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title: Geoff Wells
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![Geoff Wells](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Wells-Geoffrey_70e1760b3fbef4450f909af5d144c2e0.jpg)

# Geoff Wells

Geoff Wells practices complex personal-injury law with Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP. Geoff is an elected member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He also is a member of the Consumer Attorneys of California, American Association for Justice and an officer of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles where he currently serves on their Board of Governors. Since 1995, Geoff has served as an arbitrator for the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles. He is a frequent lecturer on trial preparation and practice in California. Other professional organizations that Geoff is a member of include the Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations, Santa Monica Bar Association and Eighth Street Trial Lawyers.

### Articles written by this author:

## [The Pack Patient Safety Act – it’s about time!](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-june/the-pack-patient-safety-act-it-s-about-time "The Pack Patient Safety Act – it’s about time!")

Medical errors can affect anyone

[Geoff Wells](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/geoff-wells "Geoff Wells")

[2014 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-june)

## [Arguing general damages at trial](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-january/arguing-general-damages-at-trial "Arguing general damages at trial")

CACI gives you the essential tools for quantifying general damages to the jury. Here’s how to use them

[Geoff Wells](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/geoff-wells "Geoff Wells")

[2018 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-january)

[![Chronic pain](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Wells_istock-857090084_5eadc11d50fe41b855275cc9cb9b1e0c.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/chronic-pain "Chronic pain")

## [Chronic pain](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/chronic-pain "Chronic pain")

Living with pain for the rest of their lives impacts every aspect of their lives and deserves maximum compensation

[Geoff Wells](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/geoff-wells "Geoff Wells")

[2018 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october)

## [Arguing general damages at trial](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-june/arguing-general-damages-at-trial-2 "Arguing general damages at trial")

Using lists, timelines and the CACI instructions to demonstrate general damages

[Geoff Wells](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/geoff-wells "Geoff Wells")

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

[![The case of the runaway truck](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Wells-Geoff-photo-1-web_d699b4ac849715b956c5297a5e320704.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-february/the-case-of-the-runaway-truck "The case of the runaway truck")

## [The case of the runaway truck](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-february/the-case-of-the-runaway-truck "The case of the runaway truck")

How demonstrative evidence was used to build the case against the MTA when its bus was struck by a runaway truck

[Geoff Wells](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/geoff-wells "Geoff Wells")

[2022 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-february)

[![Stability and consistency](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Wells-istock-1183280506-rev_76a2911e3d682cf42381ea1ae8a74f86.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-november/stability-and-consistency "Stability and consistency")

## [Stability and consistency](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-november/stability-and-consistency "Stability and consistency")

The core values of a 50-year success story

[Geoff Wells](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/geoff-wells "Geoff Wells")

[2023 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-november)

## [The forest, not the trees](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-october/the-forest-not-the-trees "The forest, not the trees")

Gathering your evidence and framing your case for trial

[Geoff Wells](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/geoff-wells "Geoff Wells")

[2024 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-october)

## [Navigating the way forward while keeping our values](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-february/navigating-the-way-forward-while-keeping-our-values "Navigating the way forward while keeping our values")

A look back at Prop 51 to better understand the challenges we face this year

[Geoff Wells](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/geoff-wells "Geoff Wells")

[2025 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-february)