Admitted to bar, 1974, California and U.S. District Court,
Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California;
1992, Nebraska; 1994, U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Education: University of Southern California (B.A.,
1969); Loyola University of Los Angeles (J.D., 1974).
Awards and Honors:
Recipient-CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, 1997.
President CAALA 1999; American Board of Trial Advocates
Member with the Rank of Diplomate.
Author:
"Damages - Their Many Faces," CTLA Forum, April 1979;
"Apportionment of Damages in Wrongful Death Cases," LATLA
Advocate, September 1992;
"The Not So Peculiar Risk Doctrine," LATLA Advocate,
May 1993.
Speaker: Trial Related topics on more than 50 CLE
Seminars.
Consultant, California Government Tort Liability Practice,
3rd Ed., Regents of University of California, Continuing
Education of the Bar, 1992.
Member: American Board Of Trail Advocates 1982
- Present; Asbestos Litigation Group. Settlement Officer;
LASC Settlement Project, 1985 -- . Member: Los Angeles
County, Nebraska State and American Bar Associations;
State Bar of California; Texas Trial Lawyers Association;
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, formerly
LATLA (Member, Board of Governors, 1987- ; Officer/Executive
Board Member, 1992- ; President, 1999-2000; Recipient,
CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, 1997); Consumer
Attorneys of California, formerly CTLA Sustaining Member,
1977- ; Member, Board of Governors, 1996- ; Member: Political
Action Committee, 1977-1979; Legislative Action Committee,
1977- ; Recognized experience in General Personal Injury,
Products Liability and Professional Negligence Law; The
Association of Trial Lawyers of America Sustaining Member,
1981-.
Mr. Nordstrom has tried more than 125 civil cases in the
Superior and Federal Courts. He has received on behalf
of his clients several seven figure and dozens of six
figure awards. Cases tried have been in asbestos related
cancer (mesothelioma cases in particular); product liability,
vehicular collisions, air crash, medical malpractice and
construction defect matters.
(Recognized experience in the fields of General Personal
Injury, Professional Negligence and Products Liability
by the California Trial Lawyers Association).
Languages: Spanish.
Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Trial Practice; Products
Liability Law; General Negligence Trial Law; Appeals.
