H. Gavin Long

Long has a wide range of jury trial experience in cases from murder and fraud to medical malpractice in state and federal courts. For example, just in the last year, has taken six personal injury cases to trial and has obtained verdicts above the defendant’s offer in all six trials, beat the plaintiff’s CCP 998 in three of the trials and “busted” the defendant’s insurance policy in three of the trials.

Long was also appointed to the Consumer Attorneys of California’s (CAOC) Board of Governors and sits on the Board of Directors for the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association. Most recently, he was admitted as a member into the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an honor bestowed only on the most elite group of lawyers in the nation.

During his time at Bisnar Chase, since April 2012, Long has handled a number of auto accident cases, taking a number of those cases to a jury trial and winning an overwhelming majority of those cases. This year alone, Long has helped clients secure about $5 million in total recovery.

What Long absolutely relishes about the process is fighting and winning against unscrupulous insurance companies – corporations that have absolutely no problems playing hardball with injured victims who are trying to get their lives back on track after a traumatic, life-altering event.

It’s wrong to assume that the insurance company is your friend, Long says. “In the cases I’ve handled, the insurance companies just didn’t care. When you get hurt, you’re not a person. As far as the insurance company is concerned, you’re just a file. You could be severely injured, you could be in a wheelchair, but to them, you’re just a file.”