Mark S. Algorri

He graduated from UCLA in 1976 and obtained his J.D. in 1979 from the University of San Fernando Valley College of Law. While at UCLA, at the age of 22, Mark managed and produced rock-and-roll bands, including Van Halen. His days with Van Halen have been chronicled in Greg Renoff’s bestselling book, Van Halen Rising. After law school, Mark joined Louis DeWitt’s Century City based criminal defense trial firm where he began trying criminal jury trials. By the middle 1980’s, Mark, who was now a partner with DeWitt, began focusing on complicated plaintiff’s personal injury cases, including catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. As early as 1990, he received his first million dollar plus jury verdict ( $1.4 million for three amputated fingers) in a product liability industrial accident. Mark followed up with other numerous, successful multimillion dollar verdicts, including a $2.9 million verdict for a crushed foot from falling tree branch; a $3 million judgment against Mercury Insurance for bad faith insurance practices; $4.75 million against the Cal Trans after verdict for liability of a dangerous road design; 10 Million dollar verdict against Farmers Insurance for bad faith insurance practices; $19 million verdict for injuries in a freeway motor vehicle accident; $25 million verdict for injuries in a motor vehicle accident. In addition, Mark has gained for his clients many large money settlements including over $4.5 million for police misconduct over $40 million for toxic contamination, in addition to numerous other multimillion dollar settlement for general personal injury and wrongful death claims. Many of these verdicts and settlements have been against the biggest and most aggressive industry titans, such as Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corporation, Cooper Tire Co., Farmers Insurance Co., and Mercury Insurance Co. In 2016, Mark was also trial counsel in Barickman v Mercury Insurance Co, a significant 4th District Court of Appeal case that created important insurance bad faith law. Mark has now tried over 75 cases to verdict in both state and federal courts, including criminal cases. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Mark S. Algorri included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors A.V. rating from Martindale-Hubbell Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles nominee for Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2013 National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyer in February 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 Top 100 lawyers in the United States, National Trial Lawyers Member, The Million Dollar Advocates Forum Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates Other Sources of Feedback About Mark S. Algorri Included on the 2026Southern California Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2017 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2016 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2014 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2013 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2012 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2011 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2010 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2009 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2008 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2006 Southern California Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• California, 1979
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1980

• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Member)
• Consumer Attorneys of California (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• Academy of Catastrophic Injury Attorneys (Member)