Debra Bogaards

Background

About Debra Bogaards

Debra F. Bogaards is a successful trial attorney with almost 40 years of experience in helping people win their case. She specializes in plaintiff’s catastrophic injury, brain injury, and wrongful death as well as elder abuse, employment and tenants' rights cases. She is also a very successful mediator. Ms. Bogaards cares about each client, walking him or her through each step of the litigation process, thereby reducing his or her anxiety. Having taught trial advocacy to other attorneys, she is very thorough and detailed with her preparation of each client for his or her deposition. Finally, Ms. Bogaards is able to effectively anticipate the defense position and its weaknesses, having done defense work herself for decades. Ms. Bogaards represented the parents of a young woman who burned to death in the PG & E explosion. She successfully settled for 8 figures at an early mediation, bringing closure to a very emotional and tragic loss. Recently, in January of 2020, a motorcyclist got hit by a van, and suffered a below knee amputation. In exactly 6 months, during Covid, Ms. Bogaards settled the motorcyclist's case in mediation for Ms. Bogaards has settled at mediation, even within three months of her client's mother's death, an elder abuse case against the assisted living facility for She settled another case where her client's father died due to neglect, resulting in severe pressure sores, for In automobile accident cases. Ms. Bogaards has settled numerous cases for the adverse driver's policy limits. She puts together a team of excellent experts who assist her with strategy and evaluation of each case. She has settled a few ankle injury cases in the past two years (2019 and 2020) for and each. Ms. Bogaards works on each case herself. She pores through the medical records, consults with the doctors, determines the strategy, and tells her client's story at mediation or trial. She is well-respected by judges and attorneys alike. She also has a reputation for her tenacity and being a "pit bull" with velvet gloves. She is a consummate professional with a winning record ( 37 jury trials).