John Demas
Founding Partner | Demas Law Group, P.C.
John Demas is a personal injury, wrongful death and car accidents trial lawyer and founding partner at Demas Law Group, P.C. in Sacramento, California. J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (1992).
Meet John
Each client, each case is unique, but I always treat my clients in the same manner. I feel responsible for my clients' well-being.
John Demas is the founding partner of Demas Law Group in Sacramento, California, and has represented only injured people for more than 30 years. He is the firm’s primary trial attorney and supervises all of its litigated cases, which include wrongful death, vehicle and trucking crashes, bicycle collisions and brain injuries.
His results include a $32 million wrongful death verdict against the City of Sacramento for children who lost their father, a $10.5 million verdict the firm calls the largest for a bicycle collision in Sacramento County, a $9.75 million settlement for the wrongful death of a baby, and an $11 million confidential settlement after a family SUV was broadsided. Many of his cases come to him by referral from other plaintiff attorneys.
Demas earned his law degree with distinction from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1992, after a political science degree from the University of the Pacific, and was admitted to the California bar that year. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and has held leadership roles in its Sacramento Valley chapter, sits on the board of the Consumer Attorneys of California and is a past president of the Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association. He serves as a settlement conference judge pro tem and arbitrator in Sacramento County and a mediator in Placer and El Dorado counties, and he speaks Greek.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1992 (with distinction)
- B.A., Political Science, University of the Pacific, 1989
- State Bar of California, 1992
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1992
Practice Areas
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Member; Sacramento Valley Chapter executive committee)
- Consumer Attorneys of California (Board Member)
- Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association (Past President)
- American Association for Justice
- The Justice Roundtable
- Northern California Super Lawyers (nearly 15 consecutive years)
- Super Lawyers Top 100 Northern California
- Martindale-Hubbell AV rating
- Best of the Bar, Sacramento Business Journal
- Best Attorneys in Sacramento, Sacramento Magazine
- $32 Million Verdict: Record-breaking wrongful death verdict against the City of Sacramento for children who lost their father.
- $11 Million Confidential Settlement: Family SUV broadsided.
- $10.5 Million Verdict: Largest jury verdict in Sacramento County for a bicycle collision.
- $9.75 Million Settlement: Largest settlement in California for the wrongful death of a baby, against the City of Sacramento.
- $6.68 Million Verdict: Record-breaking jury verdict in Stanislaus County after an $800,000 offer.
- $5.23 Million Settlement: Traumatic brain injury case, after a $1.2 million offer.
- $5 Million Settlement: Wrongful death in a tractor-trailer crash.
- $4.5 Million Verdict: Largest jury verdict for a personal injury motor vehicle case against the County of Sacramento.
- $4 Million Settlement: Largest settlement against Sacramento County CPS.
- $3.3 Million Verdict: Low-speed rear-end collision with a $225,000 offer.
- $2.5 Million Verdict: Largest personal injury jury verdict ever won in Tuolumne County.
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