Name: Daniel E. Wilcoxen
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DANIEL E. WILCOXEN received his JD, cum laude, from U.O.P. McGeorge School of Law in 1972, and was admitted to the California State Bar in 1972. Mr. Wilcoxen practiced with the defense firm of Rust & Armenis for the first 7 years of his law career before leaving to open his own practice in 1979 where he began his emphasis in representing injured plaintiffs. He is the founding and senior partner in the law firm of Wilcoxen Callaham, LLP. The firm handles many types of cases: all types of personal injury cases, medical malpractice, product liability, business cases, discrimination and wrongful termination employment cases. Mr. Wilcoxen also handles the day-to-day management of the firm’s 11 lawyers and 17 employees. Over the years, Mr. Wilcoxen has obtained over 65 million dollar and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements.

Mr. Wilcoxen has been a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) since 1993 and currently holds the rank of Advocate (over 50 jury trials). He was President of the Sacramento Valley Chapter in 2008, was the Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2010, and is also currently a member of the National Board of Directors of ABOTA. He is a member of the American Association For Justice (formerly ATLA), and was named a Certified Specialist in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a founding member and is a certified diplomat in Medical Malpractice, of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, and a member of Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC). He was the 1989 President of the McGeorge School of Law Alumni Association. He is a past President and current Board of Directors member of the Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association for the last 30 years where he was recognized as Advocate of the Year in both 1996 and 2002, and won the Joe Ramsey Civility Award in 2014.

Mr. Wilcoxen is a pioneer in the area of lien law and spends many hours teaching attorneys how to deal with medical insurance providers, Medi-Cal, Medicare and ERISA liens. He has spoken at numerous seminars for the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), the Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association (CCTLA) and ABOTA. Mr. Wilcoxen has had much success in getting liens waived and reduced. He has also successfully handled an ERISA lien case before the U.S. Supreme Court, 3 lien cases before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal, and 3 lien cases before the Third District Court of Appeal.

Mr. Wilcoxen has been a long time instructor for University of California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), a faculty member of the University of San Francisco Law School in their intensive advocacy program, he instructs at many seminars and lectures for CAOC and CCTLA, and he has participated as an instructor in the ABOTA Masters in Trial Program for many programs. He serves as an arbitrator and Judge Pro Tem in Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado Superior Courts. He is an experienced mediator and is a member of the American Arbitration Association, and the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the Association of Attorney-Mediators.

Mr. Wilcoxen is “AV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and his firm is listed among the preeminent lawyers in the country. He has been named as a “Super Lawyer” for the past 10 years, one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California for the past 5 years, and one of the top 25 attorneys in Sacramento.

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