Otto L. Haselhoff is a trial lawyer focused on high stakes litigation. His areas of focus include personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, automotive, motorcycle and truck negligence, premises liability, general negligence, and bad faith litigation. He is the “go to” lawyer for several personal injury firms that send him their largest, most complex matters for litigation and trial. His record of success at trial in sharply contested, complex cases is extremely high. The use of cutting edge animation technology and dramatic courtroom presentation of evidence – together with Mr. Haselhoff’s ability to connect with, and inspire, jurors to make just awards – has been key to his clients’ success.

Results for his clients include four (4) monetary awards over $10,000,000*, over thirty (30) monetary awards over $1,000,000*, and over fifty (50) monetary awards in excess of $250,000*– totaling well over $100,000,000* in verdicts and settlements in recent years. Specific results include: A personal injury award in Fresno for a “dart out case” of $22,700,000*- against a $100,000 offer; an $11,000,000* award in San Diego for an intersection accident; a $10,300,000* award in Rancho Cucamonga for a products liability case–against an initial $1 Million offer; a wrongful death verdict for the family of an African American man in San Diego of $3,800,000* – against a $300,000 offer; an arbitration award for a non-disabling spinal injury from a bicycle vs. car accident in Beverly Hills of $3,200,000*– against a $15,000 offer; a verdict for an 84 year old woman who tripped and fell at a Target store in North San Diego County of $1,800,000* – against a $10,000 offer and the largest broken ankle settlement for a woman in North County San Diego history of $2,000,000*– the policy limits. He was also co-counsel on a historic crashworthiness/tire failure case in Los Angeles back in 2004 that settled on the first day of trial for $12,000,000*, and was sole trial counsel for the plaintiff on another automotive products liability case that settled after 4 years of litigation for over $13,000,000*.

In addition to his general negligence practice, Mr. Haselhoff is also among the few lawyers who will handle products liability claims against vehicle manufacturers including: crashworthiness claims, the failure to equip with collision avoidance technology features, seat back failure cases, airbag defect cases, and the failure of tractor trailer manufacturers to equip their trailers with side under-ride protection to name a few. He has also handled several newsworthy cases including the wrongful death/drowning case against actress Demi Moore in 2017 that was confidentially settled during litigation and has handled cases involving intellectual property, copyright infringement and the misuse of images/likeness/photos. These cases included representing Playboy Playmate Victoria Silvstedt in a misuse of photo case and a copyright infringement case against Paramount Pictures involving the John Tarvolota/Lisa Kudrow Film “Lucky Numbers“.

The accolades are in: L.A. Magazine has named him a “Super Lawyer” every year from 2007 through 2023. He was also a Finalist for the coveted Trial Lawyer of the Year Award by the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (formerly the LA Trial Lawyers Association) in 2010 and has been awarded the Top “AV” rating (Preeminent) from the lawyers directory Martindale Hubbell and achieved a 10/10 (highest) rating by AVVO.

[*Note: Results portrayed herein were dependent on the facts of that case, and the results will differ if based on different facts].