Sex Abuse & Assault Lawyers
Advocating for Sexual Abuse Survivors Nationwide
The Zalkin Law Firm, LLP is one of the nation’s most trusted, successful, and respected sexual abuse firms. Comprised of caring and compassionate advocates, we represent sexual abuse survivors who’ve faced tremendous suffering and setbacks as a result of their traumas, as well as immense burdens created by years of silence, secrecy, and willful cover-ups.
Over the past 20 years, our firm has helped hundreds of clergy, campus, and childhood sex abuse survivors find their voice in the justice system, and has recovered millions in compensation on their behalves.
Our sex abuse attorneys have spearheaded global settlements in high-profile cases against some of the most powerful organizations and institutions in the world, and have secured legal victories for survivors in multi-victim and single-victim sex abuse cases across California, New York, and the U.S.
Backed by decades of experience and extensive resources, we help survivors take on organizations such as the Catholic Church, Boy Scouts of America, and Jehovah’s Witnesses, and represent campus sexual abuse survivors in civil and Title IX proceedings at universities nationwide.
Despite promises of reform or public repentance, many of these institutions prospered while ignoring, mishandling, and casting aside survivors’ claims. We believe the time has come to hold them responsible.
If you or someone you love have questions about a potential sex abuse claim, The Zalkin Law Firm, LLP is available to help at (800) 477-2989. We proudly serve survivors nationwide, and offer free and confidential consultations.
The Zalkin Law Firm, LLP is devoted to providing survivors with a voice in the civil justice system, and helping them feel safe and empowered when stepping forward. We know pursuing a claim requires immense courage, and we work to ensure clients are treated with the respect, patience, and understanding they deserve.
New Lawsuit Alleges San Diego Catholic Diocese Fraudulently Transferred Real Estate Assets to Parishes to Avoid Child Sexual Abuse Claims
The Zalkin Law Firm, LLP has filed a 479-page lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego a Corporation Sole (the Diocese) and every Catholic Parish in San Diego, alleging that in September of 2019, the Catholic Diocese of San Diego fraudulently transferred assets to separate parish corporations it created to avoid paying settlements or judgments in potentially hundreds of lawsuits, when the California legislature had just passed a bill opening a three year window to allow older survivors of child sexual abuse to file lawsuits against their perpetrators and institutions like the Diocese.
In a February 9, 2023 letter to parishioners Bishop Robert Cardinal McElroy states “‘The parish assets have been held in recent years by individual parish corporations, and before that they were held by the Diocese in trust for each particular parish community.”
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$660,000,000 Clergy Sexual Abuse
Multi-VictimIrwin Zalkin was one of the lead trial lawyers and part of the trial team prepared to commence a 14 victim trial against the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles, the day a global settlement was reached in the amount of $660,000,000.
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$198,500,000 Clergy Sexual Abuse
Multi-VictimIrwin Zalkin was appointed Mediation Liaison Counsel and a lead negotiator by United States Magistrate Judge Leo S. Papas on behalf of over 144 victims of childhood sexual abuse against the Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego.
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$100,000,000 Clergy Sexual Abuse
Multi-VictimIrwin Zalkin was part of the team of lawyers representing clergy sexual abuse survivors in the Diocese of Orange, California who recently helped to negotiate the first $100,000,000 global settlement in the country involving childhood sexual abuse by members of the Catholic clergy.
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$10,500,000 Clergy Sexual Abuse
Multi-VictimMulti-victim case against religious group home.
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$8,000,000 Clergy Sexual Abuse
Multi-VictimMulti-victim case against a religious leader and institution.
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$8,000,000 Lohse v. Lakeland Village HOA (Oakland, CA)
An $8 Million judgment against a resort facility after a six-week jury trial for a woman who was rendered a paraplegic following a fall off of an unguarded pier.
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I showed up to my relationship with The Zalkin Law Firm, LLP messy, terrified and in severe distress. Ryan, Devin and Irwin held space for me and all of my pain. They honored my story, treated me with kindness, and gave me a safe place to begin the healing process. The greatest gift of all is this; each time I asked for a hero, they handed me a sword. I was empowered.- Kate
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“Having been privileged to work with these professionals, I highly recommend and trust them to handle any sexual abuse case in confidence and handled with the utmost of confidentiality and integrity anyone would desire as a victim or a survivor.”- Guy
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“My experience with The Zalkin Law Firm, LLP has been life-altering. It was a pleasure to work with every employee at the firm. They made me feel as if they genuinely cared about me while maintaining a professional statute.”- Alex
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“The Zalkin Law Firm, LLP does not just represent their clients, The feeling they put into their cases makes you feel like you are part of a family. I can proudly say that I am part of a brotherhood and sisterhood of genuine and caring people.”- Jason
