Jill L . Friedman, a Myers, Widders attorney, was recently named to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Attorneys must have tried a minimum of ten civil jury trials to be considered for membership.
Recognized for her proficiency as a trial lawyer, personal character and honorable reputation, Ms. Friedman is among a limited number of attorneys chosen for this invitation-only organization and is only the fifth female attorney in the Central Coast Chapter, which includes Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties. As a member of the organization, she is committed to fostering improvement in the ethical and technical standards of practice in the field of advocacy to ensure that individual litigants receive more effective representation and to allow the public to benefit from more efficient administration of justice consistent with time-tested and traditional principles of litigation.
For more than 20 years, Ms. Friedman has been very successful in trying civil cases on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. At the beginning of her career, she tried cases as a visiting attorney with the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office. She later worked as an insurance defense attorney in Ventura before returning to her hometown of Santa Barbara, where she continued practicing in the field of insurance defense and medical malpractice defense. She then founded and practiced in her own law firm for eight years, representing injured plaintiffs. She next practiced for nine years with Henderson & Borgeson in Santa Barbara before returning to Ventura. In 2004, she co-chaired a trial that led to the California Supreme Court decision in Ramirez v. Nelson (2008) 44 Cal.4th 908 regarding homeowners’ liability for the wrongful death of an unlicensed, uninsured tree trimmer. Ms. Friedman is the current President of Women Lawyers of Ventura County.
Established in 1957 to preserve the civil jury trial and “justice by the people,” the ABOTA is a national trial lawyer organization dedicated to elevating the standards of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession. Membership is by invitation-only and is elected based upon an attorney’s proficiency as a trial lawyer, personal character and honorable reputation. For more information about ABOTA visit www.abota.org.
