Wylie Aitken

Location Santa Ana, CA, United States

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Practice areas Accident attorney orange county, Personal injury attorney orange county ca, Medical personal injury, Orange county personal injury attorney, Orange county personal injury lawyer, Car accident attorney orange county, Personal injury orange county, Personal injury medical malpractice, Personal injury attorneys orange county, Motorcycle accident attorney orange county
Memberships California Arts - Council Board, California Task Force on Court Facilities, American Board of Trial Advocates, American Board of Trial Advocates Foundation
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More about me Revered, respected, and highly admired, Wylie Aitken is a nationally recognized trial lawyer and founding partner of Aitken*Aitken*Cohn, in Santa Ana, California. He was the youngest president in the history of the State Trial Bar and is continually recognized by publications such as the Los Angeles Daily Journal and the Orange County Business Journal as one of top lawyers of California. He was recently inducted in the LawDragon 500’s “Hall of Fame,” is repeatedly designated a “Southern California Super Lawyer,” and is featured in the Best Lawyers in America and The Preeminent Lawyers of America for over 20 years.

Mr. Aitken has been trial counsel in numerous significant tort cases involving bad faith insurance practices, aviation, automobiles, product liability, business tort litigation and actions involving wrongful death and major personal injuries. As appellate counsel, he has been involved in landmark insurance decisions such as: Boicourt v Amex Assurance Company, 78 Cal.App. 4th 1390 (2000); Neal v. Farmers Insurance Exchange, 21 Cal.3d 910, 148 Cal.Rptr. 389 (1978) and Gourley v. State Farm, 217 Cal.App.3d 111 (1990). As an active participant on the Amicus Curiae Committee of the Consumer Attorneys of California Trial Lawyers Association, he has argued numerous major tort actions to the Supreme Court of California.

As a consumer advocate, Mr. Aitken developed bilingual consumer protection brochures, brochures on lawyer selection and he has served on college and charitable foundation boards and select commissions involving justice issues such as court congestion and justice facilities.

As an author, his articles have appeared in numerous law reviews and legal publications; and he serves on the Jefferson’s California Evidence Benchbook Editorial Board. He has also been a frequent guest on radio and television programs such as Larry King Live, Inside Edition, Michael Jackson Show, KABC Ronn Owens, OCN Prime Time, and KOCE Real Orange, among others.

Mr. Aitken is a graduate of Marquette University Law School (1965) where he was a St. Thomas More scholar and Associate Editor of the Marquette Law Review and sits on the Marquette Law School Advisory Board. His undergraduate work was in the “OC” at Santa Ana College and Cal State Fullerton.

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Aitken * A­itken * Co­hn
3 MacArthu­r Pl. Suit­e 800
Santa Ana,­ CA 92707
Phone: 714­-434-1424
Fax: (714)­ 434-3600
Email: mai­lbox@aitke­nlaw.com
Website: http://www.aitkenlaw.com

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