Wayne Robert Gross

One of the nation’s top trial lawyers, Wayne Gross has been selected to serve as lead trial counsel by companies, executives, and celebrities in their highest-stakes litigation matters. He has been repeatedly selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, including most recently being named “Lawyer of the Year – Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement” in Los Angeles by The Best Lawyers in America 2021. He has been named as one of the Top 100 lawyers in California by the Daily Journal, and a “Winning Litigator” by the National Law Journal.

Mr. Gross is equally adept at representing plaintiffs and defendants. Three of his trial verdicts have been listed as among the Top Plaintiff and Defense Verdicts of the Year in California. In a Top Plaintiff Verdict of 2011, Mr. Gross and his team obtained a jury verdict of more than $50 million, including $34 million in punitive damages, in a case involving real estate development ventures in Hollywood, California [Law360 – How They Won It]. In a Top Defense Verdict of 2018, Mr. Gross and his team obtained a complete defense verdict on behalf of an AmLaw 200 law firm in a jury trial in which the plaintiffs sought approximately $600 million for alleged violations of civil RICO and other torts.

Mr. Gross, a former federal prosecutor, devotes a part of his practice to internal investigations, corporate crisis management, and white collar defense. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Gross served as a supervisory federal prosecutor in Los Angeles and Orange County and prosecuted cases of international significance, including the UCI Fertility case, the Katarina Witt stalker case, and one of the first criminal trademark infringement cases brought to trial in Southern California. His primary area of emphasis was financial fraud and health care fraud, for which he was presented with awards by two U.S. Attorneys General and the Director of the FBI.

Mr. Gross has appeared as a legal commentator on CNN, PBS, and Inside OC. He serves on the Board of Advisors for UC Irvine School of Law and has served as a law school adjunct professor at Loyola Law School. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Laughlin E. Waters of the United States District Court, Central District of California. Mr. Gross served in 2013 as president of the Orange County Bar Association, the second largest bar association in the State of California.

Mr. Gross served in 2013 as president of the Orange County Bar Association, the second largest bar association in the State of California.