John R. MacRill, Jr. has tried well over 100 superior court civil jury cases throughout the state of California in his almost 40 years as a lawyer.  He has spent the majority of his career defending physicians, nurses, hospitals, medical centers, uninsured trusts, and other members of the medical community against allegations of professional negligence.

Mr. MacRill is a graduate of the University of Southern California, both undergraduate and law school, and he served in the United States Navy.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. MacRill was a claims investigator and adjuster for one of the largest insurance companies in California. He investigated various types of cases, including auto, personal injury, general liability, and medical malpractice.
 
For fourteen years, Mr. MacRill was in charge of the medical malpractice department of a large downtown Los Angeles law firm. As the head of that department, it was his responsibility to train all of the medical malpractice attorneys and oversee the handling of all of the medical malpractice files. Additionally, in his almost 40 years as a lawyer, Mr. MacRill has tried many high exposure cases such as cases involving brain damaged newborns, children and adults, wrongful death, as well as cases involving paralysis and loss of limbs, etc.
 
Mr. MacRill is a member of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, the Defense Research Institute, the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Southern California Association of Health Risk Managers, and the American College of Legal Medicine.
 

John R. MacRill, III has practiced exclusively in the area of medical malpractice, elder abuse and premises liability since his admission to the California bar. He specializes in handling a variety of cases, including catastrophic injury and wrongful death.
 
Mr. MacRill attended the University of Southern California where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, with an emphasis in ethics, in 1994.  Thereafter, he attended California Western School of Law where he received his Juris Doctorate in 1997. 

While in law school, Mr. MacRill's primary emphasis was in oral advocacy attaining the distinction of being a member of the the national trial team. During that time, he and his teammates received the American Jurisprudence Award for placing first in the prestigious San Diego Defense Lawyer's Trial Competition.  He was also honored for his appellate advocacy skills. Mr. MacRill also was awarded an Academic Achievement Award in Bioethics and was named in the very exclusive "Who’s Who Among American Law Students" publication. He was admitted to the California bar in 1997.

Currently, Mr. MacRill is a member of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel and the Southern California Association of Health Risk Managers.

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