BYRON PURCELL
Director and Firm President
Ivie McNeill Wyatt Purcell & Diggs
Byron Michael Purcell is an experienced litigator who has successfully tried dozens of cases in a wide range of areas, including commercial litigation, products liability, personal injury defense, real estate and employment. Purcell also represents clients in contractual disputes, complex business matters, Labor Commission claims, commercial and real estate claims, insurance, equipment failures, wild fires, explosions and automobile accidents. He has argued before the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals and the California Court of Appeals.
Among Pucell’s recent successes was his work on Doyle v. American Eagle Transportation Company. Along with co-counsel, Purcell successfully defended a four-week trial in which a trucking company and its driver were being sued for negligently injuring a boy leaving him incapacitated. Purcell became a Partner with Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt in 2001. Before joining the firm as a law clerk in 1994, he clerked with the Federal Public Defenders of San Diego.
