful death. What sets us apart from other personal injury firms is that we are not just experienced attorneys, we are experienced trial attorneys. At Greenberg & Rudman LLP, we will fight for you!
DAVID H. GREENBERG
David H. Greenberg is a trial attorney with over 35 years experience representing clients in various areas of personal injury. He has handled thousands of wrongful death, work-related injury, and personal injury cases. Typical cases have included auto collisions, product liability, and premises liability. He supervises a staff of attorneys with extensive experience in the area of personal injury law. Respected in the field of Personal Injury, Mr. Greenberg has written many articles for publication and has had articles written about him. He has also served as a judge pro tem and arbitrator and has been called on to lecture and hold seminars due to his recognized experience.
David H. Greenberg has won numerous six, seven, and eight figure verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. Noteworthy verdicts and settlements include: $10,000,000 trial verdict involving malpractice of an anesthesiologist, $6,500,000 trial verdict/settlement for dangerous condition of public property, $6,100,000 settlement for a worker injured by a fallen pallet load, $3,550,000 settlement involving defective bicycle brakes, $2,100,000 settlement involving a defective gas tank, as well as numerous others.
Mr. Greenberg is a member of the following legal organizations: Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Consumer Attorneys of California, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, and California Employment Lawyers Association. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of the State of California, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court and the U.S. District Courts of California. He was recently named one of Southern California's Super Lawyers in 2008.
JEFFREY A. RUDMAN
Jeffrey A. Rudman attended University of California, Santa Barbara where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1995. That same year, he began his legal studies at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. In 1997, Jeff received the First Honors Award from Loyola Law School in the study of Professional Malpractice. He graduated from Loyola Law School in 1998 with a Juris Doctor degree. Later that year, after passing the state bar exam on his first attempt, Jeff was admitted to the California Bar, as well as to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of California and the United States District Court, Central District of California.
Jeff has successfully handled nearly one thousand cases in the fields of personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, premises liability, dangerous condition of public property, wrongful termination and employment discrimination. Jeff has been co-trial counsel in several multi-million dollar trial verdicts, and many multi-million dollar settlements.
Jeff prides himself on his close contact and availability to his clients and his dedication to bringing justice and compensation to those who have been wronged.
For the third year in a row, Jeff was recently named in the periodical Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars (also featured in Los Angeles Magazine), which honors accomplished attorneys under the age of 40, and includes only 2.5% of all California Lawyers. In April, 2007, Jeff was honored with the Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) Member of the Month Award and was featured in the Southern California legal periodical, The Advocate. To read the article, click here. Also, in 2007 Jeff was a recipient of the CAALA President's Award. Most recently, Jeff was appointed to serve on CAALA's prestigious Board of Governors for 2009. Jeff was asked to give a lecture to other attorneys at the annual Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles' (CAALA) Continuing Legal Education Convention in Las Vegas, NV.
Jeff is a member of the following legal organizations:Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Consumer Attorneys of California(CAOC),American Association of Justice (AAJ), California Employment Lawyers Association(CELA), Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, Epilepsy Legal Defense Fund, and National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Jeff speaks both English and Hebrew.
R. SCOTT HOUTZ
R. Scott Houtz has litigated a wide variety of cases on behalf of plaintiffs, including products liability, premises liability, wrongful death, general negligence, employment discrimination, and wrongful termination.
Scott obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern University School of Law in 1995 and was admitted to the State Bar of California that same year. Scott is admitted to practice before all courts of the State of California, as well as the United States District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California. Scott is a member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, and serves as a Judge Pro Tem in Los Angeles County.
RONNIVASHTI WHITEHEAD
Ronnivashti Whitehead is an alumnus of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She received her Juris Doctor from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law. In 2003, Ronni was admitted to the State Bar of Illinois, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. In 2006, Ronni was admitted to the State Bar of California, and in 2007, to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Ronni handles a wide variety of personal injury cases from motor vehicle accidents to premises liability. She is committed to providing excellent legal representation to people who have been injured as a result of unsafe conditions, unfair business practices and negligent conduct.
In her previous employment at the City of Chicago Department of Consumer Services, Ronni was an advocate for consumers and businesses against unfair and deceptive business practices. Ronni has also practiced in the areas of civil rights law, employment law, family law, personal injury, and products liability.
In 2009, Ronni was appointed to serve on the Board of Governors of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA). In 2008, Ronni was honored by the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles as Member of the Month, and was featured in the Southern California legal periodical, The Advocate.
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RonnivashtiWhitehead.pdf
Ronni is a member of the following legal organizations: Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (BWL), California Association of Black Lawyers (CABL), Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), and The John M. Langston Bar Association.
Northern California Affiliate - Jeremy Pasternak
Jeremy Pasternak received his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law in 1995, having received a Public Interest Law Grant and having worked as a summer associate with the San Francisco Employment Law Center and as a law clerk with Rudy & Zeiff (now Rudy, Exelrod & Zeiff). Mr. Pasternak then practiced plaintiff-side civil rights and employment law in Los Angeles for six years. In the spring of 2001, Mr. Pasternak and his wife Karen relocated to San Francisco, where he has continued to represent plaintiffs in all aspects of employment law and other civil rights matters.
Mr. Pasternak was recently selected as a 2008 Northern California “Super Lawyer.” Jeremy has tried numerous cases, including Lee v. ENPC, a wrongful termination case, in which he secured a verdict of $1.35 million dollars (including over $1 million in punitive damages), and obtained a number of other significant verdicts for his clients, including a seven figure punitive damages award for a terminated CEO.