Beatriz Trejo, abogada de Chain | Cohn | Clark, se une con Leonardo Ruiz de Univision’s “Despierta Bakersfield” para avisar gente sobre las leyes con lastimaduras en el trabajo y lesiones personales, y comparte la noticia sobre el cambio de nombre de la firma de abogados.

A lawsuit has been filed against the owner of the home where several young men allegedly drank alcohol before a crash that killed three of them on New Year’s Eve 2020.

A local family said goodbye to a young woman killed in a suspected street racing crash, on the same day one of the men police say in responsible in the crash appeared in court. Chain | Cohn | Clark attorney Matt Clark speaks on the tragic crash, and on legal ramifications and updates on street racing.

Tras las trágicas muertes de un hermano y una hermana menores causadas por un conductor ebrio, Telemundo Bakersfield destaca el trabajo en MADD Kern County para crear conciencia sobre la epidemia local de DUI y apoyar a las víctimas de choques. Matt Clark, director de marketing de bufete de abogados Chain | Cohn | Clark, tambien miembro del junta directiva de MADD Kern County, comparte sobre los esfuerzos de MADD.

Following the tragic deaths of a young brother and sister caused by an impaired driver, KBFX-58 Eyewitness News highlights the work on MADD Kern County in raising awareness of the local DUI epidemic and in supporting victims of crashes. Chain | Cohn | Clark attorney Matt Clark, an advisory board member for MADD Kern County shares about MADD’s efforts. He is joined by a family who has experienced tragedy from a DUI crash, and how MADD Kern County helped them.

A driver in a deadly crash that killed a young brother and sister had previous DUI convictions. Chain | Cohn | Clark attorney Matt Clark explains the charges drivers face after DUI arrests, including in crashes that hurt or kill others.

After a young brother and sister were killed by an alleged impaired driver, KBAK-29 Eyewitness News asks the question: “Why was this woman allowed to be on the road after having three DUI offenses?” Chain | Cohn | Clark accident and injury lawyer Matt Clark provides some insight on DUI crimes in Kern County.

Beatriz Trejo, abogada de Chain | Cohn | Clark, se une con Leonardo Ruiz de Univision’s “Despierta Bakersfield” para hablar acerca de Madres Contra Conductores Ebrios, el problema en el Condado de Kern de personas manejando bajo la influencia, y sobre que podemos hacer para luchar.

Timothy Lemucchi, a longtime and prominent Bakersfield lawyer and former partner and attorney at Chain | Cohn | Clark has died at age 84.

Chain | Cohn | Clark lawyer Matt Clark joins Studio 17 Live show with Vanessa Dillon to discuss local bicycle safety efforts, including a video campaign focused on the safe use of Bakersfield’s Kern River Parkway.

KGET-17 News reports: Stephanie Heninger, 42, was arrested on suspicion of causing the fatal hit-and-run crash on July 22 near CSU Bakersfield that killed 65-year-old Deborah Ann Geneau. The family of Deborah Geneau and Bakersfield law firm Chain | Cohn | Clark had offered a reward to $7,500 for the person who helps identify the driver that was suspected of causing the crash.

Eyewitness News reports: Stephanie Heninger, 42, was arrested on suspicion of causing the fatal hit-and-run crash on July 22 near CSU Bakersfield that killed 65-year-old Deborah Ann Geneau. The family of Deborah Geneau and Bakersfield law firm Chain | Cohn | Clark had offered a reward to $7,500 for the person who helps identify the driver that was suspected of causing the crash.

Authorities and the family of 65-year-old Deborah Ann Geneau, who was killed in a hit-and-run crash on July 22 near CSU Bakersfield, continue to hold out hope that the person responsible for the crash will be found after police released a new detail regarding the suspected vehicle.

Chain | Cohn | Clark has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the parents of 21-year-old Ryan Kowal, who died while in the care of SAILS Westbrook Crisis Home in Bakersfield. Kowal, who had severe autism and required one-on-one care, was left unsupervised, choked, and died.

The family of Deborah Geneau and Chain | Cohn | Clark has increased its reward to $7,500 for the person who helps identify the driver of a 2013-2019 dark gray Nissan Sentra that is suspected of causing the July 22 hit-and-run crash near CSU Bakersfield.

A family, along with Chain | Cohn | Clark attorney Matt Clark, speak about the data DUI crash on New Year’s Eve in northwest Bakersfield that killed three people, including their young son.

For the next ten months, Chain | Cohn | Clark is calling for students to submit questions right on the money through the “Chats with Chain | Cohn | Clark” educational grants program.

Chain Cohn Clark has introduced a new grant program for Kern County students. The “Chats with Chain | Cohn | Clark” educational grants program aims to give away 10 grants of $500 each to students at any grade for their school needs, such as a computer, textbooks or even to pay for college application fees.

A settlement has been reached between the California Department of Justice and local law enforcement departments after an investigation into civil rights violations and excessive force allegations, some of which stem from Chain | Cohn | Clark cases.

The California Department of Justice announced a settlement aimed at reforming a wide range of practices at the Kern County Sheriff’s Office. Chain | Cohn | Clark attorney David Cohn, who has filed numerous civil rights and wrongful death lawsuits against the Kern County Sheriff’s Office over the years on behalf of local residents, comments on the settlement and the serious allegations that continue to face the department.

Chain | Cohn | Clark filed a wrongful death claim on behalf of the family of Kathy Jane McNutt, 62, who was killed in November 2019 when a big rig failed to stop in time for slowing traffic, and read-ended the vehicle she was in on Highway 99 and Rosedale Highway. Since then, numerous others have been injured or killed in crashes in the same dangerous area. Attorney Matt Clark and son of Kathy McNutt, Jimmy, discuss the dangers of roadway, and what we can all do to make sure our loved ones get home safe.

Chain | Cohn | Clark has resolved several lawsuits on behalf of victims of sexual assault by a Kern County Juvenile Corrections officer while they were housed at James G. Bowels Juvenile Hall.

More than 60,000 nursing home residents have died of COVID-19 in the United States. They account for roughly a quarter of all coronavirus fatalities in the country. So, what makes nursing homes so vulnerable to this pandemic? A new report by media agency Al Jazeera English answers that question with the help of Chain | Cohn | Clark attorney Matt Clark.

KGET-17 spoke with Chain | Cohn | Clark personal injury attorney and partner Matt Clark regarding legal liability after a Kern County homeowner shot and wounded a man he knew who broke his side window with a baseball bat.

A former McFarland High School basketball coach pleaded no contest to contacting a teenager to commit a sex act. Chain | Cohn | Clark, which represents the teenager and family, said the civil matter can proceed now that the criminal case has been resolved.

Author Bob Prater and Chain | Cohn | Clark attorney Matt Clark joins host Danny Morrison of Danny Morrison Media for a discussion about Race in America, including Black Lives Matter, the Jacob Blake shooting, the “browning of America,” race relations, and much more.

The Law Office of Chain | Cohn | Clark has awarded 11 drivers education scholarships as part of the new “Guided Partners in Safety (GPS) Scholarship” program. Here, law firm marketing director Jorge Barrientos speaks about the program, and what’s known as the “100 Deadliest Days” for teen drivers. Learn more at bit.ly/gpswinners2020.

The Hub of Bakersfield’s “Cash for the Arts” program puts money in the hands of local creators while providing an arts experience for residents coping with social distancing during this pandemic. Here, Chain | Cohn | Clark marketing director and Hub of Bakersfield board member Jorge Barrientos shares more about the program.

Chain | Cohn | Clark and the family of Deborah Ann Geneau is offering a $2,500 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the suspect responsible for the July 22 hit-and-run crash near CSU Bakersfield that killed the 65-year-old.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Kern County recognized and honored our local law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and other community members on Thursday, July 30, for their valiant efforts in helping stop DUI crimes. Chain | Cohn | Clark was a supporting sponsor.

Chain | Cohn | Clark represents the victim of sexual misconduct in a case in which a Wasco High coach used social media to send sexually explicit photos of himself to the girl. The 23-year-old coach pled no contest to a felony charge related to his contact with a minor and was sentenced to 6 months in jail, community service, felony probation, and must register as a lifetime sex offender. In response to the girl’s lawsuit, attorneys for the school district, in bucking responsibility, threatened to counter-sue the girl for attorney expenses — as high as $70,000 — if she did not drop the suit. Matt Clark, attorney for Chain | Cohn | Clark, responded.

Abogada Beatriz Trejo de Chain | Cohn | Clark habla con Univision’s “Despierta Bakersfield” y habla sobre MADD Kern County y un evento para celebrar oficiales que estan peliando en contra de crímenes de conducir bajo la influencia.

Abogada Beatriz Trejo de Chain | Cohn | Clark habla con Univision’s “Despierta Bakersfield” y habla sobre el Fiebre del Valle, que es, cómo puede afectar a los trabajadores, y qué pueden hacer los trabajadores si sospechan que contrajeron el Fiebre del Valle en el trabajo?

KGET-17 News takes a look at qualified immunity involving police officers, what it means, and how it looks for local law enforcement. Reporter Karen Hua interviews partner and attorney Matt Clark with Chain | Cohn | Clark regarding civil rights, wrongful death, and police misconduct cases in Kern County, and how qualified immunity plays a part.

(Courtesy of KGET-17 – June 16, 2020)

Abogada Beatriz Trejo de Chain | Cohn | Clark habla con Univision’s “Despierta Bakersfield” y habla sobre gente que han sidos afectados del coronavirus en el trabajo, y beneficios disponibles para los trabajadores si contratan covid-19.

Abogada Beatriz Trejo de Chain | Cohn | Clark habla con Univision’s “Despierta Bakersfield” y habla sobre gente que han sidos afectados del coronavirus en el trabajo, y beneficios disponibles para los trabajadores si contratan covid-19.

Abogada Beatriz Trejo de Chain | Cohn | Clark habla con Univision’s “Despierta Bakersfield” y habla sobre el coronavirus, trabajadores, y asilos de ancianos.

Abogada Beatriz Trejo de Chain | Cohn | Clark habla con Univision’s “Despierta Bakersfield” y habla sobre el coronavirus, la responsabilidad de empleadores para proteger a los trabajadores, y beneficios disponibles para los trabajadores si contratan covid-19.

Families of loved ones housed at Kingston Healthcare Center in Bakersfield and staff members are speaking out about conditions at the skilled nursing facility, which accounts for more than half of Kern County’s COVID-19 related deaths. Chain | Cohn | Clark attorney Matt Clark chimed in on the alleged elder abuse and neglect, as well as how people can seek justice and help protect themselves.

Learn more at bit.ly/kingstonoutbreak

A local skilled nursing facility is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak affecting staff and residents alike, and Chain | Cohn | Clark attorney Matt Clark spoke with media on what people can do to protect their loved ones. Over the last three years, Chain | Cohn | Clark has filed several elder abuse and elder neglect cases against the facility.

Learn more at bit.ly/kingstonoutbreak.

In its ongoing series highlighting longstanding Kern County business with a culture for serving out community, Mission Bank and 23ABC highlights Chain | Cohn | Clark, Kern County’s leading plaintiffs’ personal injury and workers’ compensation law firm. Their attorneys have represented clients from all over the Central Valley and throughout California for 85 years. And they are homegrown — all three owners of the firm grew up in Bakersfield. In fact, over the years, nearly every lawyer that has worked at the law firm has been a homegrown native of Bakersfield or Kern County.

“They have created a culture within the firm so that all of the employees, everybody that works there, recognizes and understands that their success is also the success for the community.”

The Hub of Bakersfield se compromete a redefinir y revitalizar el centro de Bakersfield a través de diversos programas, eventos y proyectos. Abogada Tanya Alsheikh de Chain | Cohn | Clark es parte de la clase inaugural del Laboratorio de Innovación, y el director de marketing, Jorge Barrientos, es un facilitador del programa y miembro de la junta directiva de The Hub.

El despacho de abogados Chain | Cohn | Clark, que se enfoca en ayudar a las víctimas de accidentes y lesiones en el Valle Central, ha lanzado una nueva beca llamada “Beca de Socios Guiados en Seguridad,” que tiene como objetivo apoyar financieramente a los estudiantes locales de secundaria a través de la capacitación educativa para conductores mientras se mantiene seguridad a la vanguardia.

Abogada Beatriz Trejo de Chain | Cohn | Clark fue invitada a la celebración del Día Internacional de la Mujer en el Mercado Latino Tianguis el pasado fin de semana para la conferencia “Tus Alas Estan Listas” presentaando líderes increíbles en nuestra comunidad. ⁣

The Law Office of Chain | Cohn | Clark, which focuses on helping accident and injury victims in the Central Valley, has launched a new scholarship called the “Guided Partners in Safety (GPS) Scholarship,” which is aimed to financially support local high school students through their driver’s education training while keeping safety at the forefront.

El despacho de abogados Chain | Cohn | Clark, que se enfoca en ayudar a las víctimas de accidentes y lesiones en el Valle Central, ha lanzado una nueva beca llamada “Beca de Socios Guiados en Seguridad,” que tiene como objetivo apoyar financieramente a los estudiantes locales de secundaria a través de la capacitación educativa para conductores mientras se mantiene seguridad a la vanguardia.

Our area’s federal judicial district has instituted an emergency order that “will seriously hinder the administration of justice” throughout Bakersfield and Kern County, according to the only remaining judge. The emergency is already affecting hundreds of local cases and local families — including two local families and Chain | Cohn | Clark clients who spoke with KGET-17 News and hope to get the attention of our elected officials for help.

Click here to learn more.

Our area’s federal judicial district has instituted an emergency order that “will seriously hinder the administration of justice” throughout Bakersfield and Kern County, according to the only remaining judge. The emergency is already affecting hundreds of local cases and local families — including two local families and Chain | Cohn | Clark clients who spoke with KBAK-29 News and hope to get the attention of our elected officials for help.

Learn more by clicking here.

El despacho de abogados Chain | Cohn | Clark, que se enfoca en ayudar a las víctimas de accidentes y lesiones en el Valle Central, ha lanzado una nueva beca llamada “Beca de Socios Guiados en Seguridad,” que tiene como objetivo apoyar financieramente a los estudiantes locales de secundaria a través de la capacitación educativa para conductores mientras se mantiene seguridad a la vanguardia.

Senior partner and veteran personal injury attorney Matt Clark sat down with Bakersfield Tuff (BTuff) Magazine to discuss the importance of the gas and petroleum industries locally, and share how Chain | Cohn | Clark and the local oil industry have worked together over the years.

“Bored in Bakersfield” YouTube show covers the 2019 Bakersfield “Walk Like MADD & MADD Dash” on Sept. 28, 2019, at Park at River Walk. The event — sponsored by Chain | Cohn | Clark — brings together more than 1,000 people to fight against DUI crimes locally. Learn more about the event at bit.ly/maddwalk6.

23ABC News interview a DUI crash victim and MADD Kern County Advisory Board member Matt Clark, a personal injury attorney at Chain | Cohn | Clark, about the sixth annual Bakersfield Walk Like MADD & MADD Dash.

A man convicted of killing an unborn baby in Delano back in 2016 while driving drunk was sentenced to 9 years in prison. This comes days before the sixth Bakersfield Walk Like MADD & MADD Dash aimed to raise awareness of the DUI problem in our local communities, raise funds for local MADD Kern County educational programs, and provide support to local victims and survivors of drunk and drugged driving crashes. MADD Kern County board member Jorge Barrientos, also the marketing director at Chain | Cohn | Clark, speaks about Kern County’s DUI problem and the upcoming event.

La organización Madres Contra Conductores Ebrios, conocida como MADD por sus siglas en inglés los invita a un evento anual para recaudar fondos y ayudar a personas afectadas por conductores que manejan ebrios y causan accidentes en el Condado Kern. Jorge Barrientos, parte de esa organización y tambien de bufete de abogados Chain Cohn Clark, nos visita en Telemundo Valle Central y nos explica la triste realidad de este problema, que irónicamente, es totalmente prevenible. El evento es presentado por Chain Cohn Clark.

Kern County came together Saturday morning at the Park at River Walk to support victims of DUI crashes, call for an end of drunk and drugged driving, and raise more than $60,000 in the process. The sixth annual Bakersfield Walk Like MADD & MADD Dash – presented by Chain | Cohn | Clark – is aimed to raise awareness of the DUI problem in locally, raise funds for MADD Kern County’s educational programs and victim services, and support local victims and survivors of drunk and drugged driving crashes. Bringing out more than 800 walkers and runners for this cause, the event featured a kid’s fun run, 5K and 10K in what has become one of the largest fundraising walking and running events in Kern County, according to Bakersfield Track Club.

An Eyewitness News investigation found that school employees, put on administrative leave while they were being investigated, earned a combined $162,000 — including cases involving victims represented by Chain | Cohn | Clark. Once you factor in the cost of substitute teachers and legal fees, roughly $250,000 of taxpayer money was spent on these educators who were not educating anyone. Chain | Cohn | Clark law firm has filed claims on behalf of students who were victims of sexual misconduct at North High School.

Chain | Cohn | Clark workers’ compensation lawyer James Yoro provides advice and legal insight in the local cases involving the Mohawk Refinery in Bakersfield, and workers who may have been exposed to cancer causing materials. Trusts have been set up to distribute fund to those who either worked at or are related to someone who worked at the refinery before 1980 and later developed cancer.

(Courtesy of KBFX-58, FOX – Sept. 4, 2019)

Chain | Cohn | Clark personal injury attorney David Cohn provides legal insight on a peculiar case of a local business owner who became involved in a car chase with suspected burglars, and shot one of them after their car ended up in Truxtun Lake in Bakersfield.⁣ ⁣

Beatriz Trejo, associate attorney with Chain | Cohn | Clark, has been honored by the Latina Leaders of Kern County organization as one of the “Latinas Leading the Way.” Trejo’s biography was included in the event program, and this video of her accomplishments were highlighted as well. You can read her biography, and learn more about the honor, at http://bit.ly/latinaleaders.

Chain | Cohn | Clark attorney Matt Clark and Eyewitness News’ Aaron Perlman give tips on what you can do if you suspect someone is driving under the influence.

Chain | Cohn | Clark attorney Matt Clark and Eyewitness News’ Sara Shouhayib give tips on how to have a safe summer season.

Did you know that the time period between Memorial Day and Labor Day is known as the “100 Deadliest Days” in the United States? During this time span, which largely includes the summertime, our country’s roadways see a sharp increase in automobile fatalities, many involving teen drivers, according to AAA. Bakersfield’s 23ABC News reporter Lezly Gooden examined this annual issue, and discussed what we can do to decrease the numbers. The report also featured Chain | Cohn | Clark personal injury Matt Clark, representing MADD Kern County as a board member regarding the alarming DUI-rates in Kern County, which sees more than 4,000 DUI arrests per year.

For safety tips for parents of teens and young adult drivers, go to http://bit.ly/100deadlydays.

(Courtesy of 23ABC KERO – May 28, 2019)

You are more likely to die of a DUI related crime in Kern County than any other county in the state of California. It’s with that startling fact that Eyewitness News (KBAK-KBFX) recently presented an in-depth investigation into Kern County’s DUI epidemic titled “Under the Influence & On The Road in Kern County.” The special also features Chain | Cohn | Clark personal injury lawyer Matt Clark, who shares his experience in representing DUI crash victims, and the suffering that they incur.

Chain | Cohn | Clark has filed a claim on behalf of the family of a second-grade student who was bitten on the face by a dog while in her classroom. 23ABC report that the dogs owners allegedly have a criminal history, and one of the owners may not have had an appropriate background check, the news station reports.

For more on this case, go to http://bit.ly/schooldogbite.

(Courtesy of 23ABC – May 22, 2019)

Abogados Chain | Cohn | Clark ha presentado un reclamo en nombre de la familia de un estudiante que fue mordido en la cara por un perro mientras estaba en su salón de clases. Leilani, de 8 años, sufrió severas laceraciones y lagrimeo cuando fue atacada por uno de los dos perros que visitaban su clase el 9 de Mayo en la Escuela Primaria Wayside (Distrito Escolar de la Ciudad de Bakersfield) en el sur de Bakersfield. Los perros pertenecían a un lector voluntario de la Oficina del Superintendente de Escuelas del Condado de Kern.

Para más información sobre este caso, vaya a http://bit.ly/schooldogbite.

(Telemundo, 17-3 – May 17, 2019)

Chain | Cohn | Clark has filed a claim on behalf of the family of a second-grade student who was bitten on the face by a dog while in her classroom. Leilani, 8, suffered severe lacerations and tearing to her face when she was attacked by one of two large dogs visiting her classroom on May 9 at Wayside Elementary School (Bakersfield City School District) in south Bakersfield. The dogs belonged to a volunteer reader from the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office.

For more on this case, go to http://bit.ly/schooldogbite.

(Courtesy of KGET-17, NBC – May 16, 2019)

Chain | Cohn | Clark has filed a claim on behalf of the family of a second-grade student who was bitten on the face by a dog while in her classroom. Leilani, 8, suffered severe lacerations and tearing to her face when she was attacked by one of two large dogs visiting her classroom on May 9 at Wayside Elementary School (Bakersfield City School District) in south Bakersfield. The dogs belonged to a volunteer reader from the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office. For more on this case, go to http://bit.ly/schooldogbite.

(Courtesy of 23ABC News – May 16, 2019)

Chain | Cohn | Clark has filed a claim on behalf of the family of a second-grade student who was bitten on the face by a dog while in her classroom. Leilani, 8, suffered severe lacerations and tearing to her face when she was attacked by one of two large dogs visiting her classroom on May 9 at Wayside Elementary School (Bakersfield City School District) in south Bakersfield. Learn more about this case at http://bit.ly/schooldogbite.

(KBAK-29, CBS – May 16, 2019)

Chain | Cohn | Clark law firm has donated $10,000 to the Bakersfield Homeless Center in an effort to combat our community’s homeless epidemic. The donation will go toward the homeless center’s job skills training program and street cleaning team focusing on downtown Bakersfield. In short, the program helps homeless center residents move forward with their lives while making a difference in our community. Learn more at http://bit.ly/ccshomeless.

Abogada Beatriz Trejo de Chain | Cohn | Clark habla con Ofelia Aguirre en la program Despierta Bakersfield acerca de Madres Contra Conductores Ebrios, el problema en el Condado de Kern de personas manejando bajo la influencia, y sobre que podemos hacer para luchar.

Abogada Beatriz Trejo de Chain | Cohn | Clark habla con Ofelia Aguirre en la program Despierta Bakersfield acerca de el fiebre del valle, y lo que los trabajadores pueden hacer para protegerse.

Abogada Beatriz Trejo de Chain | Cohn | Clark habla con Ofelia Aguirre en la program Despierta Bakersfield acerca de casos de mala conducta sexual, y que los padres pueden hacer para proteger a sus hijos.

Abogada Beatriz Trejo de Chain | Cohn | Clark habla con Ofelia Aguirre en la program Despierta Bakersfield acerca de cancer y otras enfermedades laborales.

Abogada Beatriz Trejo de Chain | Cohn | Clark habla con Ofelia Aguirre en la program Despierta Bakersfield acerca especialistas de Compensación al Trabajador, y porque es importante contratar a un abogado que también es un especialista certificado.

Abogada Beatriz Trejo de Chain | Cohn | Clark habla con Ofelia Aguirre en la program Despierta Bakersfield acerca de aseguranza, y qué hacer si está en un accidente automovilístico con alguien que no tiene aseguranza.

Chain | Cohn | Clark law firm has filed claims on behalf of three students who were victims of sexual misconduct at North High School. Kern County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Edwin Rodriguez on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with minors 14 to 15 years old, exhibiting harmful matter to a minor, annoying a child under 18 and false imprisonment. Local media reported 10 people came forward to investigators alleging inappropriate physical contact and other unwanted interaction by Rodriguez while he worked as an athletic equipment manager at North High School.

Chain | Cohn | Clark law firm has filed claims on behalf of three students who were victims of sexual misconduct at North High School. Attorney David Cohn discussed the civil cases with media.

Beatriz Trejo, abogada de Chain Cohn Clark, habla sobre los casos que es manejado por la firma de abogados por las victimas relacionado con nuevas acusaciones contra Edwin Rodríguez, quien enfrenta decenas de alegaciones de éstas y otras estudiantes que lo acusan de conducta sexual inapropiada en North High School.

After yet another local school employee is arrested on suspicion of sexual misconduct with a student, Chain | Cohn | Clark attorney Matt Clark provided insight to media on the ongoing problem, and the effect on victims.

Eyewitness News presents a powerful segment on driving under the influence that’s usually only available to those arrested for drunk driving (called “Victim Impact Panel”). In this segment, crash victims and experts in dealing with DUI crimes share their experiences in hopes of ending drunk driving in Kern County once and for all, including Chain | Cohn | Clark personal injury attorney Matt Clark. The segment follows a five-part series by KBAK-29 investigating DUI crimes in Kern County, titled “Kern Under the Influence.” Watch the full series at bit.ly/kernduis.

Personal injury lawyer Matt Clark shares his experience in representing DUI crash victims, and the suffering that they incur in Eyewitness News’ five-part, in-depth investigation into Kern County’s DUI epidemic titled “Kern Under the Influence.” To watch the entire series, go to bit.ly/kernduis.

Telemundo destaca la epidemia de DUI en el condado de Kern y el organización MADD que lucha para reducir los números. Chain | Cohn | Clark director Jorge Barrientos, quien también se desempeña como miembro de MADD Kern County Advisory Board, habla con Norma Gaspar y José Gaspar acerca de cómo nosotros juntos podemos hacer una diferencia.

Moderator Jorge Barrientos is joined by Chain | Cohn | Clark attorneys David Cohn, Jim Yoro, and Matt Clark to answer viewer questions live on 23 ABC.

Chain | Cohn | Clark partners with Bike Bakersfield for another year of “Project Light up the Night.” Through the program, local bicyclist receive a free safety helmet, free bike lights, and safety lessons courtesy of the Bakersfield personal injury and workers’ compensation law firm Chain | Cohn | Clark. Project Light up the Night takes place on select Thursdays in November throughout Kern County. Visit bloggingforjustice.com to learn more.

Chain | Cohn | Clark marketing director Jorge Barrientos, serving as the planning committee chairman for the 2018 Bakersfield Walk Like MADD & MADD Dash, discusses the history of the event with Kern High Network.

As KGET-17 reports, local authorities in March 2011 made a gruesome discovery in a vineyard just outside of Arvin. Only now have detectives made this case public in an effort to ID the woman and open an avenue for leads that will lead to the killer’s capture. Chain | Cohn | Clark investigator Ray Pruitt, the former public information officer for the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, recalls the discovery and subsequent investigation.

California Department of Public Health found that a local senior rehabilitation failed to provide adequate care that resulted in the death of an 80-year-old man, longtime teacher, U.S. Army veteran, and husband of 57 years. Chain | Cohn | Clark filed an elder abuse, elder neglect, wrongful death, and fraud complaint on behalf of the widow of John Paul Owens. Learn more about this case at bit.ly/owenslawsuit.

California sees 176,000 cases of reported elder abuse cases each year, with more than 4,000 reported in 2017, according to Kern County Aging & Adult Services. What’s worse is officials estimate that for every case known to reporting agencies, 24 cases go unreported. During Elder Abuse Awareness Month in Kern County, Chain | Cohn | Clark wants to remind everyone of the importance of speaking up for those who cannot, our oldest, frailest and most vulnerable citizens. In an Eyewitness News story focused on the rise of elder abuse in Kern County, attorney Matt Clark provided information on elder abuse and neglect civil cases, and what people can do to make sure their loved ones are not victims. Learn more at bit.ly/elderabuse2018.

A $3.8 million lawsuit settlement was reached between the County of Kern and the family of an Oildale motorcyclist who was killed in a 2015 crash with a sheriff’s sergeant. The man’s family was represented by Matt Clark of Chain | Cohn | Clark in the wrongful death lawsuit. Maharrey died after his motorcycle collided with a Kern County Sheriff’s Office patrol car at Norris Road and Airport Drive.

(Courtesy of KERO-23 – May 4, 2018)

Give Big Kern, our community’s day of giving observed on May 1, garnered more than $162,000 for 114 nonprofits in Kern County. Chain | Cohn | Clark was glad to play a role in fundraising, donating to two worthy nonprofits: MADD Kern County and Bike Bakersfield. We donated $2,000 for Bike Bakersfield’s Project Light up the Night program, which gives out free safety helmets and bike lights in areas of Bakersfield where they are needed the most. And we gave $10,000 to MADD Kern County to help raise awareness of the DUI problem locally, raise funds for MADD Kern County’s educational programs and victim services, and support local victims and survivors of drunk and drugged driving crashes.

(Courtesy of KGET-17 – May 1, 2018)

In the aftermath of the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people, KERO-23 interviews local officials — including Chain | Cohn | Clark investigator Ray Pruitt — regarding active shooter training and safety plans at Bakersfield and Kern County schools. Pruitt stresses the importance of trainings at schools to better prepare on how to react in the instance of a shooting.

(Courtesy of KERO-23, ABC — Feb. 15, 2018)

A familiar face throughout Kern County, Ray Pruitt, a longtime spokesman for the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, retires from law enforcement after 25 years and joins Chain | Cohn | Clark as an investigator. Learn more about Pruitt by clicking here.

Chain | Cohn | Clark marketing director Jorge Barrientos, serving as the planning committee chairman for the 2017 Bakersfield Walk Like MADD & MADD Dash, sits with KGET-17’s Maddie Janssen to discuss the upcoming event along with DUI crash victim Alicia Smith.

Tatyana Hargrove — una mujer Afro-Americana de 19 años de edad y víctima de la brutalidad policial en un caso que recibió la atención nacional — ha presentado una demanda legal contra la ciudad de Bakersfield y sus oficiales de policía. Hargrove, sus padres y sus abogados de Chain | Cohn | Clark discutió el caso de la demanda y la fuerza excesiva, y respondió a las preguntas sobre cómo esta experiencia la ha afectado y lo que espera lograr a través de la corte civil. Para más información sobre esta historia, vaya a http://bit.ly/hargroveclaim.

Milton Younger, an esteemed former partner of Chain | Cohn | Clark who spent 53 years at the law firm, died at age 86 on Sept. 1, 2017. Milt Younger was born July 8, 1931 in Bakersfield. Milt joined the law firm founded by Morris B. Chain full time in 1956, and took over leadership in 1964. In 2008, He separated from the firm, and the law firm’s name was changed from Chain Younger to Chain | Cohn | Clark.

A $2,500 donation was made to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Kern County by the mother of Leslie Balderrama, who died after being struck and killed by a drunken driver in Tehachapi in 2015. Chain | Cohn | Clark, who resolved the wrongful death case, matched her donation.

KERO-23, ABC Press Conference: Chain | Cohn | Clark has filed a lawsuit against Valley Convalescent Hospital in Bakersfield on behalf of the family of an 80-year-old patient who died as a result of neglect at the facility.

Chain | Cohn | Clark has filed a lawsuit against Valley Convalescent Hospital in Bakersfield on behalf of the family of an 80-year-old patient who died as a result of neglect at the facility.

Neil Gehlawat of Chain | Cohn | Clark provides legal insight related to the traumatic and untimely death of Benjamin Greene during the Bakersfield Track Club 5K.

Chain | Cohn | Clark worker’s compensation lawyer, James Yoro, discusses the Kern County Bar Association’s ‘Law Day At The Mall‘ which was held on May 4th at the Valley Plaza Mall.

A Sheriff’s deputy has pleaded “no contest” in connection with a crash that killed a 72-year-old Oildale woman, a crash also connected to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Chain | Cohn | Clark on behalf of her family.

News coverage of the filing of a wrongful death claim against the city of Lemoore after 30-year-0ld Donald Hill died after being restrained by officers. Click here for the full story.

News coverage on the filing of claims for wrongful arrest, excessive force and racial profiling against the city of Bakersfield and Bakersfield Police Department. Click here for the full story.

As a civil rights lawyer, Neil Gehlawat comments on President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on KGET-17’s Sunrise show.

Full press conference announcing the filing of claims for wrongful arrest, excessive force and racial profiling against the city of Bakersfield and Bakersfield Police Department. More on this story.

Workers’ compensation attorney James Yoro, who also serves as the president of the Kern County Bar Association, discusses the California Bar Association’s revised ethics rules. More here

A federal lawsuit has been filed by Chain | Cohn | Clark against the County of Kern and a juvenile corrections officer who allegedly sexually abused a girl at a juvenile hall. More on this story.

Chain | Cohn | Clark sponsors the 2016 “Childspree” organized by the Bakersfield Active 20-30 Club, which takes hundreds of underprivileged youth of Kern County back-to-school shopping. Click here to learn more.

Two years ago, three Tehachapi women thought when a Kern County Sheriff’s deputy came to their homes, they would be protected. Instead, they were sexually assaulted at the hands of former deputy Gabriel Lopez.

Thirteen-year-old Jose Manuel Beltran was participating in physical education class at his school’s gymnasium in Delano when he collapsed. The law firm is representing his family in a potential wrongful death lawsuit. More information: Click Here.

En Mayo 4, 2016, la familia de David Silva con los abogados de Chain | Cohn | Clark recibieron $3.4 millones del Condado de Kern. “El acuerdo de hoy, casi tres años después de la muerte de Silva, es una reivindicación de una campaña de tres años de la familia Silva por la justicia, que atrajo la atención de los medios nacionales e internacionales a la brutalidad policial en Bakersfield”, dijo Chain | Cohn | Clark en un comunicado anunciando el acuerdo.

Chain | Cohn | Clark ha recibido $2 millones de dolares por una mujer de Bakersfield mordido por un perro de policia en lo que es el mas grande liquidacion para un caso de mordedura de perro contra una entidad pública en California. La mujer fue atacado por un perro del Sheriff del Condado de Kern. (Cortesía de Telemundo Bakersfield, 7 de enero 2016)

Chain | Cohn | Clark presentó una demanda por homicidio culposo en nombre de la familia de José Manuel Beltrán, de 13 años, quien murió luego de colapsar en enero en un gimnasio de una escuela de Delano. José se derrumbó mientras corría carreras en la clase de educación física en el gimnasio de la Escuela Secundaria Cecil Avenue. Después de que colapsara, los empleados de la escuela no proporcionaron ni llamaron a José para que lo atendiera, lo que incluía procedimientos para salvar vidas. Cuando los paramédicos finalmente llegaron a la escena, José fue llevado al Centro Médico Regional de Delano donde fue declarado muerto.

Los abogados de homicidio culposo Matt Clark y Neil Gehlawat, junto con los padres de José, Livia Salas y José Beltrán, realizaron una conferencia de prensa para discutir la presentación de la demanda y las circunstancias que rodearon la muerte trágica de José.