Shaping the Defense: Strategic Jury Selection for Trial Victory

Vik Nagpal is the managing partner of Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara LLP’s San Diego offices, as well as directing the firm’s business development.  He has practiced law in both Northern and Southern California since 2000. Mr. Nagpal is admitted to practice law before all State Court in California, as well as in the Central and Southern District Federal Courts.

Mr. Nagpal has extensive experience in handling all general liability matters to trial and arbitration, including trucking and transportation, commercial auto, catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, and traumatic brain injury claims. His practice also includes the defense of construction litigation, and environmental and habitability claims relating to asbestos, toxic torts, infestation, and hazardous waste. In addition, he concentrates his practice in the area of business litigation.

Mr. Nagpal has also been successful in obtaining complete defense verdicts through trial in construction defect and toxic tort matters.

Mr. Nagpal graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a Minor in Psychology. Mr. Nagpal received his law degree from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego in 1999, receiving a Trustee’s Scholarship for Academic Achievement. Additionally, Mr. Nagpal clerked at the San Diego Superior Court for the Honorable Ronald Prager. Mr. Nagpal thereafter earned his Masters of Law in Real Estate from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois, in 2001. Between 2001-2002, Mr. Nagpal acted as legal counsel for CB/Richard Ellis in Sacramento, handling site acquisitions for commercial properties and drafting commercial leases for anchor tenants throughout the Western United States.

Keith G. Bremer has been identified by the well-recognized Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of California’s Top 100 Attorneys. He is a top 50 attorney in Orange County and has also been named as one of America’s Top 100 Attorneys. Keith Bremer is a member of the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), he is an AV rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer by his peers for 17 consecutive years (2009-2026). Mr. Bremer was invited to be, and is, a member of Litigation Counsel of America. He is the senior partner of Bremer, Whyte, Brown and O’Meara LLP, a 200 plus member law firm with nine full service offices throughout the Western US. Mr. Bremer has experience in all aspects of cyber, civil and commercial litigation and has had the privilege of representing individuals in wrongful death actions, individuals who have suffered catastrophic injuries, auto manufacturers, auto dealerships, contractors, celebrities from television, movies and major sports franchises and business owners in trial. Mr. Bremer has been a featured contributor in the Orange County Register, and has been editorialized in, among others, Newsweek, The New Yorker Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily Journal, CBS, CNN, Fox, KCAL, YAHOO, AOL, and KTLA news. He has appeared on ABC’s 20/20, Dr. Phil, Fox and The Katie Couric Show. Mr. Bremer is regularly consulted by lobbyists and the insurance industry to provide input on proposed legislation in the legal field from California to Colorado.