About the Authors
Reza Torkzadeh, Esq
Attorney, Author, Speaker
Reza Torkzadeh has dedicated his professional life to the representing people who have suffered traumatic loss due to someone else’s negligence or wrongdoing. A highly regarded and well-respected plaintiff's personal injury attorney, Reza is the founder and managing partner of TorkLaw (The Torkzadeh Law Firm), which exclusively represents victims of catastrophic injury, dangerous defective medical products, and wrongful death of a family member.
Within the legal industry, Reza is regularly asked to speak on subjects relating to the practice of plaintiff's personal injury. He has received several of the industry’s top awards and professional recognition, as well as accolades from grateful clients. Reza has obtained millions of dollars in compensation for clients in high-stakes, complex litigation cases that involved catastrophic injury or death.
Reza is committed to the belief that fair and competent legal representation should be available to everyone, not just the wealthy or large corporations. Reza understands that often, filing a claim in civil court is the only option left to people who seek justice or are unable to receive fair and adequate compensation for life-altering financial losses, physical impairment, or psychological trauma. It is for this reason that Reza co-authored the current and first editions of Accidents Happen - A Consumer’s Guide to the Personal Injury and Wrongful Death System, a book that simplifies the complex legal issues for those who have been injured or sustained loss due to the negligence of another party.
Allen P. Wilkinson, Esq
Attorney and Legal Scholar
Allen P. Wilkinson is a highly regarded legal scholar and attorney who has represented plaintiffs in complex personal injury and wrongful death litigation cases since 1979. His first 10 years of practice was spent working under the renowned San Francisco attorney Melvin Belli, the preeminent trial lawyer. Allen assisted Mr. Belli in the 1982 five-volume revision of Belli's seminal work, Modern Trials, considered the Bible of personal injury law and trial practice and procedure.
Known for his ability to translate complex legal concepts and explain them into easy to understand lay terms, Allen has written books on related subjects, including:
- The best-selling layman's book, Everybody's Guide to the Law, which Allen co-authored with Belli In 1986, and wrote the second edition of that book in 2003.
- The acclaimed lawyer's reference book, the two-volume California Torts. In 2003, Allen wrote a second edition of Everybody's Guide to the Law.
- Accidents Happen But Who's Going to Pay the Bills? A Consumer's Guide to the California Personal Injury and Wrongful Death System, which Allen co-authored with Reza Torkzadeh in 2010, and contributed to the extensive 2017 update, retitled Accidents Happen - A Consumer’s Guide to the Personal Injury and Wrongful Death System.
Allen has contributed to hundreds of publications, and appeared on more than a hundred radio talk and news shows, discussing matters related to law.
In addition to being a lawyer and writer, Allen is a mediator, a legal consultant to other lawyers and law firms, and a publisher.
