Joseph P. Wohrle

 
Joseph Wohrle joined the firm in 2021 and is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Financial Services & Creditors’ Rights departments.
 
Some of Joseph’s representative matters include:

  • Lead trial counsel for multinational petrochemical manufacturer in lawsuit alleging failure to pay for polymer shipments against a U.S.-based distributor and its former shareholder, obtaining a $13.7 million jury verdict after a three-week trial, including judgment against the sole shareholder on the basis of the “alter-ego” theory
  • Successful trial defense in matter brought by the State of California against automobile repair facility for permanent revocation of license and fines and penalties based on insurer’s fraud complaints; court found no fraud, imposed $427 fine for one unintentional paperwork error
  • Successful defense of insurance fraud “qui tam” action to recover sums paid by insurer to automobile repair facilities alleged to have conspired to defraud insurer of millions of dollars; this and State of California’s license revocation action were the subject of a Los Angeles Daily Journal cover story in the “Verdicts and Settlements” section and a companion article about Joseph’s practice (“Gentlemanly Fighter,” October 17, 2001 issue)
  • Prevailing at trial for defendants sued by national fast-food chain for breach of store lease, with post-trial attorney fee award
  • Defense verdict in action by commercial lessor against lessee alleging intentional damage to property upon vacation of premises, including verdict on cross-complaint for failure to refund security deposit and other damages
  • Obtaining a defense verdict in an insurance bad-faith action arising out of a claims for damage to commercial property and business interruption
  • Securing pre-trial dismissal of a commercial insurance brokerage in an action alleging negligence regarding policy procurement
  • Successful defense of a prominent Los Angeles restaurant group in a class action alleging food mislabeling

 
Joseph is Lexis/Nexis Martindale-Hubbell “AV Preeminent.”
 
Since 2005, Joseph has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at his alma mater, Loyola Law School, where he teaches California civil procedure to second- and third-year law students.
 
He enjoys bicycling, running, reading (especially historical fiction), and listening to jazz and classical music in his spare time.

 

EDUCATION

San Diego State University Cum Laude, and Distinction in Political Science, 1986
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles J.D., Dean’s List (Second Year), Academic Scholarship Recipient (Third Year)