Dan Kramer

Dan Kramer is the founder of Kramer Trial Lawyers in Los Angeles and CAALA’s 2026 Trial Lawyer of the Year. He tries cases throughout California and has secured numerous seven- and eight-figure verdicts on behalf of his clients. In the last four years alone, more than 10 of his verdicts have been recognized among the top verdicts in California, and his courtroom work has been broadcast gavel-to-gavel by Courtroom View Network.

Dan has been widely recognized within the trial lawyer community. In 2026, the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles honored him with its Charlie O’Reilly Trial Lawyer of the Year award, and the Consumer Attorneys of California named him a finalist for Street Fighter of the Year, an honor for which he was also a finalist in 2021. He is a past finalist for CAALA’s Rising Star award.

Dan’s commitment to the civil justice system extends beyond his own cases. He was elected CAALA Secretary for 2027 and will serve as CAALA President in 2032. He serves on the CAOC Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of LA-ABOTA, and is a past president of Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ Charities and the Southwestern Law School Alumni Association. He also teaches as an adjunct professor on Jury Selection at Southwestern, his alma mater.

He helped create the ABOTA-LAUSD Mock Trial Program, which introduces inner-city high school students to civil jury trials and the importance of the Seventh Amendment right to trial by jury.

Dan also co-hosts Picking Justice with Harry Plotkin, a nationally recognized podcast devoted entirely to jury selection and featuring conversations with many of the top trial lawyers in the country.