Irvine Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers

Hurt in an accident or mistreated at work in Irvine? As an Irvine personal injury lawyer and employment law firm, Smith Trial Group represents Irvine residents and employees from our Newport Beach office, just minutes away near John Wayne Airport.

Call: 855-202-2232 for a free, confidential consultation.

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Personal Injury Cases We Handle in Irvine

• Car accidents, truck accidents, and Uber and Lyft accidents
• Motorcycle, bicycle and e-scooter, and pedestrian accidents
• Dog bites and slip and fall injuries
• Brain injuries, catastrophic injuries, and wrongful death
• Defective products

Employment Cases We Handle in Irvine

• Wrongful termination and retaliation
• Discrimination, including disability, pregnancy, and age
• Sexual harassment and hostile work environments
• Unpaid wages and overtime, meal and rest breaks, and PAGA claims
• Whistleblower retaliation, medical leave violations, and severance agreement review

What an Irvine Personal Injury Lawyer Sees Every Day

Irvine is one of Orange County’s largest employment centers, home to the Irvine Business Complex, Irvine Spectrum, and major employers in technology, biotech and medical devices, healthcare, gaming, and education. That concentration of corporate employers means we see a high volume of employment matters from Irvine: wrongful termination after layoffs and “restructurings,” disability and pregnancy accommodation disputes, misclassification of salaried employees as exempt, and severance negotiations.

On the injury side, the I-5, I-405, SR-133, SR-261, and the Jamboree and Culver corridors carry heavy commuter traffic, and Irvine’s extensive bike trail network and growing e-bike use mean more cyclist and pedestrian collisions.

How We Work

• Free consultation. Tell us what happened, and we will tell you honestly whether you have a case.
• Contingency fees. You pay no attorney’s fees unless we recover for you.
• Trial-ready from day one. Our attorneys previously represented Fortune 500 companies. We know how the other side values cases, and we prepare every case to win in front of a jury.
• Flexible consultations. We meet at our office, by phone, or by video, whichever is easiest for you.

See our case results or meet our attorneys.

Helpful resources: Orange County Superior Court · U.S. District Court, Central District of California

Frequently Asked Questions

I work for a large Irvine company. Does that make my case harder?

No. Large employers have resources, but they also have policies, HR records, and documentation that often become key evidence. Our attorneys spent years on the other side of these cases.

I signed an arbitration agreement when I was hired. Can I still bring a claim?

Usually, yes. Arbitration changes where a claim is heard, not whether you have one, and some arbitration agreements are not enforceable. We can review yours.