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PARRIS AND MCELROY NAMED TRIAL LAWYERS OF THE YEAR FINALISTS BY VENTURA COUNTY TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION (VCTLA)
VCTLA has announced three finalists for its 2020-2021 Trial Lawyer of the Year honor. The winner of the award will be named at the upcoming VCTLA meeting in October. Ashley Parris and Steve McElroy have been named as a team for their trial work together. Ashley commented that “…this is a great honor and very special that we were named as a team”.
STEVE MCELROY AND JOSH DOWELL NAMED 2022 SUPER LAWYERS
Congratulations to Steve McElroy and Josh Dowell for their selection to the 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list! This esteemed honor goes to only the “best of the best” practicing law in the state and is awarded to those with the highest point range based on peer nomination, independent research, and peer evaluation. Only 5% of the 190,000 active California attorneys are selected for this honor. Steve has made the list every year since 2012. Josh made the list for the first time as a Rising Star in the trial lawyer community.
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ASHLEY PARRIS IS SELECTED AS STAFF LEAD AT TRIAL LAWYERS COLLEGE IN 2021
Ashley Parris has been on staff at Trial Lawyers College since 2015. The college has a very exclusive three-week program each year where 50 trial lawyers from around the country are invited to attend and improve their skills in the courtroom. Ashley was selected as the Staff Lead for the first week of this year’s college. The first week of the College focuses on the use of psychodramatic techniques in discovery and telling the story of the case. Ashley Parris is widely regarded as one of the top trial lawyers in the country.
MCELROY PARRIS TRIAL LAWYERS TEAM HOLDS FOCUS GROUP
Steve, Ashley and the MPTL team have been leading a series of focus groups in Santa Barbara to prepare for an upcoming jury trial in a tragic case about a man who was struck in the head by a golf club and suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Steve explained that the information we learn during these focus groups teaches us how to best present our client’s case to a jury. This is an important tool that we use in our cases, particularly when there are complex issues like brain damage.
The case is expected to start trial in the next few months. MPTL will keep you all posted.
STEVE MCELROY NOMINATED FOR 2021 TRIAL LAWYER OF THE YEAR BY CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF LOS ANGELES (CAALA)
CAALA announced the five finalists nominated for Trial Lawyer of the Year for 2021. Steve was honored to be selected as one of the finalists. This is the top award given by CAALA to pay tribute to the best trial lawyers in Los Angeles. The award dates back to 1972 and includes great trial lawyers like Johnny Cochran.
MCELROY PARRIS TRIAL LAWYERS CELEBRATES FIRM’S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Steve McElroy and Ashley Parris have been trying cases together since 2006. During that time, they married, brought two children into the world, moved their lives and family to Ojai, California, and all the while continued to flourish as civil justice lawyers. Although they maintained their own legal practices since their start, they continued to work together as trial lawyers through their involvement with the Special Ops Team, Trial Lawyers College, Trial by Human, Trial by Woman and Trial Lawyers for Justice.
On March 1, 2020, Steve and Ashley started their own firm and opened their offices in Ojai. They have a boutique trial practice that handles a selective number of serious injury cases. In the first year, McElroy Parris Trial Lawyers purchased a building in Ojai, grew the firm to four lawyers, two paralegals and four staff. In the first year, MPTL managed to achieve verdicts and settlements of $50 million.
Increasing Number of Studies Show Women Being Gaslighted by Medical Professionals
You may have seen the slew of recent articles about Medical Gaslighting and its effect on women. The long hard truth in the medical community is that women have been gaslighted by medical professionals for as long as the profession has existed. Studies have shown repeatedly that men and women receive disparate treatment when it comes to medical and psychological issues. As trial lawyers who represent catastrophically-injured people, we see this all the time. Here is a short guide to spotting medical gaslighting and protecting yourself when it happens.
MCELROY PARRIS TEAM UP FOR A JURY VERDICT OF $5.8 MILLION
Steve McElroy and Ashley Parris recently concluded a jury trial during the pandemic in Los Angeles. The jury found for their client and awarded damages of $5.8 million. The case involved a young man who suffered a crush injury to his toe when a block wall collapsed. The client went on to develop a chronic pain condition known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, or CRPS. Steve and Ashley are the partners at McElroy Parris Trial Lawyers in Ojai and specialize in cases involving chronic pain. Steve McElroy pictured here with client, in the courtroom and with Ashley during trial for this case.
2022 Trial Lawyers College Graduate, Joshua Dowell
MPTL is excited to announce that our own Joshua Dowell is part of the 2022 graduating class of the Trial Lawyers College. Trial Lawyers College is committed to training a new breed of lawyer — a warrior who has the courage to become a real person first, and who then has the heart to fight for justice in their own passionate voice. It is an intense month-long course, working through every aspect of trial, while challenging lawyers to become better - more honest, more sincere, more compassionate, more real. MPTL is honored to be involved with the Trial Lawyers College and is thrilled to have 3 of its graduates on our team.
STEVE MCELROY SPEAKS AT THE TBI MEDLEGAL CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO
Steve was invited to speak at the 2022 Conference for TBI Med/Legal. The annual conference brings together professionals from all disciplines who are concerned with Traumatic Brain Injury and civil justice. Steve co-hosted a panel discussion of neuropsychological assessments in brain injury cases. He also spoke with Nick Rowley on presenting the human damages on behalf of a brain injured person.
STEVE MCELORY AND NICK ROWLEY TEAM UP FOR A $10 MILLION VERDICT
Steve McElroy and Nick Rowley are friends and neighbors in Ojai, California and occasionally connect to try a case together. Nick recently jumped in to try a brain injury case in Bakersfield. He had planned to try the case with Ashley, but she was in another case. So, Steve teamed up with Nick and his wife Courtney to try the case. Steve and Nick handled the injured husband’s case. Courtney handled the wife’s loss of consortium case. The result was a $7 million verdict for the husband and $3 million verdict for the wife.
