Why Trust Dimarco | Araujo | Montevideo?

• Since 1979, Dimarco | Araujo | Montevideo have thoroughly worked to help their clients recover: physically, emotionally and monetarily
• They were awarded the highest ratings attorneys can receive from their peers for ethical standards and ability: AV Rated. They are especially proud of this because being ethical and holding themselves to the highest standards are two core beliefs they live by
• The President-Elect of statewide consumer protection group CAOC (Consumer Attorneys of California) is one of the partners
• The firm is well-known and respected throughout California’s legal community and courts
• Selected as Preeminent Lawyers by Martindale-Hubbell. This is an honor that less than 5% of all attorneys in the United States are selected
• Better Business Bureau gave Dimarco | Araujo | Montevideo an A+ Rating, which is BBB’s highest possible rating

Our Reputation is Success

Since 1979, the legal and insurance communities have respected us as we fight for our clients. That respect is actually a unique benefit you receive as a client of DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo. Our vast amount of legal experience, firm name recognition and community development helps our overall success. Your personal injury, worker’s compensation claim and/or personal injury is probably a major disruption in your normal day to day activities. What you want is a professional lawyer who has the background and experience to confidently take your case without much of a learning curve. Ask around and you will find that people know us and our past clients would recommend us to a family member.

You want an attorney who will handle your case efficiently. Our goal is to get the maximum verdict recovery or settlement for you. We know you want the best. Our reputation in Los Angeles, Ventura, Bakersfield, San Bernardino, Orange County, Riverside County, Long Beach, San Diego and all throughout California speaks for itself. We are among the most experienced and hardest working work injury trial attorneys. We want to help you, regardless of your injury.

We Can Help - Today

DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo personal injury and work injury attorneys and staff are ready to assist you immediately. You deserve help from attorneys who understand what you are going through and how to help you. We will fight to protect your legal rights. Our goal is help you with your most pressing legal and medical needs. The following is just a few of the things we will do, for your workers’ compensation claim and/or personal injury claim:

Workers Compensation and Work Injury:

• With our mutual goal being to help you reach Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI), we will work to ensure you receive immediate, comprehensive and competent medical treatment
• Conduct a value assessment for your claim
• Make sure you are soundly protected as your employer cannot penalize or fire you for filing a workers’ compensation claim
• Protect your income as your employer is required to pay disability if you cannot work due to your work injury
• Maximize your Social Security Benefits and State Disability Benefits (SDI) to the largest amount allowed by the law

Personal Injury:

• Ensure your medical treatment is competent, immediate and comprehensive
• Take on the task of dealing with the insurance companies so you can focus on You
• We will give every case our full attention and work diligently toward its conclusion. This promise has been a core principle of our personal injury firm since 1979
• Work for full and fair compensation for medical bills and suffering and pain
• Recover your past, present and future lost income

You Only Pay If You Win

Our firm has a “No Upfront Fees” policy. We believe in our ability to win for you. We believe in our ability so much that we won’t charge you a nickel unless we win. More definitively: You will not incur any legal fees or costs for our time and assistance unless we do our job and earn you a positive verdict or settlement.

Priority One: You

A core belief that has been successful for us for over thirty years is that we need to make you the number one priority. Our business is a true win-win. We know that if we make you, the client, our focus, we will continue to grow and be successful. Our three principal partners are: Jess J. Araujo, John A. Montevideo and Joel J. Thomas. Currently, John A. Montevideo is the President-Elect of the statewide consumer protection group CAOC (Consumer Attorneys of California).

Maximize Your Recovery

Los Angeles California work injury and personal injury lawyers at DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo provide a team of established attorneys, physicians, vocational experts, economists, and accident reconstructionists all working for your case. Their collective aim is to take your side and maximize your fair and full recovery from the insurance company, jury or judge. Regardless of the type of injury, from car accidents and bicycle accidents to slip and fall accidents and product liability cases, you will feel confident once you have the initial consultation that we will take good care of you or your loved one.

We Believe In Our Work

We believe we, as your lawyers, should never be part of the problem and we should always be part of the solution. Every member believes in the legal and legislative protection of injured people. Injuries are not planned and can be devastating. We want to make them road bumps and not road blocks or detours on the road of life.

We believe in protecting consumers and employees. We believe that our job is to fight for you and make your life better. Our office policy is that when you call our office, you should get a call back the same day. When you have a question, we believe you should get an answer to your question the same day. We believe in taking the time to fully educate the client about that answer so they fully know their options. We believe in being involved in the Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and Ventura community along with the other counties and regions of California we serve.

A Comprehensive Approach

Our team knows the proper way to prepare for a case is by taking a comprehensive approach. This includes for both you, as the client, and for our overall strategy for your case.

For your case, we want to maximize how we strategize. This is why we keep both work injury and worker’s compensation attorneys and personal injury attorneys in our firm. Many firms have to contract out for the side they do not have in-house. Your case will be looked at by both sides to ensure we maximize your case’s scope.

For you, we promise to focus on You along with your case. We will make You an equal part of the process. We want to take the stress out of this process so you can focus on healing. We will look out for your financial, medical, and emotional needs.

Bilingual Attorneys and Support Staff

Our firm wants to be there for you. This promise includes our having thirty-five bilingual support staff. You can also translate this website into Spanish right now by clicking the “en espanol” button in the top right-hand corner.

Our Goals Center on You

Everyone at | Araujo | Montevideo is here for You, our client. We believe in guiding you through this often complex and confusing legal process. We believe in making any injury wrong made against you right. We believe in protecting your legal rights, your safety and your health. We believe that we can only be as successful as our rate of helping others.

What You Can Expect

To ensure that your legal rights are fully assessed and protected, our attorneys will evaluate your case with you. We empower you by keeping you appraised and informed throughout the entire process. We will protect your legal rights and explain them to you.

If you or a loved one have suffered an injury because of someone else's carelessness, you need to speak with the experienced injury attorneys at DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo. Our attorneys and staff will explain, step by step, what you can expect for your injury case.

Our team will:

• Be a “breath of fresh air” to work with for you
• Fight to protect and preserve your legal rights
• Interview and depose witnesses
• Protect your legal rights at trial
• Collect incident reports regarding your injury
• Collect important medical records
• Develop your comprehensive legal strategy
• Negotiate your case with the insurers and opposing counsel
• Maximize your settlement or trial verdict to make you whole

We do all of those items every client because our firm’s reputation has been built on decades of providing a complete service to our clients and helping their legal case in every way possible. We do it all with the aim of strengthening your position and working toward a fair recovery. Don’t settle for less. DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo has been a successful work injury and personal injury law firm for over 30 years.

Contact Us - Free Case Evaluation

Our initial case evaluations and consultations are of no cost to you. We hope to meet with you regardless of your next step. You will speak with an attorney during the case evaluation. You will not incur any legal costs for our time and assistance unless we do our part of the bargain and earn you a trial verdict or settlement. Los Angeles County work injury attorneys at DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo are available to meet at our office, your hospital room or your home Monday – Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm. We will even meet with you on Saturdays, Sunday and after hours as our dedicated attorneys and staff want to be there for you.

Los Angeles County, California
Bakersfield, California
Ventura, California
1 (213) 416-2472

Practice Areas

Los Angeles California work injury lawyers DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo represent anyone whom is the victim of any type of serious accident or injury. In your time of need, we would be honored to take your case and help you recover. Our areas of practice include the following accidents: work injury, personal injury, auto/vehicle accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, Pedestrian Injury, Crosswalk Injury, Bicycle Accidents, Boating Accidents, Railroad/Train Accidents, Slip and Fall Injury, construction accidents, dog bite injury, medical transport accidents, government liability, and vehicle rollover and accidents caused by Product Liability, Defective Products, Auto Defects, Tire Defects, Insurance Bad Faith Claims, and Premises Liability.

Our Los Angeles California catastrophic injury lawyers have earned maximum recovery by fighting for thousands of victims of serious injuries, including brain injury, spinal cord injury, burn injury, catastrophic injury and wrongful death.

The Los Angeles California work injury and personal injury attorneys at DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo advocate for you and your legal rights in civil litigation court, workers’ compensation appeals board court and criminal law court. We have very extensive experience in all of the above areas.

About Los Angeles

Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States with a population of over 3.8 million people. Los Angeles is the largest city in California. Forbes.com named Los Angeles the eighth most economically powerful city in the world.

Some landmarks around Los Angeles are the Hollywood Bowl, the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood Blvd, Dodger Stadium, Staples Center, Olvera Street, the Hollywood Sign, the Getty Center, and Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.

Los Angeles is home to some of the United State’s most successful sports franchises including the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Sparks, USC Trojans, UCLA Bruins, Los Angeles Galaxy, and they even were home to the only league champion of the short lived XFL, the Los Angeles Xtreme.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is a must see for any resident or traveler visiting Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles area has many newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, La Opinion, Investor’s Business Daily, Daily News, LA Weekly, Los Angeles CityBeat, LA Record, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and The Daily Breeze.

Los Angeles Resources:

• Call 911 in case of an emergency
• City of Los Angeles: www.lacity.org
• Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce: www.lachamber.com
• Los Angeles County Educational Links: www.lacity.org/ForResidents/EducationHealthSafety
• Los Angeles Police Department: www.lapdonline.org
• Los Angeles Emergency Updates: www.piersystem.com/go/site/2511
• Los Angeles Fire Department: www.lafd.org
• Los Angeles Water and Power: www.ladwp.com
• Better Business Bureau: www.la.bbb.org
• Los Angeles Parks and Recreation: www.laparks.org
• Los Angeles Visitor Information: www.lacity.org/RecreationTourism
• Los Angeles City Event Calendar: www.lacity.org/RecreationTourism/CityEventsCalendar

Referral Fees

In accordance with the California Rules of Professional Conduct and the State Bar of California, Los Angeles California Work Injury Attorneys DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo pays referral fees regularly to other attorneys.

Injury Attorneys The Community Trusts

DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo work injury attorneys are well known throughout all of California, Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Ventura, Riverside County, Orange County, Long Beach, San Bernardino, and San Diego legal communities as some of its most experienced, successful and involved injury attorneys. DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo work injury lawyers are selected as Preeminent Lawyers by Martindale-Hubbell (less than 5% of all attorneys in the United States are selected).

We Appreciate Your Time

Thank you for visiting our website and researching our firm. We hope to help you regarding your work injury, workers’ compensation claim or personal injury. We want to be part of the solution.

You can contact us 24 hours a day at 1 (213) 416-2472 or fill out the Contact Form at the top of this page. From all of us at Los Angeles’ best work injury attorney firm: We wish you a speedy and complete recovery.