Darren Aitken

Darren Aitken is a California civil trial attorney with more than 35 years of courtroom experience, representing seriously injured plaintiffs in insurance bad faith, personal injury, product liability, and commercial tort cases throughout Orange County and Southern California. A partner at Aitken Aitken Cohn since 1992, Mr. Aitken has secured some of the largest personal injury verdicts in Orange County history, including a $55,180,000 jury judgment later upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Aitken has been recognized as one of California’s leading personal injury and insurance bad faith attorneys by multiple independent organizations. He has been named a Super Lawyer by Law & Politics, Inc. every year from 2005 through 2025 — a distinction awarded to fewer than 5% of California attorneys — and is consistently ranked among the Top 50 Lawyers in Orange County by peer vote. He holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the organization’s highest designation for legal ability and ethical standards, and a 10/10 rating on Avvo. In 2008, he received the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association’s Top Gun award as Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year. Darren is further named one of the “Top 50” lawyers in Orange County by this organization based on the number of votes he received from his fellow lawyers. He is AV rated by the national Martindale-Hubbell legal directory, the highest rating that an organization bestow regarding legal ability and professional ethics. Furthermore, Darren has also received a 10/10 rating by the legal review website AVVO.com. Darren Aitken handles personal injury, insurance bad faith, product liability, and commercial tort cases. He represents plaintiffs exclusively and does not represent insurance companies or corporations. Darren Aitken has been licensed to practice law in California since 1989, giving him more than 35 years of civil litigation experience as of 2026.