Karina Nicole Lallande

Karina N. Lallande received Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Sociology and Global Studies with a Socio-Economic and Political Emphasis from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of California Hastings, College of the Law in San Francisco, California.

Ms. Lallande is a Partner at Nguyen Lawyers, ALC, where her practice focuses on litigating personal injury and wrongful death cases, primarily involving claims of premises liability; trucking accidents; collisions between automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians; defective products; civil rights; and medical malpractice. Ms. Lallande represents victims who have suffered catastrophic injuries, such as brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, birth injuries, amputations, and traumatic fractures.

Ms. Lallande is admitted to the State Bar of California, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Northern District of California, Central District of California, and Southern District of California. Ms. Lallande is a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), and Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), and San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.

Ms. Lallande was honored by the Consumer Attorneys of California as a Nominee for the 2011 Woman Trial Lawyer of the Year. Ms. Lallande has been named among the Southern California Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” for every year since 2014. Ms. Lallande has been named as a “Top 40 Under 40” trial lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers for every year since 2016. She has also earned the coveted, prestigious “AV” Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell for achieving the highest level of professional excellence and ethics. Ms. Lallande has served on the Board of Directors of Governors of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles since 2018. Ms. Lallande has served on the Board of Directors of Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ Charities (LATLC) since 2016 and will be President of the organization in 2023. Ms. Lallande served on the Board of Governors of the Long Beach Bar Association in 2017 and 2018.

When she isn't working, you can usually find Karina off on an adventure- traveling, hiking, scuba diving, backpacking, bicycle riding, camping. Karina has climbed 2 of the 7 summits (the tallest mountains on each continent) and looks forward to climbing many more mountains in the years to come. She has also hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, walked from Portugal to Spain along a section of the Camino de Santiago, traversed Santa Catalina Island via the Trans-Catalina Trail, and hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon in a heat wave and back up to the rim in a hail storm. Basically, she loves a challenge! Karina is passionate about photography and loves to document her adventures. She particularly enjoys outdoor/adventure and landscape photography.