Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack | Experienced Trial Attorneys

Walter J. Lack
Los Angeles, California

Founding and Managing Partner
phone	(855) ELL-WINS
fax	(310) 552-9434
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Walter Lack has been published in many journals and received many accolades. Please click on the link to view the articles and accomplishments .

Areas of Practice:: Aviation Crash Litigation; Class Actions; Complex Business Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith; Mass Toxic Tort; Professional Liability
Litigation Percentage:: 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:: California, 1973; U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1979; U.S. Supreme Court, 1981
Education:: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1973
J.D.; Loyola Marymount University, 1970
B.A.
Published Works:: "Shifting the Burden of Proof to the Defendant", Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles ADVOCAT, November, 2003; "Construction Defect Law Caved in by Supreme Court: The Land of Aas", Consumer Attorneys of California, FORUM, April, 2002; "Fiduciary Duties; What Are They? When Do They Exist? and Why Use Them?", Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles ADVOCAT, March, 2001; "Insurance Bad Faith: Expert Witnesses and Evidence", Consumer Attorneys of California, Forum, November, 1999; Surviving a Toxic Tort Case from Retainer to Trial", Consumer Attorneys of California, Forum, May, 1997; "Spoiliation: A Defense Perspective", Consumer Attorneys of California, Forum, January, 1996; "Formulating a Defendant's Discovery Plan in a Mid-Air Collision", Southern Methodist University School of Law, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Vol. 47, No. 4, 1982; "The Availability of Strict Liability in the Excess Judgment Case", California Trial Lawyers Journal, Spring, 1973; "The Anatomy of a Federal Employer's Liability Act Case", California Trial Lawyers Journal, October, 1972; Who's Who in Law - "Los Angeles' 25 Most Power Attorneys", Los Angeles Business Journal, March 4-10, 2002; Three Trial Attorneys, Loyola Lawyer, Winter, 2001; "100 Most Influential Lawyers in California", The Daily Journal, Extra Edition September 30, 2002; "100 Most Influential Lawyers in California.", The Daily Journal, California Law Business, October, 2000; Top Ten Cases, Verdicts and Settlements, supplement to the L.A. Daily Journal, DeWald v. Knyal, listing #6, March, 2000; Who's Who in Law, Los Angeles Business Journal, February, 1999; Who's Who in Law, Los Angeles Business Journal, February, 2001; Personal Injury, The National Law Journal, February, 1999; Bum Deal, Verdicts and Settlements, Supplement to the L.A. Daily Journal, June, 1999; Two Law Firms' Teamwork Keys Success, Verdicts and Settlements, Supplement to the L.A. Daily Journal, June, 1999; Who's Who in Law, Los Angeles Business Journal, March, 2002; "Leading Lawyers in America", Lawdragon Magazine, Fall, 2006; "Top 500 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers in America", Lawdragon Magazine, January, 2007; "Top 500 Leading Lawyers in America", Lawdragon Magazine, Spring, 2008
Classes/Seminars Taught:: Frequent Lecturer, Trial Lawyer Groups throughout Country; Guest Lecturer, California Judicial College, 1995 - 1997
Honors and Awards:: Finalist, Consumer Attorneys of California Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2003 - 2004; Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 1997; Recipient, Daily Journal California Law Business Award for Top 10 California Jury Verdicts, years '93, '94, '96, '99, and 2004; Daily Journal's "One Hundred Most Influential Lawyers in California", 2004 - 2005; Los Angeles Business Journal "Top 50 Litigators in Los Angeles", 1999 - 2004; Los Angeles Business Journal "Los Angeles' 25 Most Powerful Attorneys,", 2002; Pat Summerall "Success Story" Aired on Fox News, 2002 - Present; Southern California Superlawyers, Top 100, 2005 - 2006; Southern California Superlawyers, Top 10, 2007 - 2008; Southern California Superlawyers, Top 10, 2008 - 2009; Best Lawyers in America 2009 - 2010; California Governor's Judicial Selection Committee, 1998 - 2003; Deputy Attorney General, State of New Mexico, representing state in Natural Resource Damage Litigation
Professional Associations and Memberships:: Superior Court Arbitration Panel, 1976 - Present; Los Angeles County, 1979; Chairperson, Bar Fee Dispute Committee; The Standing Committee on Discipline for the Central District of California, 1997 - 2000; Member; Governor's Los Angeles Judicial Selection Advisory Committee, 1999 - 2003; American Arbitration Association, 1976 - Present; Member, Panel of Arbitrators; Los Angeles County and American Bar Association; Member; State Bar of California; Member; American Association for Justice; Leaders Forum Member; Consumer Attorneys of California, 2001 - Present; Board of Governors; Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles; Member; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Member; Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Member, Board of Directors; American Board of Trial Advocates; Advocate; American Board of Trial Advocates, 1998 - 2001; National Executive Committee Member; Loyola-Marymount University, 1986 - 1989; Alumni Board of Directors; Loyola-Marymount University, 1991 - 1994; Alumni Board of Directors; Loyola Marymount University, 1999 - Present; Board of Regents; Supergen, Inc.; Board of Directors
Past Employment Positions:: State of New Mexico, Deputy Attorney General