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Rony M. Barsoum, Esq.

Trial Lawyer · Workers’ Compensation & Personal Injury

About Rony M. Barsoum, Esq.

Rony M. Barsoum has been dedicated to the practice of workers’ compensation law since graduating from law school in 2003. He began his career representing insurance companies and employers in workers’ compensation defense but soon realized his passion was advocating for injured workers. Witnessing firsthand how many injured employees were treated by insurance carriers motivated him to shift his practice exclusively to representing applicants.

For more than two decades, Mr. Barsoum has fought aggressively on behalf of injured workers throughout California. He has successfully handled hundreds of workers’ compensation cases, including numerous complex and catastrophic injury claims. His results include multiple seven-figure settlements, most recently securing a settlement of $1,725,000 for an injured worker.

Mr. Barsoum has extensive trial experience and has appeared before Workers’ Compensation Judges and the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, obtaining highly favorable decisions for his clients. He is known for combining compassionate client representation with relentless advocacy against insurance companies and employers who fail to provide injured workers with the benefits they deserve.

Clients appreciate Mr. Barsoum’s empathetic approach, personal attention, and unwavering commitment to achieving the best possible outcome in every case. His philosophy is simple: treat every client with respect, understand their struggles, and fight tirelessly to protect their rights.

Mr. Barsoum earned his J.D. from Southwestern Law School and his B.A. from the University of California, Riverside.

A trial lawyer in two courtrooms

Rony Barsoum is a trial lawyer. He tries workers’ compensation cases before Workers’ Compensation Judges and the Appeals Board, and he tries civil personal injury cases in California courts.

That matters because a serious workplace injury often has two cases inside it. Workers’ compensation pays for medical care and lost wages, but it does not pay for pain and suffering. When someone other than the employer caused the injury, such as a careless driver, a negligent property owner or the maker of a defective machine, the worker may also have a personal injury claim against that party, where the full range of damages is available.

Because Rony tries both kinds of cases, he looks at both from the first day. He builds them together and makes sure a step in one does not cost the client in the other, including how the workers’ compensation insurer’s lien is handled when the injury case resolves. Insurance companies weigh the risk of trial when they put a value on a claim, so Rony prepares every case as if it will be tried, in either courtroom.

Areas of Practice: Trial Advocacy, Workers’ Compensation, Personal Injury, Serious and Catastrophic Workplace Injuries, Permanent Disability Claims, Settlement Negotiations, and Appeals.

Exclusively for workers.

The legal team at Employees First Labor Law | Employment & Workers Comp Lawyers – has the experience, firepower, and resources to take on the biggest employers and the most complex cases — and win. Whether your matter is resolved through mediation, arbitration, or trial, we fight relentlessly to get you the compensation you deserve.

Since 2012, we’ve been trusted by thousands of California workers and have been part of hundreds of high-stakes cases resulting in over hundreds of millions of dollars in combined value. We don’t take shortcuts.

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Credentials

Workers’ Compensation Attorney, Employees First Labor Law P.C.
State Bar of California #231843, admitted 2004
J.D., Southwestern University School of Law
Practice focus: California workers’ compensation for injured workers
Represents workers only, never employers.

Bar status can be checked on the State Bar of California website.