Otto L. Haselhoff finished college in just 2 and ½ years and went straight to law school on a merit scholarship. He graduated from New York Law School in 1992. After five years of practice in New York City he moved west and opened an office in Beverly Hills, California. The firm’s main office eventually moved even further west to its current location at 201 Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica-just one block from the Pacific Ocean.

From the very beginning, Mr. Haselhoff’s cases have been among the most difficult and expensive cases to handle. Most lawyers simply do not have the experience or resources to go "head to head" with the best defense firms paid handsomely by multi-billion dollar insurance companies. But the Haselhoff firm is different. That is the reason why so many other lawyers throughout the country refer their most complex and largest cases to Mr. Haselhoff. Tireless preparation, aggressive case work-up, out of the box thinking, and dogged determination have, time after time, turned the hardest cases here into winners.

To date, Mr. Haselhoff has won over $45 million dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients and enjoys a success rate better than 95%.* His awards include two awards over $10 Million dollars, eight awards over $1 Million dollars, well over thirty awards over $250,000. Mr. Haselhoff‘s latest and most interesting cases include the following exceptional results:


* $21,000,000 for a 6 year old girl crossing a street mid-block who was hit by a car

* $12,000,000 for several US Marines injured or killed when a tire on their 15 passenger van delaminated, the van rolled over, and the roof crushed

* $3,750,000 (partial settlement/case ongoing) for a California Highway Patrol officer who lost control of his BMW motorcycle on the 60 Freeway when he traveled over hydraulic oil left by a truck

* $1,900,000 for the wrongful death of a 40 year old cable installer from Pacoima that was hit by an LA City trash truck, although police found decedent at fault for riding his bicycle on the wrong side of the road

* $1,555,000 for a 50 year old diabetic musician from Cameroon who burned his feet in own his bathtub

* $1,100,000 for a kitchen cabinet supply salesman who claimed loss of earnings and emotional distress when a manufacturer breached his contract

* $1,000,000 for a client with a broken leg from a car accident although though the client was ruled at fault by police

* $1,000,000 for an illegal alien hit by a truck in San Diego who suffered broken bones and a closed head injury


Mr. Haselhoff is admitted to practice before all the California State Courts, the 9th Circuit Federal Courts as well as the United States Supreme Court. He is also admitted to practice before all New York state and Federal Courts. He has over 15 years of specialized experience in handling complex personal injury, products liability, copyright and business disputes and has handled over 250 major matters to conclusion. His cases have included hotly contested litigations against major firms and jury trials in both California and New York Courts. He is a member of the prestigious Million Dollar Advocates Forum, as well as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, the New York Trial Lawyers Association and the California Highway Patrol 11-99 Foundation.