Best Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyers Of 2026

Steven Heimberg M.D., Attorney at Law

Steven Heimberg’s unique background. He is both a physician and a personal injury attorney, makes him a particularly dangerous foe against those who have wrongfully harmed others.

Outstanding Results

In more than 25 years of practicing law, Dr. Heimberg has consistently earned remarkable results for his clients, including:

Dr. Heimberg has secured significant verdicts and settlements in wrongful death cases involving medical malpractice, including a $10.55 million settlement on behalf of a family whose triplets were unnecessarily delivered at 25 weeks.
Highest Medical Verdict in California history.
Highest Medical Verdict in Los Angeles County history.
Highest Medical Verdict in Ventura County history.
Highest Medical Settlement in California history.
Highest Medical Settlement in Los Angeles County history.
Highest Medical Settlement in Riverside County history.
Highest Medical Settlement in Kern County history.
Highest Personal Injury Verdict in Santa Barbara history.
Responsible for Numerous Changes in the Law in Favor of injured victims.

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Honors and Tributes

Los Angeles injury lawyer Dr. Heimberg is nationally renowned for his legal expertise and advocacy, making him the most honored medical doctor practicing law in California. His peers from the legal community have bestowed many honors and tributes on Dr. Heimberg including the following:

BEST LAWYERS® – LAWYER OF THE YEAR 2016, 2017, 2019 – Medical Malpractice Law
LOS ANGELES TRIAL LAWYER OF THE YEAR (Nominated 9 of last 20 years; can only accept once.)
Top 100 CALIFORNIA TRIAL LAWYER for 8 consecutive years.
TOP 100 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUPER LAWYERS (7 consecutive years) (Super Lawyers Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine)
APPELLATE LAWYER OF THE YEAR, nominee (Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, 2004)
AV PREEMINENT – Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards
3,000 LEADING LAWYER IN AMERICA
TOP 500 LEADING LITIGATOR IN AMERICA
TOP 500 PLAINTIFFS’ ATTORNEYS IN AMERICA

Dr. Heimberg is the only medical doctor to have received all of the honors listed above and the only medical doctor ever awarded Consumer Attorneys’ Los Angeles Trial Lawyer of the Year. There are other medical doctors that practice law, but few of them are experienced trial lawyers and only Dr. Heimberg has been so decorated by his peers in the legal community.

What Other Lawyers Say About Dr. Heimberg

An unassuming, humble, brilliant lawyer, a tactician nonpareil, a wonderful human being…Steven Heimberg is a role model for what plaintiff lawyers should be: he’s effective; he’s caring; and he consistently and unerringly puts his clients’ rights – puts his clients’ interests – ahead of his own… This is a really good guy.

Bruce Broillet

Esq.Former Trial Lawyer of the Year; Selected as one of “California’s Most Respected Lawyers”, “100 Most Effective Lawyers in California” and “The Best Lawyers in America”

After years of practicing as a consumer attorney, I became a mediator. I have had the opportunity to mediate several cases in which Steve Heimberg was the attorney for the plaintiffs. Of all the plaintiff attorneys I have seen during my years as a mediator, Steve was by far the best prepared and the most capable of advocating successfully for his client. In each case, he secured the best possible settlement.

Joe Thielen

Esq.Mediator at Handweiler & Thielen (Formerly of Thielen & Burke Law Firm)

I run a nine-lawyer plaintiff firm in Orange County. We handle most of our cases in-house. But when I get a large case of the type that we don’t handle, the first person that I go to is Steve Heimberg.

Robert Reeves

Esq.Law Offices of Robert Reeves

I was an opposing attorney in Steve’s landmark verdict case in Santa Monica (happily, not representing the losing defendant). I have rarely seen a case better tried by a plaintiff attorney; and the results accurately reflected Steve’s performance.

Marshall Silberberg

Esq. Law Offices of Marshall Silberberg (Formerly of LaFollette, Johnson and of Baker, Silberberg & Keener)

I have referred out a significant number of catastrophic, high-damage cases over my career to some of the most renowned attorneys in California. Of all the attorneys to whom I have sent cases, Dr. Steven Heimberg is number one on my list, not only because of the outstanding results, but also because of his professionalism, fairness, and integrity in dealings with my office. I strongly recommend him to anyone looking for a top attorney to handle their best cases.

Joe Higuera

Esq.Higuera & Associates

An Extraordinary Background

In addition to his success as a top personal injury attorney, Dr. Heimberg is a physician. He graduated with honors in many medical school courses, including earning top honors in pharmacology. Dr. Heimberg is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners. After attending the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, where he was a member of UCLA’s Law Review, Dr. Heimberg was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1987.

Dr. Heimberg spent several years in Washington, D.C. as a health-law attorney, specializing in the law of medical devices and pharmaceuticals. In addition, he served as special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Heimberg gained further experience in product liability issues as a lawyer with the renowned corporate law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP.

Since 1992, Dr. Heimberg has had his own law firm specializing in helping and protecting those injured by the wrongdoing of others. Because of the serious nature of the injuries in these cases and the fact that medical experts are almost always necessary, his background places him head and shoulders above his legal peers. He is able to better assess medical damages and all medical liability issues in your case. He is able to find and retain all necessary medical experts. He is better able to understand the details of your case and better able to convey all the necessary facts and issues to your medical experts. In addition, Dr. Heimberg can better handle and cross-examine the opposing experts and better prepare and react to all the technological occurrences and surprises at trial. While Dr. Heimberg has successfully tried many medical malpractice cases, his medical knowledge and expertise make him uniquely capable of handling all types of life altering personal injury cases

Legal Victories

Dr. Heimberg has translated his diverse training and background into great success in the courtroom. Never hesitating to try cases, he has won many multi-million dollar trials, including the largest medical verdict ever awarded in California, the largest personal injury verdict of any kind in the history of Santa Barbara, and the largest medical malpractice verdict in the history of Ventura.

Because of Dr. Heimberg’s willingness to go to trial and his skill in the courtroom as a skilled lawyer, he is able to regularly obtain favorable settlements for his clients. He has negotiated numerous multi-million dollar settlements, including the largest medical settlement in the history of Los Angeles County and the largest medical settlement in the history of Kern County.

Between his successes in trial and in settlement, Dr. Heimberg has obtained well over half a billion dollars on behalf of his clients. Dr. Heimberg’s litigation victories, however, have not been just about dollars. He has constantly pushed the limits of the law, and has produced several important legal changes on behalf of consumers, ranging from new methods for proving damages, to limiting the use of arbitration agreements, to limiting the defendants eligible to claim the benefits of California limiting statute MICRA, to limiting the scope of conduct within the protections of MICRA.

Professional Associations

Dr. Heimberg is an ardent advocate for consumer rights and is active in a variety of professional organizations, including:

Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, Governor emeritus, Board of Governors
Consumer Attorneys of California, Board of Governors
American Board of Trial Advocates, Member
Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
Medical Malpractice Committee, Consumer Attorneys of California, Co-chair
For years, Dr. Heimberg has been asked regularly to teach other attorneys across the state on many litigation and trial topics.

Are you hurt? Heimberg Barr LLP wants to help.

Despite injuries or unfortunate circumstances, your life goes on. We want to help you get on with it. Heimberg Barr LLP puts its formidable skills, experience, and resources into representing you. We aim to ensure that everything legally possible is done to get you the recovery you deserve and to connect you to the resources you need. To learn more about your options, please call (310) 954-2000 or fill out this contact form, and schedule a free consultation.

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Community Involvement

Dr. Heimberg’s advocacy for those who have been injured does not end at the courthouse steps. He also is active in numerous community projects, including:

The Cambodian Education Project

Dr. Heimberg has co-founded numerous grass-roots organizations to provide education, outreach, and community support to Cambodian children living in poverty.

WYNGS

A nonprofit organization that provides peer counseling and resources to people with spinal cord injuries and to their families. Dr. Heimberg was honored with the organization’s.

Little Tokyo Service Center

A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing community development and social services to the Pan Asian community in downtown Los Angeles. Dr. Heimberg is a long-time supporter.

Ralph’s Riders Foundation

Ralph’s Riders is the premier southern California support group for the spinal cord disabled. Dr. Heimberg was a co-founder of the first named “wheels” or benefactor.

Shane’s Inspiration

A nonprofit dedicated to developing playgrounds where able-bodied and disabled children can play together. Dr. Heimberg sat for years on the group’s board of directors.

Consumer Watchdog

A nonprofit, non-partisan watchdog group that protects consumers from, in its own words, “corrupt corporations and crooked politicians.”

Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ Charities

The primary purpose of the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ Charities (LATLC) is to make a positive difference in the quality of life for people within the greater Los Angeles area, focusing on issues related to education, children, battered women, and homelessness, by providing financial assistance to needy persons and groups in the greater Los Angeles area.

Heimberg Barr LLP is Your Trusted
California Medical Malpractice Firm.

Representing the catastrophically injured since 1993  

Heimberg Barr LLP has provided aggressive representation on behalf of the catastrophically injured for 26 years. Led by the Senior partner Steven Heimberg, M.D., J.D., Heimberg Barr LLP was recognized in 2019, 2020, and 2021 as the #1 Medical Malpractice firm in the US by The National Law Journal, the only California-based firm ever to be so honored. Its senior partner has been named Lawyer of the Year in Medical Malpractice for the last 4 years by Best Lawyers and the firm has won nearly a billion dollars in future compensation for our clients. Included in these victories are what were at the time record-setting verdicts and settlements not only for Los Angeles County, but also for Riverside County, Kern County, Ventura County, Santa Barbara County, Fresno County as well as for the entire State of California. We are focused on obtaining meaningful financial compensation that will enable victims to move ahead with their lives. When you or your loved one is facing a life-altering injury, contact us today.

Who We DO

At Heimberg Barr LLP, we concentrate our practice in the areas of catastrophic, or life-altering, injuries caused by the negligence of others. The types of injuries on which we focus include wrongful deaths, birth injuries, severe brain injuries, paralysis, and other spinal cord injuries. Our expertise extends to pursuing actions against hospitals, doctors, HMOs, corporations and individuals who wrongfully hurt others.

In matters such as these, the attorneys you choose can make the difference between a lifetime of struggle and the support you need.

Who We Are

Senior partner Steven Heimberg, M.D. is a medical doctor and an award-winning trial lawyer. With both medical and legal training, as well as years of trial experience, Dr. Heimberg is particularly qualified to assess the strengths of a medical case, to detect when medical or other records have been changed and you are the victim of a cover-up. He has received countless accolades and honors from his professional peers and professional publications.

Steven Heimberg, M.D. has dedicated his entire career to representing the injured. With more than 20 years of experience successfully litigating medical malpractice and catastrophic injury cases, Steven Heimberg, M.D. has proven himself deserving of the many awards and accolades he has earned from the legal community.

Heimberg Barr LLP is particularly well-equipped to investigate all aspects of your case. We invite you to learn more about the senior attorney at Heimberg Barr LLP:

Why you want Heimberg Barr LLP’s Los Angeles trial attorneys on your side

At Heimberg Barr LLP, our reputation for thorough trial preparation is often enough of a threat to insurance company and other attorneys to offer a meaningful pretrial settlement opportunity. Their task is to reduce their client’s financial exposure, and we use this knowledge to secure financial compensation that at the very least relieves our client of future financial stress.

Medical malpractice claims are complex, and while we aggressively prepare each one for trial, we are continuously exploring ways to reach the most beneficial resolution for our clients. One of our acknowledged strong points is our ability to clearly appraise and communicate the financial price tag your injury will incur over time, including the cost of future medical care and the total income that will be lost because of your inability to work. Issues such as immediate and ongoing medical care, physical and occupational therapy, and job retraining must be monetized, and necessary home renovations must be anticipated and accounted for. Your need for part-time or permanent attendant care in daily life is also assessed.

The overall amount of damages is aggressively contested during settlement negotiations and at trial. Retaining a top medical malpractice law firm in Los Angeles is the best way of ensuring you will get fair and meaningful compensation for your injuries. In cases where the misconduct rises above mere negligence, our attorneys aggressively fight for punitive damages, when allowable or applicable.

There is a special law in California called MICRA that severely infringes upon and restricts the rights of medical malpractice victims. For years, Heimberg Barr LLP has been at the forefront of the battles to limit the unfairness of MICRA’s reach and avoid its application in your case.
Our attorneys are passionate about representing those who have suffered injury because of the negligence of others. We are veterans in combatting the stall-tactics corporations use to mitigate damages, and we fight to ensure your case is not bogged down by red tape, and you can receive the help you need as soon as possible.

If Heimberg Barr LLP cannot negotiate a fair settlement on your behalf, we are more than prepared to take the case to trial. Through years of reputation, the other side knows this and this too aids in trial. And when we do go to trial on our clients’ behalf, we do so with remarkable success.
As a result, Heimberg Barr LLP has repeatedly been honored as one of the best plaintiffs’ law firms in Los Angeles. Senior partner Steve Heimberg has been recognized as the Los Angeles Trial Lawyer of the Year, an honor for which he has been nominated 9 times in the last 20 years. Senior Partner Steve Heimberg have been selected for National Trial Lawyers Top 100 for 10 straight years respectively. Heimberg Barr was also selected by The National Law Journal as the #1 Medical Malpractice firm in the US.