Damon T. Appelblatt
Partner · Personal Injury & Civil Litigation
Being hurt is enough. Being dismissed should not be part of it.
An injury can turn your life upside down. Having someone minimize what happened, question your account, or leave you fighting for basic answers can make it harder still.
Damon Appelblatt believes you deserve to be taken seriously. His approach starts with listening carefully, explaining your options plainly, and preparing to challenge the other side’s version of events. When responsibility is denied or important information is missing, his focus is on finding the evidence and making the harm clear.
He helped build Appelblatt Mazzola around a straightforward conviction: people who have been hurt deserve an advocate willing to press for answers and pursue accountability. That means looking beyond the initial incident to the medical costs, lost income, and disruption that follow you home.
For Damon, the purpose is concrete: hold the responsible parties accountable and pursue the compensation your injuries and losses justify.
Accountability starts with preparation.
Damon’s practice includes personal injury, medical negligence, and other civil disputes. He pairs careful preparation with clear communication so clients can understand what their case requires and where it stands.
His published legal writing addresses two subjects that matter when harm is disputed: understanding how injuries occur and obtaining information in litigation. In articles published by Mastagni Holstedt, he has examined specific and cumulative workplace injuries, as well as California’s civil discovery requirements for sharing evidence and identifying witnesses.
That attention to evidence informs the approach he wants clients to expect: investigate carefully, test the explanations, and build a clear account of what happened and what it has cost them.
Qualifications and writing
- California attorney · State Bar No. 332008.
- Law school: UC Davis School of Law, King Hall.
- Spanish spoken by the attorney, as listed in his State Bar profile.
- Specific vs. Cumulative Injury — published legal article.
- California Code of Civil Procedure section 2016.090 — published legal article.
You deserve to be heard.
Tell our team what happened and what you are facing. Start with a free consultation.