Championing Chicagoans’ Rights And Interests Since 1990

Kelechi C. Emeziem

  • Of Counsel

Practice Areas

  • Catastrophic Injuries
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Wrongful Death
  • Personal Injury
  • Corporate Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Family Law
  • Bankruptcy
  • Civil Litigation

Biography

Attorney Emeziem has brought several cases to arbitration, mediation, and jury trials in several counties in California. He has handled jury trials in both federal and state courts in Orange County, County of Alameda, County of San Francisco, County of Contra Costa, and County of Santa Clara. Mr. Emeziem has over 95% success rate in jury trials. Mr. Emeziem has handled many class action cases in California including the General Chemical litigation in 2003, the Chevron Refinery litigation, Unocal Refinery Litigation and many others.

Three appellate cases in which Mr. Emeziem handled and won are published decisions. The first case is titled Walter Bateman v. United States Postal Service, et al., 231 F.3d 1220 (9th Cir. 2000) which has been cited over 166 times published by the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. The second case is the case of Nguyen v. Proton Technology Corporation (1999) 69 Cal.App.4th 140, 81 Cal.Rptr. 392 heard by the California Court of Appeals, First District. The third case is the case of Williams v. Wells & Bennet Realtors (1997) 52 Cal.App. 4th 857, 61 Cal.Rptr. 2d 34, heard by the California Court of Appeals, First District.

Education

  • University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Juris Doctor
  • Imo State University, Nigeria
    • Major: Economics
  • Walden University
    • Master's Degree
    • Major: Health Care Administration

Bar Admissions

  • California
  • U.S. District Court Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Professional Associations

  • California State Bar