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Biography
Adam Sorrells is a
Chico and
Butte County personal injury attorney whose office is located in Chico, California. Attorney Sorrells has been
in practice for more than 25 years, representing people injured in
car accidents and animal attacks, people with brain injury cases, and families
of wrongful death victims. He continues to fight for compensation for injuries and damages that happen
to good people through no fault of their own. After practicing with a
larger firm for 10 years, Mr. Sorrells opened his own firm in 2002.
Mr. Sorrells can be described as a very experienced attorney who provides
aggressive representation on behalf his clients, while also providing
personal service and guidance. Mr. Sorrells has acted as
lead counsel in more jury trials than most other
civil attorneys in the Chico and North Valley area. He has tried and won cases in
San Diego, Sacramento, Chico, and many other Northern California venues.
Mr. Sorrells is a member of the
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Only 1% of all lawyers worldwide can make this claim. ABOTA is
one of the very few lawyer organizations wherein entry is not available
to any lawyer who pays a fee. Instead, ABOTA members have to have been
lead counsel in at least 20 civil jury trials, have to be peer reviewed
by current ABOTA members, and must be invited to join. One of the younger
members of the Sacramento Chapter of ABOTA, Mr. Sorrells is very proud
of his membership. Mr. Sorrells is a member of the
Butte County Bar Association and has also been recommended by the editorial staff of the "2015
Consumer Business Review," published by the
Chico News & Review.
During his career, Mr. Sorrells has won trials against some of the largest
corporations. For example, Mr. Sorrells went to trial against the Rite
Aid corporation in federal court in San Diego. Rite Aid hired several
Southern California lawyers to defend the case. Mr. Sorrells won the trial
for his client, resulting in an order for Rite Aid to pay a very large judgment.
Mr. Sorrells has also been to trial against a tow truck company. Tow truck
companies have insurance companies similar to large trucking firms. The
tow truck company hired a Southern California law firm to defend the case
in Butte County. They employed a scorched-earth-policy defense, fighting
every aspect of the case. Mr. Sorrells prevailed on behalf of his client,
achieving a jury verdict in Butte County of $100,000 more than the tow
truck company’s final settlement offer before trial. The towing
company was also forced to pay the expert witness fees and court costs,
as well as more than $30,000 in interest on the judgment.