Attorney Profiles

Brent J. Hales

Undergraduate degree BA in Communications from Brigham Young University 1989. 

Attended Law School at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing Michigan, was on Law Review, graduated 1993. 

Served as an intern for the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch. 

Admitted to all State Courts in California in 1993. 

Practice areas include- personal injury litigation, business litigation, criminal defense, family law. 

Significant cases include:

• $7.5 million personal injury judgment;
• $685,000 Personal Injury Settlement;
• $425,000 Personal Injury Settlement;
• $225,000 Personal Injury Settlement;
• $450,000 personal injury settlement  
• Disney Orange County Superior Court, plaintiff’s jury verdict including punitive damages award against Disney (confidential settlement thereafter),
• Digby case, which involved a complex business litigation suit,
• Ramona Tire case, California Court of Appeals, 4th Appellate District - Complex contract dispute concerning the application of the California mediation privilege and related issues (prevailed in underlying trial court, affirmed on appeal).

Personal interests include, spending time with his wife and five children, accomplished pianist, snow boarding, waterskiing, snorkeling, diving.

Charles "Chuck" Gorian is an experienced criminal defense attorney who grew up in the inland empire. In 1998, Mr. Gorian graduated from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California. Attorney Charles Gorian represents clients who have been charged with violent crimes, drug crimes, fraud crime, theft & white collar crimes, murder and any sex-related charges. Charles Gorian is a member of the California State Bar and Central and Southern Districts of the Federal Court System.