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Dale Kristopher Galipo
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Biography
Dale K. Galipo, the founder and principal of The Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo in Woodland Hills, California, has earned a reputation as one of the most accomplished civil rights attorneys in the nation. For over 25 years, Dale Galipo has focused his trial skills with a passion for civil rights cases involving police misconduct. Since 2004, Galipo has been achieving seven-figure jury verdicts for victims of excessive force and police abuse. In 2012, Galipo was awarded the Defender of the Constitution Award by the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and later the Honoree for the Martin Luther King award, presented in his name at the UC Davis School of Law.
In 2017 Galipo won ten civil rights cases in a single year! He received the coveted CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year award in 2020 and in the same year, received the prestigious award of CAOC Consumer Attorney of the Year. In 2023 and 2024, Galipo was named among The Daily Journal’s Top Plaintiff’s Lawyers and in 2024 he was honored with the CLAY award by The Daily Journal’s California Lawyers Magazine.
Mr. Galipo has been selected to the Southern California’s Super Lawyers list for the past thirteen years running and is an esteemed member of The Inner Circle of Advocates and Fellow of The American College of Trial Lawyers. In his tenacious advocacy for civil rights, Galipo’s cases have notably resulted in over 20 published opinions. Having prevailed over 100 jury trials, Dale Galipo is widely considered to be one of the top civil rights trial attorneys in the country.
** Dale is available to be a guest speaker by Zoom or in person in the Los Angeles area! Visit our website for more info!
Practice Areas
2
Practice Areas
Litigation
99%
37 years
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Licensed in California for 36 years
State: California
Acquired: 1989
No misconduct found
Location
The Law Offices of Dale K Galipo
21800 Burbank Blvd Ste 310, Woodland Hills, CA, 91367-6479
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Posted by Richard Kollin | January 22, 2021 | Hired Attorney
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Best Attorneys Ever #1
Mr. Dale Galipo and Mr. Marcel are Really good attorney the best i have ever seen very honest and vary classy they will fight for you they are working hard on my case. The cops shoot me with a taser then opened fire on when i was on the ground the bullets went through my spine i dont know what i wo...
Posted by anonymous | March 15, 2012
honest lawyer
Galipo is still wrkng on a current case which is going thru Trail...he is an honest and hard working attorney who is looking for Justice. He has been a blessing to our family since he is the spokes person and representative on our case.
Posted by Tommie | February 16, 2010
16 YEARS
hE WAS A GRAET DEFENSE ATTORNEY IN A DIFFICULT MONTH LONG CASE. IT WAS HELD AT SAN FERNANDO COURT HOUSE. HE HELP HIS GROUND AND CAME UP WITH GREAT POINTS BUT WE LOST AT THE END I STILL THINK HE IS A GRAET MAN.
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Experience
Honors
2024
CLAY Award, The Daily Journal
2023
Attorney of the Year, Top 100 Registry
2023
Top Plaintiff's Lawyer, The Daily Journal
2020
CAALA Trial Lawyer of the year, CAALA
2020
Consumer Attorney of the Year, Consumer Attorneys of California
2012
Defender of the Constitution, Federal Bar Association
N/A
Martin Luther King Honoree, UC Davis School of Law
Work Experience
1989 - Present
Principal, Trial Attorney, The Law Offices of Dale K. Gal
Associations
Inner Circle of Advocates
Member
American College of Trial Lawyers
Fellow
Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles
Member
Sample of Legal Cases
Juarez-Zelaya v. City of Los Angeles
Jury Verdict $13.5 Million
T. Murillo v. City of Los Angeles
Settlement $25.3 Million
Najera v. County of Riverside
Jury Verdict $10 Million
French v. City of Los Angeles
Jury Verdict $17 Million
Valenzuela v. City of Anaheim
Jury Verdict $13.2 Million
Perez v. City of Pasadena
Settlement $8.5 Million
Archibald v. County of San Bernardino
Jury Verdict $33.5 Million
Education
1984
University of California at Los Angeles School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
N/A
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
N/A
Univ of Michigan
Languages
Spanish
Vietnamese
Filipino