Daniel Kramer
Founding Attorney | Kramer Trial Lawyers
Daniel Kramer is a personal injury, wrongful death and employment law trial lawyer and founding attorney at Kramer Trial Lawyers in Los Angeles, California. J.D., Southwestern Law School (2008).
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Los Angeles, California 90024
Daniel Kramer is the founding attorney of Kramer Trial Lawyers in Los Angeles, California. He represents individuals and families in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases, and he also handles employment discrimination and retaliation lawsuits on behalf of workers.
Kramer has served as lead trial counsel in a long list of jury trials. Among the results listed on his firm biography are a $12.6 million verdict in 2021 for an electrician hurt by a defective roof hatch, tried at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse during the COVID-19 period, and an $11 million verdict in 2022 for a client struck by a distracted driver. Several of his verdicts were ranked by TopVerdict.com among California’s top 50 for 2016 through 2019. In October 2026 the firm announced that he had been named a finalist for the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles 2026 Trial Lawyer of the Year award.
He earned his law degree from Southwestern Law School in 2008 after completing a bachelor’s degree in political science and history at the University of Colorado Boulder. He later completed the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College and the CAALA Plaintiff Trial Academy, and taught civil litigation practice as an adjunct professor at Southwestern from 2012 to 2017. Before starting his current firm, he was a founding partner of Kramer Holcomb Sheik LLP. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, sits on the Board of Governors of the Consumer Attorneys of California and has led the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ Charities as its 2021 president.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., Southwestern Law School, 2008
- B.A., Political Science and History, University of Colorado Boulder, 2004
- Graduate, Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, 2015
- Graduate, CAALA Plaintiff Trial Academy, 2015
Practice Areas
- Consumer Attorneys of California (Board of Directors)
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Board of Directors)
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Los Angeles Chapter Executive Committee)
- Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities (Board of Directors; 2021 President)
- Southwestern Law School Alumni Association (Board of Directors)
- Beverly Hills Bar Association (Board of Directors; Personal Injury Section Co-Founder and Chair)
- American Association for Justice
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Trial Lawyers Inn of Court
- American Bar Association
- CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist, 2026
- Runner-Up, CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2021
- Finalist, CAOC Street Fighter of the Year, 2021
- Finalist, CAALA Rising Star Award, 2017 and 2018
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2021-2023
- Super Lawyers, 2021-2022
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2018-2020
- Pasadena Magazine Top Attorney, 2013-2020
- LATLC Presidential Award for Outstanding Dedication & Services, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020
- $39 Million Settlement: Confidential settlement in 2024, listed among the case results on his firm biography.
- $12.6 Million Verdict: A Los Angeles jury awarded $12,622,238.75 in August 2021 to an electrician injured by a defective roof hatch; Kramer tried the case with Teresa Johnson.
- $11 Million Verdict: A Santa Monica jury returned an eight-figure verdict in August 2022 in an automobile-versus-pedestrian case tried by Kramer and Teresa Johnson with co-counsel.
- $11.07 Million Verdict: In August 2023, after a three-week auto collision trial against the County of San Bernardino, a jury awarded $11,069,517 to a client represented by Kramer and Brandon Salumbides.
- $6.15 Million Settlement: Settled in December 2021, about a month before trial, for a man who suffered multiple fractures and a traumatic brain injury when a tanker truck pulled out in front of him.
- $3 Million Settlement: Obtained for the family of a World War II veteran killed when a grocery chain's truck ran a red light.
- $2.85 Million Verdict: A 2018 verdict of $2,847,500 against two construction companies after a client fell into an open trench.
- $2.16 Million Verdict: A 2016 verdict against the City of Los Angeles in a slip-and-fall case.
- $1.83 Million Verdict: A 2017 wrongful termination verdict, including punitive damages, for a minimum-wage worker fired because of his disability.
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