Dayna Ellsworth is an attorney at Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc. She is passionate about victim advocacy and believes in providing a voice for those who have experienced an injustice or injury. She has years of training and experience in victim advocacy, which includes building client trust while compassionately managing emotional and sensitive information. Ms. Ellsworth earned her Juris Doctor degree from California Western and graduated with multiple degrees from the University of Utah. In law school, she received several awards for her trial skills and was nationally ranked as a student trial advocate. She also received the prestigious M. Eugenia Lopez scholarship for exemplifying dedication in the community, practicing with integrity, and demonstrating leadership in the legal profession.

John F. Klopfenstein, the founder of the Law Office of John Klopfenstein, received his law degree from San Diego’s Thomas Jefferson School of Law and has been practicing in California since 1993. During his 20 plus years practicing law, and more than 10,000 cases, he has shown incredible success getting his clients lesser charges and abbreviated prison terms. Mr. Klopfenstein has a diverse background when it comes to the law. In the mid-1990’s, he had his own practice in Beverly Hills, litigating personal injury cases on behalf of other attorneys. After acquiring valuable experience in civil court, he went on to work as a public defender for 15 years between 1997 and 2012, serving the California counties of Yolo and Monterey for ten and five years. In 2007, Mr. Klopfenstein was asked to teach Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at Parma, the oldest and most prestigious University in all of Italy. During this time he also worked with Italy’s most famous law professor Mr. Cadopi, as commissioned by the Italian Government to rewrite the Italian Penal Code basing it on American Law from New York and California. This experience, as well as his many years as an award-winning public defender, allowed Mr. Klopfenstein to gain a great deal of crucial insight into the workings of the California criminal justice system.

Mark A. Sigala has been with Corsiglia McMahon & Allard, L.L.P., since its inception. Mr. Sigala prides himself with helping individuals who have been seriously injured and families whose loved ones have been tragically killed by the wrongdoing of others. He has been instrumental in securing several multi-million dollar settlements and jury verdicts for the firm. Mr. Sigala has been chosen by his peers as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers of Northern California several times. He is the past president of the Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association and past member of their Board of Governors. He is a member of Law Raza Lawyers of Santa Clara County, Santa Clara County Bar Association, San Francisco County Trial Lawyers and Consumer Attorneys of California. Mr. Sigala gained extensive experience working as a personal injury paralegal and investigator for many years with several nationally recognized personal injury firms. Having been raised in San Jose, Mr. Sigala is active in the local community.

Mr. Suits is the Chief Executive Officer of Suits Litigation, Inc., a plaintiff personal injury firm based in San Jose, California, which he founded in 2012. With 22 years of legal experience, he focuses his practice on advocating for individuals who have sustained serious injuries in motor vehicle accidents, including those involving cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians. Mr. Suits earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1997 before obtaining his law degree from the University of Southern California Law School in 2003. Prior to establishing his own practice, he worked as a litigation attorney for the firms of Tharpe & Howell, LLP and Robinson & Wood, Inc.

Patricia A. Turnage, Esq., CPCU, is the founding attorney of the Law Offices of Patricia Turnage. She attended Golden Gate Law School where she actively participated in Law Review and served as Managing Editor. Upon graduation, she became an active litigator, primarily in the area of personal injury defense. Prior to opening her law office in early 1999, she worked for large, prestigious law firms in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ms. Turnage was selected to participate in a five-year program in which she studied all aspects of insurance and insurance claims. Upon completion of that program in 1994, she earned a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation (“CPCU”). This designation has proved to be a valuable asset to her clients in settling personal injury claims, construction defect claims, and insurance bad faith claims. Ms. Turnage has been a licensed member of the State Bar of California for more than 20 years, and she is active in local bar organizations. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Alameda County Bar Association. She is also past president of the Eastern Alameda County Bar Association and is president-elect of the Earl Warren American Inn of Court for 2011-2012. Ms. Turnage has served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Alameda Courts since 1998.