Ivan Puchalt
About Ivan Puchalt
Ivan Puchalt handles catastrophic personal injury, employment, product liability, wrongful death, and municipal liability. He has earned Consumer Attorney of the Year nominations from CAOC in 2013, 2014, and 2018, and was a 2024 finalist for CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year. He won a $6.1 million jury verdict for two UC Riverside faculty whistleblowers who reported misappropriation of a $15 million state mental health grant. He secured an $11.2 million verdict in Yolo County against a beverage company for a dangerously designed loading dock that left a truck driver severely injured. As co-lead trial attorney, he obtained a $39.5 million verdict in a wrongful termination and whistleblower case against the UC Regents on behalf of a UCSD oncologist. He helped obtain a $36.1 million verdict for an 11-year-old girl struck by a car while crossing to her school bus, and a $7.6 million verdict against the City of San Diego for a man paralyzed by a falling palm tree. He earned his B.A. magna cum laude from UC Berkeley (1998) and his J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (2006).
Notable case results
Wrongful termination/whistleblower against UC Regents (UCSD oncologist)
Child struck crossing to school bus (Escamilla v. Durham School Services)
Yolo County (dangerously designed loading dock)
City of San Diego (man paralyzed by falling palm tree)
Jury verdict for two UC Riverside whistleblowers (mental health grant misappropriation)
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
