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title: Brian S. Kabateck
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# Brian S. Kabateck

Brian S. Kabateck is a consumer rights attorney and founder of Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP. He represents plaintiffs in personal injury, mass torts litigation, class actions, insurance bad faith, insurance litigation and commercial contingency litigation. 

### Articles written by this author:

## [Going beyond Workers’ Compensation for injured employees](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-january/going-beyond-workers-compensation-for-injured-employees "Going beyond Workers’ Compensation for injured employees")

A look at the common exceptions to California’s exclusive remedy rule

[Brian S. Kabateck](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-s-kabateck "Brian S. Kabateck")

[2014 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-january)

## [The power-press exception to workers’ comp exclusive remedy](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/the-power-press-exception-to-workers-comp-exclusive-remedy "The power-press exception to workers’ comp exclusive remedy")

It’s a narrow exception that authorizes an employee who suffers a power-press injury to augment the recovery under workers’ comp

[Brian S. Kabateck](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-s-kabateck "Brian S. Kabateck")
[Douglas A. Rochen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-a-rochen "Douglas A. Rochen")

[2015 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november)

## [Trial of a large damages case in a small, low-income county](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/trial-of-a-large-damages-case-in-a-small-low-income-county "Trial of a large damages case in a small, low-income county")

If you intend to ask for a hundred million dollars, come clean about it upfront

[Brian S. Kabateck](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-s-kabateck "Brian S. Kabateck")
[Christopher Noyes](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christopher-noyes "Christopher Noyes")

[2016 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march)

## [Porter Ranch litigation: Lessons learned](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-february/porter-ranch-litigation-lessons-learned "Porter Ranch litigation: Lessons learned")

Ten lessons learned from representing clients in mass torts and other mass actions

[Brian S. Kabateck](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-s-kabateck "Brian S. Kabateck")
[Lina Melidonian](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/lina-melidonian "Lina Melidonian")

[2017 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-february)

[![California damages: An update](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Kabateck-Charlin-iStock-921584434_4b1debc58ffa634a7f54218806a02994.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-june/california-damages-an-update "California damages: An update")

## [California damages: An update](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-june/california-damages-an-update "California damages: An update")

The insured plaintiff who was considered “uninsured” for the purpose of economic damages, and other recent cases that impact damage awards

[Brian S. Kabateck](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-s-kabateck "Brian S. Kabateck")
[Stephanie E. Charlin](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/stephanie-e-charlin "Stephanie E. Charlin")

[2019 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-june)

## [Impactful use of trial and pre-trial technology](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/impactful-use-of-trial-and-pre-trial-technology "Impactful use of trial and pre-trial technology")

From deposition to trial, what to know and when to say no

[Brian S. Kabateck](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-s-kabateck "Brian S. Kabateck")
[Marina Pacheco](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/marina-pacheco "Marina Pacheco")

[2020 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september)