Minh Tri Nguyen

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Minh Tri Nguyen

4.6
Rating: 10.0

Licensed for 23 years

Car accident Lawyer at Long Beach, CA
Practice Areas: Car Accidents, Slip and Fall Accident, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury

3777 Long Beach Blvd., Third Floor, Long Beach, CA

About Minh

Biography

Experienced. Trusted. Results. Over $250 Million Recovered. Talk to a lawyer and not an assistant.

These are difficult cases to pursue. Trust an accomplished lawyer who litigates TBI cases.

Helping families when a loved one dies. Minh brings justice and closures to families.

Rated as a SuperLawyer for Car Accidents! The Go-To Lawyer When Lawyers Need Help!

Rated as a SuperLawyer for Premises Liability! Get superb help by your side.

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Car Accident 30%

30%
Slip and Fall Accident 30%

30%
Brain Injury 20%

23 years

20%
Wrongful Death 20%

23 years

20%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Contingency

25%-45%

Licenses

Licensed in California for 23 years

State: California

Acquired: 2002

Active

No misconduct found

Location

NGUYEN THEAM LAWYERS, LLP

3777 Long Beach Blvd., Third Floor, Long Beach, CA, 90807

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Minh Tri Nguyen's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

4.6 /5.0

44 Client Reviews

Showing 6 - 10 of 11 reviews | Trustworthiness

Posted by Eileen | April 01, 2015 | Personal Injury

Forever Grateful, Stellar Experience

There is nothing more disheartening than going through an accident and feeling extremely vulnerable to the point of asking for help. If you are going through a similar experience, you must seek out the services of The Law Office of Minh Nguyen. I can assure you, Minh will be just as professional, su...pportive, and timely while he addresses your concerns from beginning to end as he certainly was with me. Minh came highly recommended when I was asking a good friend for a reputable lawyer regarding legal assistance for my case. Now, please note that this recommendation was coming from another lawyer and specifically stated that if I wanted an expert in personal injury cases, Minh and his team were the people to consult. With much trepidation and this being my first real experience with having to consult a lawyer, I called Minh's office and with the few details he heard, Minh kindly agreed to meet with me in person to discuss my case. Upon arrival, I instantly felt at ease as I was greeted by the staff in such a beautifully situated office overlooking the ocean. Minh gave me a firm handshake as he introduced himself, we discussed the details of my personal injury case, and in so many words confidently told me he would help me every step of the way. Minh was exactly whom I needed on my side and it was evident from the start that his experience in the field would yield positive results. The dedication and hard work that Minh and his team showed throughout this case resulted in a settlement amount that I could have never imagined acquiring on my own. The title for this review "Forever Grateful" is exactly how I feel about Minh and his team. I highly recommend the services of The Law Office of Minh T. Nguyen. I hope you find this review helpful.

Posted by Henry | December 20, 2013 | Lawsuits & Disputes

Very knowledgeable and treats you like family

Minh and his team were friendly and very informative from the beginning. They knew exactly what they were doing and gave me the utmost confidence in trusting their firm to handle my case. They definitely exceeded my recovery expectations and were always keeping me up to date regarding the status of m...y case. They genuinely made me feel that they had my best interests in mind. Thank you again Minh and I recommend everyone to give them an opportunity with your case.

Posted by Christine | April 23, 2013 | Personal Injury

Tenacious Lawyer

Minh represented me in a personal injury action. He was very responsive and returned my phone calls timely. He kept me informed re the developments in my case, so I knew exactly what was happening in every stage of the litigation. He was also very honest with regards to his assessment of my case, ...its strengths and weakness. If you are looking for a dependable attorney who has the tenacity to fight for you, Minh is the right man for the job.

Posted by anonymous | August 16, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Personal Injury

Strongly recommend avoiding

I have a “soft tissue” injury case from a car accident 3.5 years ago. Unfortunately, my case ended up going to trial. I originally hired Lawrence Lallande, who was unavailable to represent me due to vacation plans he did not want to change, so he hired Minh Nguyen to represent my case at trial, a...ssisted by Karina Lallande (Lawrence’s daughter, Lallande Law). The total award/judgment was $300,452. I received 8% of the total award. Lallande Law and Law offices of Minh T. Nguyen spent over $178k on my case, (including an 11k hotel bill at a “boutique hotel”). Their profit was over $97k (4 times as much as I received--not including the exorbitant amount they spent on trial costs, hotels, and dinners). The Honorable Judge Thomas W. Wills made the following statement during trial: “I have not seen behavior like the repeated transgressions of the Plaintiff’s counsel in this case in nearly 40 years in this business.” Overall, in addition to the terrible financial outcome in my case (I didn’t even come close to recouping my lost wages from time off work for medical treatment), I did not have a good experience, or feel secure with either Minh or Karina. I never knew what to expect and felt severely under-communicated with. Prior to going on the stand for hours over 2 days, I had received hardly any instruction or prep from my attorneys and felt as though I was thrown to the wolves. Overall, I did not have a good experience. I trusted that they knew what they were doing—assuming that if we won, the proverbial "proof would be in the pudding.” As it turned out, the pudding was rancid—despite “winning” the trial. I would STRONGLY recommend to avoid both Minh Nguyen Law and Lallande Law.

Minh Nguyen

Replied last August 16, 2017

I have devoted my entire career to helping injured people to go up against the insurance companies. I zealously fight for my clients. I work on a contingency arrangement which means my clients do not pay anything unless we win their case, including the costs that I advance to bring the evidence to the courtroom. I spend whatever it takes to present my client's case to the jury. Yes, this means, typically spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to take a case to a jury. Most lawyers would not do this on a "soft tissue" case. But I treat all my clients equally, whether it is a "soft tissue" case or a case in which someone is injured catastrophically. I care about my clients and give them them best representation regardless of what it may mean to me financially. I believe in full justice for man, woman, and child regardless of ethnicity, race, creed, nationality, religion, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Unfortunately, insurance companies know the high costs of bringing a case to trial and use this information to low-ball clients with offers that do not adequate cover the harm to an injured person. Because of this, most injury attorneys view "soft tissue" cases as "small" and will not try a soft tissue case, yet alone, spend hundreds of thousands of dollars, to get full justice. While I am prohibited from getting into the specific of this case, it is my practice that all my clients know about all offers that the insurance companies make. Ultimately the decision to accept or reject an offer belongs to the client. In this case, a decision was made to proceed to trial and the result speaks for itself in terms of ensuring that the insurance companies' feet were held to the fire. The offers by the insurance companies to settle this case were just fractions of the recovery. Ultimately, for this client the financial outcome was less than what she expected, but her case was tried without her incurring any out-of-pocket expenses and she received more money by trying the case than what was offered by the insurance companies to settle the case. I am proud of this client's fortitude and willingness to hold the insurance companies' accountable for the full injustice that was caused to her. She was willing to stand up to a bully and say, "No. You will not low-ball me. I want full justice." Her stance will hopefully remind the insurance companies to treat all people fairly to avoid spending more money to go to trial. Remember, these insurance companies had the ability to pay more, should have paid more, and ultimately had to pay more than what they could have settled the case for. On top of what they had to pay this client, they had to pay their own lawyers to defend the case; they had pay their experts tens of thousand of dollars to spew the non-sense to the jury that the plaintiff was not injured. The people of Monterey County spoke loud and clear that the insurance companies had low-balled this human-being and made them pay more.

Posted by anonymous | August 03, 2015 | Personal Injury

Talk is cheap

I had high hopes in Minh but he failed me on so many levels. I believe that he has too many clients and not enough support staff to assist him. He came completely unprepared to court and since my case was such "no brainer case" he assumed that he will simply prevail but he did not. Take my word i a...m not simply a disgruntle client, he truly wronged me and caused me to loose my case. And to top things off he refused to represent me for the appeal even after he assured me that he would do so after the trial ended. I had such a legitimate case and the defendants were 110% at fault and i had legitimate and serious injuries with life lasting aches and pains. This was a lawsuit that should have not been lost ... I believe that he is a smart and a good lawyer but a lawyer needs to be prepared when they show up in court especially when they are against a lawyers that are hired by the insurance company ... he cant just wing the trial and come up with the questions that he needs to ask in the courtroom. I believe that he has way too many cases and hes not able to give them the attention that they need, So the clients end up suffering, but to me he showed his true colors when he did not want to represent me in the appeal process. I would have expected him to at least try and fix the damage that he caused instead he dropped me without even blinking and i am left with a judgment against me ... I highly recommend that you hire a lawyer that is part of a large firm so your lawyer can get the adequate support and resources needed. I truly hope that my review will help others not make the same mistake that i made.

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Minh Tri Nguyen's Lawyer Endorsements

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Paul Morgan

Personal injury lawyer | Dec 04

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"When I think of a "passionate" lawyer, Minh in the first person who comes to mind. His dedication to his cases and clients is unparalleled. In fact, I aspire to be as dedicated as Minh in my career. A great lawyer and a good friend, I would recommend Minh to anyone looking for an attorney."

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Abdinasir Abdulahi

Personal injury lawyer | Nov 29

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse Minh. He is highly skilled experienced lawyer and is deeply committed to the people he represents. Minh is very well respected in the legal community."

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Nicholas Gurney

Brain injury lawyer | Nov 27

Relationship: Other

"Minh is an incredibly talented trial attorney. His career was built on actually trying cases-- and increasingly uncommon approach. Minh has worked hard to cement himself as one of the most dedicated and skilled trial lawyers around. I endorse Minh fully and without hesitation."

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Clifford Horwitz

Wrongful death lawyer | Jun 06

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Minh is a highly reputable and skilled attorney. He provides his clients with the absolute best care."

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Gregory Colburn

Brain injury lawyer | Jun 03

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. His insight on Avvo demonstrates both his knowledge and commitment to his profession."

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David Fiol

Personal injury lawyer | May 07

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Mr. Nguyen is a truly professional and knowledgeable attorney - I encourage anyone looking for legal services to consider him."

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Steven Sweat

Personal injury lawyer | Apr 30

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Brian Freeman

Personal injury lawyer | Mar 06

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"If I had to choose one word to describe Minh's work it would have to be "excellent." If I were to add one more it would be "tenacious". Minh fights hard for his clients and won't think twice about taking cases to trial. He is aggressive on behalf of his clients, and professional at the same time. I highly endorse this lawyer's work!"

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Experience

Rating:  10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2025

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2024

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2023

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2022

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2021

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2020

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2019

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2018

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2017

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine

2017

Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers

2016

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine

2015

Presidential Award, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles

2015

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine

2014

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine

2013

Rising Star, Super Lawyers

2012

Rising Star, Super Lawyers

2008

Rising Star, Super Lawyers

2007

Rising Star, Super Lawyers

2006

Rising Star, Super Lawyers

Work Experience

2008 - Present

Shareholder, The Law Office of Minh T. Nguyen, ALC

1994 - 2012

Attorney, Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates, ALC

Associations

2017 - Present

Philippine American Bar Association

Lifetime Member

2017 - Present

Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association

Lifetime Member

2016 - Present

Mexican American Bar Association of Los Angeles

Member

2014 - Present

Consumer Attorneys of California

President's Club

2014 - Present

Vietnamese American Bar Association of Southern California

Member

2012 - Present

American Association for Justice

Member

2012 - Present

Long Beach Bar Association

Member

2012 - Present

Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities

Executive Committee Member

2011 - Present

Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles

Board of Governors

2002 - Present

Consumer Attorneys of California

Member

2002 - Present

Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles

Member

2002 - Present

Los Angeles County Bar Association

Member

2014 - 2014

Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charity (www.latlc.org)

President

2013 - 2014

Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities

Vice President

2012 - 2015

UC Hastings Alumni Association

Board of Governors

Sample of Legal Cases

Tomas Tolento v. Demolition Services, Inc.

$4,000,000

R.N. v. University Housing

$1,000,000

Mika Fleming v. City of Long Beach

$15,200,000

Saul Rodriguez v. Blackjack Machine & Fab, Inc.

$1,000,000

Brewer v. City of Modesto

$3,500,000

Goeschel v. North Orange County Regional Occupational Program

$950,000.00

Richard Nesbitt v. County of Los Angeles

$5,328,619.00

Doe Minor Children v. John Doe

$1,375,000.00

Moreno v. XYZ Company

$1,000,000.00

Rifkin v. Active Water Systems, Inc.

$1,235,000.00

Estate of Frank Fernando v. R&J Trucking, Inc.

$1,000,000.00

Jane Doe 1, a Minor, Her Mother, & Sister v. Ace of Hearts, Inc.

$750,000.00

John Doe 1, John Doe 2, and John Doe 3 v. Ace of Hearts, Inc.

$850,000.00

Hanson v. XYZ Car Manufacturer

$1,225,000.00

Rosenberg v. XYZ Car Manufacturer

$4,720,000.00

Robinson v. XYZ Car Manufacturer

$1,225,000.00

Portillo v. Duvar, Inc.

$1,175,000.00

McIntyre v. XYZ Hotel

$1,800,000

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Education

2002

UC Hastings COL

JD - Juris Doctor

1999

Univ of California at Los Angeles

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

2017

Case Collaboration Premises Liability

2017

CAALA 2017 Las Vegas Convention Damages

2016

New Lawyer Roundtable

Evaluating Damages in Personal Injury Cases

2016

CAALA 2016 Las Vegas Convention

Construction Site Accidents

2016

CAALA 2016 Las Vegas Convention

Nuts and Bolts: Uninsured Motorist and Underinsured Motorist Law in California

2014

CAALA 2014 Las Vegas Convention

Attorney Best Practices for Managing Liens

2013

CAALA New Lawyer Meeting

Solo Practitioner Roundtable

2012

CAALA Las Vegas Convention

Workplace Injuries: Third Party Cases

2012

CAALA Annual Judges' Evaluation

Judge's Evaluation

2011

CAALA Las Vegas Convention (2011)

Proving Lost Earnings in Different Cases: (1) Self-Employed, (2) Cash, and (3) No W-2

2011

CAALA Annual Judges' Evaluation

Judge's Evaluation

Languages

English

Vietnamese

Spanish

Tagalog

Khmer

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