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rior to forming Wesierski and Zurek LLP, Mr. Wesierski was the managing senior partner at the Orange County office of a large defense firm. He also served on the executive management committee for that firm. 

Mr. Wesierski attended California State University at Long Beach where he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1975. He studied law at the University of San Diego and graduated with a Juris Doctor degree in 1978.

Mr. Wesierski was admitted to the California Sate Bar in 1979 and is currently a member of the American Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Orange County Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, An Advocate with the American Board of Trial Advocates, and the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. He has also been admitted to the Ninth Circuit of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for all districts in California. He is on the editorial board for James Publishing as to sexual harassment publications. Mr. Wesierski is a Master Bencher in the Robert Banyard INN of Court.

Mr. Wesierski was selected Outstanding Young Man of the Year in 1983 and has also been a member of Who's Who in California for the past three years. He was selected for the Who's Who in America Law in 1988, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in American and Who's Who International. He is a specialist in Mary Carter agreements and has consulted as an expert in this area. He has published an article concerning Mary Carter agreements in the Insurance Counsel Journal and has been quoted in the California State Bar Magazine on that topic. Mr. Wesierski has lectured for the Rutter Group and has been asked to teach a trial practice course for a local law school. He has also given trial seminars to various insurance companies, corporations and other companies  as well as such groups as the California Hotel and Motel Association and the National Food Service in Portland, Oregon and Beaver Creek,  Colorado as well as Phoenix, Arizona and San Diego, California. He has published an article on employment in two magazines and has cases that have been published on appeal in employment as well .

Mr. Wesierski has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict in both state and federal court in such diverse areas of law as wrongful termination, medical malpractice, premises liability, insurance coverage bad faith, products liability, defamation, breach of contract, sexual harassment, 17200 claims, agent malpractice, malicious prosecution, appraiser malpractice and auto liability. Mr. Wesierski has also arbitrated numerous cases to successful conclusion.

On April 7, 2006, Mr. Wesierski gave his third presentation at the prestigious MASTERS IN TRIAL PROGRAM for the American Board of Trial Advocates at the Marriott Newport Beach.  This is the third time he has given such a presentation for the American Board of Trial Advocates.  In 2003, he was one of the speakers, and in 2001, he was the defense coordinator for all of the attorney speakers on the defense.

In November 2003, Mr. Wesierski was presented the prestigious Angelo Palmieri award for maintaining the legal profession's highest tradition of professionalism and civility by the Robert Banyard Inn of Court.

Mr. Wesierski was selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 by votes tabulated and sent to over 65,000 lawyers in Southern California.

Only three per cent of licensed attorneys in Southern California were selected for this award which includes lawyers from every type of practice including public interest lawyers, in-house counsel, prosecutors and public defenders.