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Shawn S. Rokni

Personal Injury

Los Angeles, CA
No Disciplinary History · Licensed since 2011
English, Spanish, Farsi, Korean
4.9419 Google Reviews

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Shawn Rokni Knows Where Insurance Companies Are Vulnerable

When you go up against an insurance company after a catastrophic accident, you aren't just fighting an adjuster. You're stepping into a multi billion dollar matrix engineered to protect one thing above all else: the company's bottom line. If you want to beat it, you need someone who understands that matrix from the inside out. Shawn S. Rokni does because before he fought insurance companies, he defended them.

Before dedicating his career to representing accident victims, Rokni spent nearly four years working inside the insurance industry as both a Senior Defense Litigation Attorney and in house counsel for one of the nation's largest automobile insurance carriers. He knows every tactical delay, every lowball strategy, and exactly how these corporate giants try to outwait injured victims until desperation forces them to accept less than they deserve. For a consumer, hiring Rokni means flipping the script. You're putting someone in your corner who once defended insurance companies and now uses that insider knowledge to fight against them.

That insider perspective became the foundation of Insider Accident Lawyers, the firm Rokni founded with a clear mission: using what he learned behind the curtain to level the playing field for injured people. While many personal injury attorneys spend years trying to understand how insurance companies evaluate claims, Rokni already knows because he lived it. He understands where they create leverage, when they become vulnerable, and what it takes to build a case they would rather settle than defend before a jury.

His legal foundation is every bit as impressive as his trial strategy. Before entering private practice, Rokni served as a staff attorney and judicial law clerk for five judges at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, gaining firsthand insight into how judges evaluate evidence and decide cases. He later expanded his education through specialized studies in injury law at the University of Oxford and completed financial analysis and valuation coursework through Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. That rare combination of courtroom experience, judicial insight, and financial training allows him to fully understand not only how injuries change lives, but how to accurately value those losses.

The numbers tell an extraordinary story. Rokni has recovered more than $100 million for injury victims across more than 5,000 personal injury cases, including $28.5 million recovered in 2025 alone and more than $16 million in 2024. His results include a $6 million automobile accident recovery, a $2.5 million wrongful death recovery, a $2.4 million bicycle accident recovery, and multiple $1 million policy limit settlements for families whose lives changed in an instant. Behind every recovery is someone who was given the opportunity to rebuild after tragedy.

Rokni's work has earned him recognition as one of The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 in California, but perhaps the recognition that matters most comes from the people he represents. Insider Accident Lawyers has earned an outstanding 4.9 star Google rating across 419 reviews, with clients consistently praising the firm's communication, professionalism, responsiveness, and relentless commitment to achieving exceptional results.

After a serious accident, the attorney you choose can shape everything that follows. Shawn S. Rokni offers something few lawyers ever can: the perspective of someone who has fought from both sides of the battlefield. Today, that knowledge belongs to the injured, not the insurance companies.

That combination of experience, reputation, verified professional standing, and public credibility is why Shawn S. Rokni was included on FreddieFender.com.

Credentials

  • Juris Doctor (J.D.), Chapman University Fowler School of Law, 2011 — awarded a merit scholarship for academic excellence
  • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), University of California, Los Angeles, 2007
  • Certificate of Course Completion in Financial Analysis and Valuations for Lawyers, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School
  • Completed specialized coursework concerning injury and accident law at the University of Oxford
  • Former senior insurance-defense attorney representing dozens of insurance companies in serious injury litigation
  • Former in-house counsel for a major automobile insurance company
  • Former staff attorney and judicial law clerk serving five judges in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California
  • Selected to The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40—Civil Plaintiff division for California, 2022
  • Selected to Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2016–2017 and 2021–2023
  • Member, Consumer Attorneys of California
  • Member, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  • Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Member, Orange County Bar Association

Career Highlights / Proven Experience

Career Highlights

  • Firm Founder & President: Founded and serves as president of Insider Accident Lawyers, formerly Countrywide Trial Lawyers, a Los Angeles personal-injury firm built around firsthand insurance-defense experience.
  • Insurance Industry Insider: Previously served as a senior insurance-defense attorney representing dozens of insurance companies in high-stakes injury litigation and as in-house counsel for a major automobile insurer. This experience gives him firsthand knowledge of how insurers evaluate, defend, minimize, and deny injury claims.
  • Federal Judicial Experience: Served as a staff attorney and judicial law clerk for five judges at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, gaining valuable insight into federal court procedures, legal analysis, and judicial decision-making.
  • Prestigious Specialized Education: Completed financial-analysis and valuation coursework for lawyers through Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School and studied injury- and accident-related law at the University of Oxford.
  • National Trial-Law Recognition: Selected to The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40—Civil Plaintiff division for California in 2022 in recognition of his qualifications, leadership, and litigation experience.

Proven Experience

  • Large-Scale Results: More than $100 million recovered for injury victims across over 5,000 successful personal-injury cases.
  • $28.5 Million Recovered in 2025: Reported $28.5 million in recoveries for personal-injury clients during 2025, primarily for victims of automobile accidents.
  • More Than $16 Million Recovered in 2024: Reported more than $16 million recovered for personal-injury clients during 2024, primarily in automobile-accident matters.
  • $6 Million Automobile-Accident Recovery: Secured a multimillion-dollar result for a family injured in a major motor-vehicle collision.
  • $2.5 Million Wrongful-Death Recovery: Obtained substantial compensation in a wrongful-death matter involving a devastating loss.
  • $2.4 Million Bicycle-Accident Recovery: Recovered significant compensation in a bicycle-accident case involving dangerous roadway conditions.
  • Two $1 Million Policy-Limit Settlements: Secured separate $1 million policy-limit settlements in two wrongful-death cases.

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