Alexander Wheeler
Partner | PARRIS Law Firm
Alexander Wheeler is a personal injury, car accidents and wrongful death trial lawyer and partner at PARRIS Law Firm in Lancaster, California. J.D., Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.
Meet Alexander
Alexander R. Wheeler is a partner at PARRIS Law Firm, a plaintiff firm based in Lancaster, California, with offices in Bakersfield and Los Angeles. A trial lawyer, he handles personal injury, wrongful death, defamation, business litigation and class action cases and stays with them from intake through appeals in state and federal court.
Since joining the firm in 2007, Wheeler has recovered more than $700 million for clients, according to his firm biography. His recent verdicts include $36.4 million for a Palmdale car crash victim in 2025, $58.4 million for a railyard worker hurt in a fall in 2024 and $7.1 million against the Los Angeles Unified School District for a student injured on a playground. Early in his career, he was part of the team that won a $370 million defamation verdict against Georges Marciano. His work has produced more than a dozen published appellate opinions.
Wheeler studied law at Pepperdine University’s Caruso School of Law, which gave him its Young Distinguished Alumni Award in 2018 and where he now sits on the Board of Advisors. The Daily Journal named him one of California’s top plaintiffs’ lawyers in 2022, and the Antelope Valley Bar Association named him Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2009 and 2014. He serves on the board of Penny Lane Centers and speaks at CLE programs on trial persuasion and depositions.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- State Bar of California
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Practice Areas
- Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law (Board of Advisors)
- Penny Lane Centers (Board of Directors)
- Daily Journal Top Plaintiffs' Lawyers, 2022
- Super Lawyers, Southern California, 2019-present
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, Southern California, 2012-2018
- Pepperdine Law Young Distinguished Alumni Award, 2018
- Antelope Valley Bar Association Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2009 and 2014
- $370 Million Verdict: Largest jury verdict of 2009, for two former employees of Georges Marciano on defamation and emotional distress claims; Wheeler was part of the trial team.
- $58.4 Million Verdict: Verdict for a Palmdale railyard worker severely injured in a fall from a train car while making electrical repairs.
- $41.6 Million Verdict: Verdict for a 27-year-old back-seat passenger in a car T-boned by a distracted driver.
- $36.4 Million Verdict: Verdict for a Palmdale car accident victim injured when another driver failed to yield.
- $29.5 Million Settlement: Settlement for hourly workers against a Fortune 500 home improvement company.
- $20.9 Million Verdict: Verdict for three family members hit by a drunk driver in Palmdale.
- $10.6 Million Verdict: Wrongful death verdict for the family of two brothers killed in a car accident.
- $10.5 Million Settlement: Settlement with the City of Bakersfield for a 15-year-old struck by a truck in a crosswalk.
- $7.1 Million Verdict: Verdict against the Los Angeles Unified School District for an elementary student injured on a playground.
- $4.53 Million Verdict: Verdict for a motorcyclist severely injured by another driver's reckless U-turn.
- $1.7 Million Verdict: Verdict for a car accident victim who suffered neck and hip injuries.
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