California Lemon Law Attorney Profiles

At the law firm of Law & Kolakowski we focus our practice exclusively on representing people with California lemon car and auto fraud claims. For over 20 years we have been helping clients throughout California, including the counties of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Riverside, Yolo, San Bernardino, Santa Clara, San Diego, Sonoma, Orange, Ventura, Sacramento, Imperial and Napa. As lemon law attorneys we are committed to offering fast, friendly, and experienced service to every one of our clients. We also offer free consultations to review and evaluate your legal options. To learn more about us and our experiences, see the attorney profiles below.

Douglas D. Law

Douglas D. Law has been practicing law since 1983 and handling lemon law cases since 1988. Mr. Law received his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A. with Honors 1978) and his law degree from the University of San Diego, School of Law (J.D. 1983.) While attending law school interned for the Center for Public Interest Law under Professor Robert Fellmeth an original member of “Nadar’s Raiders.”

For over 20 years Mr. Law has successfully handled thousands of lemon law cases under California’s lemon law, known as the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, from simple letters, through jury trials, to the courts of appeal all the way to the California Supreme Court. Mr. Law was the trail and appellate attorney in the precedent setting cases Foreman v. National R.V., Inc. (1995) 34 Cal.App.4th 1072 and Robertson v. Fleetwood Travel Trailers (2006) 144 Cal.App.4th 785, review denied, California Supreme Court (2007) Cal. LEXIS 1443. Mr Law was also the principal trial attorney in the landmark case Thompson v. 10,000 RV Sales, Inc. (2005) 130 Cal.App. 4th 950. These cases established important legal rights for California consumers and are regularly cited by California courts for the principles they stand for.

Mr. Law was also one of the founding members of the California Association of Lemon Attorneys in 1990. For many years, this group of pioneering lemon law lawyers met on a continual basis to discuss issues arising in lemon law and to meet the tactics and strategies employed by manufacturers to defeat lemon law claims.

Mr. Law has appeared and testified before the California legislature regarding amendments to the California’s lemon law and worked with legislators to incorporate strong provisions in to the Song-Beverly Act. Mr. Law has appeared in numerous television and radio broadcasts featuring his cases as well as topics of general interest to consumers. Mr. Law is proud of his record representing California consumers throughout the state against companies with superior financial resources.

Leonard M. Kolakowski

Leonard M. Kolakowski earned his law degree from the University of San Diego, School of Law in 1980. That same year, Mr. Kolakowski began his career in the field of business litigation for law firm of Ralph Gano Miller, APLC.

After 5 years of practice with Mr. Miller’s firm, Mr. Kolakowski, became assistant general counsel for Kaypro Computer Corporation. After 3 years with Kaypro Corporation, Mr. Kolakowski was recruited to become general counsel for the franchisor of Soup Exchange restaurants.

In serving as in-house counsel, Mr. Kolakowski, in addition to consulting with corporate officers and directors, supervised each company’s outside litigation counsel.

After 7 years with Soup Exchange, Mr. Kolakowski returned to his roots in litigation by practicing in the field of Lemon Law.

In October of 2006, Mr. Kolakowski joined in partnership with Mr. Law to form the firm of Law & Kolakowski.

In addition to voluminous lemon law cases, the firm of Law & Kolakowski also has experience in handling hundreds of automobile fraud, leasing and financing cases under statutes such as California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act and Automobile Sales Finance Act and the federal Odometer Act.

Law & Kolakowski is a firm devoted solely to representing consumers. Mr. Law and Mr. Kolakowski are not only members of the state and local bar associations but are also members of the National Association of Consumer Advocates. Quality results, ethically achieved and excellent client relationships are the goals of Law & Kolakowski. (See our Client Testimonials page.)

If your vehicle is a lemon in California, it doesn’t matter if you live in San Diego, Fresno, Los Angeles San Francisco, Merced or Orange County, or whether you need a lemon law lawyer in San Jose, Riverside, Sacramento, San Rafael, or San Bernardino or you are seeking a lemon law attorney in Silicon Valley, Santa Clara, Long Beach, Modesto, Anaheim, Victorville, Stockton, Santa Ana, El Centro, Irvine, Chula Vista, Temecula or other location in CA. For free help with your California Lemon Law Case call us Toll Free at 1-877-348-1152 or use this Contact Form.

Russel D. Myrick

Russel D. Myrick is a former United States Marine, having served his country honorably from 1997-2001. Mr. Myrick had the distinction of working directly under the commanding officer at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he received a meritorious promotion and a number of performance based commendations. Mr. Myrick was also given the mission of traveling to numerous countries in Southeast Asia

Mr. Myrick went on to graduate from the University of Hawaii, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 2005. While a student at UH, he was regularly recognized for academic achievement by being placed on the Dean’s List, and he had the honor of having his written work published in scholarly journals.

Russell Myrick earned his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. While at Hastings, Mr. Myrick served as the President of the Hastings Hawaii Organization, helping to raise a $500,000 endowment to assist Hawaiian students wishing to attend the school.

After graduating, Mr. Myrick began his practice at the law firm of Monroe & Partners in Long Beach California. While an associate there, Mr. Myrick handled civil litigation and transactional law with a concentration on the scuba diving industry.

On April 11th, 2011 Mr. Myrick  joined the law firm of Law & Kolakowski as an associate, concentrating in consumer protection litigation under California’s Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (California’s Lemon Law)  and the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, as well as other consumer statutes. Mr. Myrick is a member of the Consumer Attorney’s of San Diego, the American Bar Association, and the California State Bar, and is admitted to practice in federal court.