John Fairleigh Denove
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John Fairleigh Denove
Biography
Jack's philosophy in law as in life is best summed up by a quote of Winston Churchill: "Never give in. Never, Never, Never, Never." That philosophy has served him well by giving him the drive to become a Junior Golden Gloves boxing champion, a third degree black belt in Shotokan Karate, and to receive the honor of Trial Lawyer of the Year. For more than thirty-five years. Jack's goal has been to become the best trial lawyer he can be. As a California trial attorney, Jack has tried more than 100 civil cases before a jury. He holds the designation of Diplomate, the highest rank of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is rated AVPreeminent by Martindale- Hubbell. He has served as President of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and he has been on the Board of Governors and on the Executive Committee of numerous trial lawyer associations, including the Litigation Section of the LA County Bar Association, the LA Chapter of ABOTA and the Consumer Attorneys of California. He has been formally recognized as one of the attorneys who assisted the task force in the preparation of the Judicial Council of California CACI jury instructions. He holds the designation of Diplomate, the highest rank of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is the current President of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is a past President of the Italian American Lawyers Association; a past President of CAALA and a past President of the Cowboy Lawyers Association. He was selected by his peers to be included in The Best Lawyers in America, in the specialty of Personal Injury Litigation. He is recognized as one of the Top 500 Plaintiff Attorneys in the United States by LawDragon. The LA Trial Lawyers Association voted Jack as Trial Lawyer of the Year and he has also been selected as a Super Lawyer of Southern California for several years. He has been selected by The Consumer Attorneys Assoc. Los Angeles
Practice Areas
Personal Injury
Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
Medical Malpractice
Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
Elder Law
Insurance Claims
Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Languages
Professional Experience
Partner Musa, Cheong & Denove
Year: 1977 - 1977
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Partner Cheong & Denove, APC
Year: 1978 - 1999
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Partner Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett
Year: 2003 - 2007
Description: A Law Partnership of Professional Corporations
Partner Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett
Year: 2007 - 2011
Description: A Law Partnership including a Professional Corporation
Partner Cheong, Denove, Rowell, Bennett & Karns
Year: 2012 - 2013
Description: A Law Partnership including Professional Corporations
Partner Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett
Year: 2014 - 2018
Description: A Law Partnership including a Professional Corporation
Partner Cheong, Denove, Rowell, Bennett & Hapuarachy
Year: 2018 - 2021
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Partner Cheong & Denove
Year: 2021 - Current
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Attorney Roper & Folino
Year: 1976 - 1976
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Partner Cheong, Denove, Rowell, Antablin & Bennett
Year: 1999 - 2002
Description: A Law Partnership including a Professional Corporation
Professional Associations
California Trial Lawyers Association Member (1982 - 1994)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 26th Annual Las Vegas Convention Speaker: Closing Argument - Is It too Late (2008 - 2008)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 26th Annual Las Vegas Convention Speaker: Advanced Trial Skills (2008 - 2008)
American Board of Trial Advocates Secretary - Los Angeles Chapter (2007 - 2008)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 25th Annual Las Vegas Convention Speaker: Proving Non-Economic Damages in A Wrongful Death Case (2007 - 2007)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 25th Annual Las Vegas Convention Speaker: Damages (2007 - 2007)
Italian American Lawyers Association Board of Governors (2004 - 2007)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 24th Annual Las Vegas Convention Speaker: Voir Dire (2006 - 2006)
Consumer Attorneys of California Board of Governors (2001 - 2006)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 23rd Annual Las Vegas Convention Speaker: Maximizing Expert Opinion Testimony (2005 - 2005)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 23rd Annual Las Vegas Convention Speaker: Evidence (2005 - 2005)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 22nd Annual Las Vegas Convention Speaker: Closing Arguments by the Masters Part 1 and 2 (2004 - 2004)
Italian American Lawyers Association Vice_President (2008 - 2009)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Executive Committee (2001 - 2004)
Los Angeles County Bar Association Executive Committee of Litigation Section (2000 - 2004)
Cowboy Lawyers Association Secretary (1991 - 1994)
Consumer Attorneys Public Education Fund Board of Governors (2002 - 2002)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 20th Annual Las Vegas Convention Speaker: Medicine for Lawyers (2002 - 2002)
Court Committee - Santa Monica Superior Court Civil Advisory Committee (1994 - 2002)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 19th Annual Las Vegas Convention Speaker: Using Expert and Lay Testimony in Professional Negligence Cases (2001 - 2001)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 19th Annual Las Vegas Convention Mock Trial: The Premises Liability Case (2001 - 2001)
Court Committee - Los Angeles Superior Court AB 3820 Committee (2000 - 2001)
Cowboy Lawyers Association President (2004 - 2004)
Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association Board of Gpvernors (1986 - 1994)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2009 Las Vegas Convention Speaker: Advanced Trial Skills (2009 - 2009)
Italian American Lawyers Association President-Elect (2009 - 2010)
Consumer Attorneys of California Board of Directors (2007 - Current)
Los Angeles County Bar Association Blue Ribbon Committee (2005 - Current)
Cowboy Lawyers Association Ride Committee Chairperson (2003 - Current)
American Board of Trial Advocates Executive Committee - Los Angeles Chapter (2002 - Current)
American Board of Trial Advocates Diplomate (2001 - Current)
Consumer Attorneys Public Education Fund President (2001 - Current)
Court Committee - Los Angeles Superior Court Bench Bar Committee (1999 - Current)
Consumer Attorneys of California Member (1995 - Current)
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Member (1995 - Current)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Member (1994 - Current)
Cowboy Lawyers Association Board of Governors (1989 - Current)
Cowboy Lawyers Association Member (1989 - Current)
ABOTA Inn of Court Member (1987 - Current)
Association of Trial Lawyers of America Member (1982 - Current)
Italian American Lawyers Association Member (1977 - Current)
Los Angeles County Bar Association Member (1977 - Current)
California State Bar # 68825 Member (1976 - Current)
Italian American Lawyers Association Past President (2010 - 2011)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Annual Las Vegas Convention Speaker - Live Demonstration of Voir Dire in Action (2010 - 2010)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, New Lawyers Group Speaker: How to Get Documentary Evidence Admitted at Trial (2010 - 2010)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Annual Las Vegas Convention Speaker: Dances With Documents (2010 - 2010)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles President (2000 - 2001)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles President-Elect (1999 - 2000)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 21st Annual Las Vegas Convention Speaker: Excellence in Trial From Masters Of The Craft (2003 - 2003)
American Board of Trial Advocates Advocate (1993 - 2000)
American Board of Trial Advocates Advocate (1983 - 1992)
Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association, Member (1978 - 1994)
Court Committee - Los Angeles Superior Court Jury Committee (1995 - 1995)
ABOTA Inn of Court Secretary (1990 - 1996)
Consumer Attorneys Public Education Fund Board of Governors (1997 - 2000)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Secretary (1996 - 1997)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Second Vice-President (1997 - 1997)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles First Vice-President (1998 - 1998)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Treasurer (1995 - 1996)
Awards
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Men of Achievement Award
Century City Chamber of Commerce 2003.0
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list 2015
Southern California Super Lawyers 2015.0
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list 2014
Southern California Super Lawyer 2014.0
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list 2013
Southern California Super Lawyer 2013.0
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list 2012
Southern California Super Lawyer 2012.0
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list 2011
Southern California Super Lawyer 2011.0
Note: Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list 2010
Los Angeles SuperLawyer Magazine 2010.0
Note: Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list 2009
Los Angeles SuperLawyer Magazine 2009.0
Note: Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list
Super Lawyers Southern California 2016.0
Note: Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list for several consecutive years. The Super Lawyers list is issued by Thomson Reuters. A description of the selection methodology can be found at SuperLawyers.com
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Presidential Award
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles 2009.0
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Presidential Award of Merit
The Consumer Attorneys of California 2009.0
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Selected for inclusion in Top 500 Plaintiff Attorneys in America list
Lawdragon 2009.0
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list 2005
Los Angeles SuperLawyer Magazine 2005.0
Note: Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list 2008
Los Angeles SuperLawyer Magazine 2008.0
Note: Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement
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Presidents Award
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles 2008.0
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Presidents Award of Merit
Consumer Attorneys of California 2008.0
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list 2007
Los Angeles SuperLawyer Magazine 2007.0
Note: Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
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Selected for inclusion in Top 500 Plaintiff Attorneys in America list
Lawdragon 2007.0
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Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyer in Personal Injury Litigation list
Best Lawyers's in America 2007.0
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Person of the Year
Metropolitan News-Enterprise 2010.0
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list
Southern California Super Lawyer 2017.0
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list
Super Lawyers Southern California 2022.0
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list
Southern California Super Lawyer 2019.0
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Ted Horn Memorial Award
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles 2001.0
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Outstanding President of the Year Award
Consumer Attorneys of California 2000.0
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Outstanding President of the Year Award
Consumer Attorneys of California 1996.0
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Presidential Award of Merit
Consumer Attorneys of California 1996.0
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Presidential Award of Merit
California Trial Lawyers Association 1994.0
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Outstanding Achievement Award
California Trial Lawyers Association 1990.0
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list
Southern California Super Lawyers 2018.0
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list 2006
Los Angeles SuperLawyer Magazine 2006.0
Note: Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
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Edward I. Pollock Award
Consumer Attorneys of California 2006.0
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Trial Lawyer of the Year
Los Angeles Trial Lawyer Association 2007.0
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list
Super Lawyers Southern California 2021.0
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Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California list
Southern California Super Lawyers 2020.0
Education
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Loyola Law School Law Degree
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Univ of California at Los Angeles Undergraduate Degree
Websites
https://cdrbh.com
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1990 S. Bundy Drive, Suite 420, Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 277-5254