DAVID deRUBERTIS
Sole Shareholder and Lead Trial Lawyer
The deRubertis Law Firm, APC
David deRubertis is the sole shareholder and lead trial lawyer of the deRubertis Law Firm. As lead counsel, deRubertis last year obtained the largest employment jury verdict in United States history in Martinez/Page v. SCE/Edison. One of his clients was awarded over $422,377,265 and his other client was awarded $42,200,000. This is also the largest compensatory damage verdict ever in a FEHA case, the largest male victim sexual harassment verdict, and is believed to be the largest jury verdict in California in 2022 for any type of case.
In October 2022, deRubertis obtained a $2.2 million gross jury verdict in a challenging premises liability personal injury case against Costco involving an “open and obvious” condition in which liability was hotly contested and the highest offer, by CCP 998, was $650,000 [gross verdict subject to comparative fault reduction of 50%.
