Ted Wacker
Founding Partner | TBW Law
Ted Wacker is a personal injury, car accidents and motorcycle accidents trial lawyer and founding partner at TBW Law in Newport Beach, California. J.D., University of San Diego School of Law (1991).
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Ted B. Wacker is the founding partner of TBW Law in Newport Beach, California. With more than 30 years of litigation experience, he handles catastrophic injury cases, including vehicle and motorcycle crashes, medical malpractice and elder abuse claims, as well as mass tort cases involving pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
Before opening his own firm in 2014, Wacker was a partner at Robinson Calcagnie and later managing partner of the Newport Beach office of Alder Law. In March 2023, he and co-counsel Haytham Faraj won a $21.2 million verdict against U-Haul in Los Angeles Superior Court in Lancaster. His other reported results include a $14.5 million verdict in 2010 for a young man left paraplegic after a motorcycle crash, a $12.65 million settlement against a trucking company in a brain injury case, and motorcycle crash settlements of $8 million and $7 million. He also worked on national Vioxx, Rezulin, Baycol and Zyprexa litigation, including service on science and expert committees.
Wacker is a past president of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, which he served on the board for 12 years, and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has been named a California Super Lawyer each year since 2013 and lectures on jury selection, mediation and brain injury cases. He earned his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1991.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- State Bar of California
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- J.D., University of San Diego School of Law (1991)
Practice Areas
- Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (Past President, 2015)
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- American Association for Justice
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- Orange County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- California Super Lawyers (2013–present)
- American Jurisprudence Awards in Products Liability and Creditors' Remedies (law school)
- $21.2 Million Verdict: Roman v. U-Haul, Los Angeles Superior Court (Lancaster), March 2023, with co-counsel Haytham Faraj; the client suffered elbow and tibial plateau fractures requiring surgery.
- $14.5 Million Verdict: Poole v. Picazo (2010), a disputed-liability motorcycle vs. automobile crash that left a 25-year-old plaintiff paraplegic; Wacker was co-lead counsel.
- $12.65 Million Settlement: Brain injury case against a trucking company with hotly disputed liability.
- $8 Million Settlement: Motorcycle accident case.
- $7 Million Settlement: Motorcycle accident case.
- Over $7 Million Settlement: Head-on collision causing orthopedic injuries, despite a defense seatbelt argument.
- $6.35 Million Settlement: 2002 auto rollover case involving traumatic brain injury, against the vehicle manufacturer and an insurer.
- $3.25 Million Settlement: Injuries to a 9-year-old boy in a crash caused by an uninsured drunk driver; recovery from the automaker over missing side airbags and other defendants.
- $3.1 Million Verdict: Lefforge v. St. Edna, Orange County Superior Court (2010), medical malpractice and elder abuse case, with co-counsel Kimberly Valentine; later resolved confidentially before the punitive phase.
- $51 Million Verdict: Barnett v. Merck (2006), Vioxx case; Wacker was a member of the trial team.
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