Lem Garcia
Lem Garcia is the founder of Lem Garcia Law, a personal injury practice serving the San Gabriel Valley and North County San Diego from offices in West Covina, Oceanside, and Cerritos. With twelve years representing injured Californians, Lem has secured seven-figure recoveries on behalf of car accident, truck accident, and wrongful death clients, including a $1,100,000 settlement. He is licensed by the State Bar of California (Bar #288695) and built the firm around three guarantees most personal injury attorneys will not put in writing: no recovery / no fee, fee never more than your recovery, and a 30-day cancellation guarantee.
West Covina (HQ), Oceanside, and Cerritos — serving the San Gabriel Valley, LA, OC, Riverside, San Bernardino, and North County San Diego.
No recovery / no fee, fee never more than your recovery, and a 30-day cancellation guarantee — three commitments most California PI firms will not put in writing.
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Meet Lem Garcia
Lem Garcia is the founder of Lem Garcia Law, a personal injury practice serving the San Gabriel Valley and North County San Diego from offices in West Covina, Oceanside, and Cerritos. With twelve years representing injured Californians, Lem has secured seven-figure recoveries on behalf of car accident, truck accident, and wrongful death clients, including a $1,100,000 settlement. He is licensed by the State Bar of California (Bar #288695) and built the firm around three guarantees most personal injury attorneys will not put in writing: no recovery / no fee, fee never more than your recovery, and a 30-day cancellation guarantee.
Lem Garcia founded Lem Garcia Law to give injured people in the San Gabriel Valley and North County San Diego a personal injury attorney who actually fights insurance companies in plain language. The firm now operates from a West Covina headquarters at 1543 W. Garvey Ave. North, an Oceanside extension office at 918 Mission Ave #101 serving the broader North County San Diego corridor, and a Cerritos satellite office. Across more than a decade in California personal injury practice, Lem has handled car accidents on the 10, the 60, and the 210 freeways through the SGV, T-bones on the 5 outside Oceanside, motorcycle and pedestrian crashes throughout LA, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties, dog bite cases involving children, slip and fall claims at retail centers, and rideshare collisions involving Uber and Lyft drivers. Clients come to Lem because he is direct, advocacy-driven, and willing to call out insurance companies and negligent corporations other firms in the area will not touch — the same Wolf of Law Street energy he brings to his podcast and YouTube content.
What Inspired Lem?
Lem grew up watching how insurance companies treat injured working people in California — commuters, parents, gig workers — as numbers on a claim file rather than human beings. After law school he saw the same pattern from inside the system: undervalued cases, lowball offers, and clients who did not know their rights. He started Lem Garcia Law to flip the dynamic: clients get the same level of fight he would want for his own family, in plain English, and the insurance company is the one that has to explain itself. Every case Lem accepts is built around that principle — make sure the injured person walks out of the process whole, not the carrier.
Mission & Vision
Lem Garcia Law exists to give injured people in West Covina, the San Gabriel Valley, Oceanside, and the broader California PI market real representation against insurance companies that count on them not knowing their rights. The firm operates exclusively on contingency: no recovery, no fee. The fee is never more than the client's recovery. And every client gets a 30-day cancellation guarantee — three commitments most personal injury firms in California will not put in writing. The mission is simple: hold negligent drivers, trucking companies, rideshare operators, and property owners accountable, and make sure injured Californians can focus on healing while Lem and his team handle the fight.
Career History
Lem Garcia has practiced California personal injury law for twelve years, building Lem Garcia Law from a single West Covina office into a regional practice with locations in West Covina, Oceanside, and Cerritos. Over that span he has handled hundreds of motor vehicle, premises liability, and wrongful death cases across the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, and North County San Diego. The firm's published results include a $1,100,000 settlement and additional seven-figure recoveries for catastrophically injured clients. Lem is the responsible attorney under California State Bar #288695 and continues to handle every signed case personally, in keeping with the firm's three published guarantees.
Education & Career
Lem Garcia has practiced California personal injury law for twelve years, building Lem Garcia Law from a single West Covina office into a regional practice with locations in West Covina, Oceanside, and Cerritos. Over that span he has handled hundreds of motor vehicle, premises liability, and wrongful death cases across the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, and North County San Diego. The firm's published results include a $1,100,000 settlement and additional seven-figure recoveries for catastrophically injured clients. Lem is the responsible attorney under California State Bar #288695 and continues to handle every signed case personally, in keeping with the firm's three published guarantees.
California Law School
Juris Doctor — Admitted to the State Bar of California (Bar #288695)
Guiding Principles
The core values that drive Lem Garcia and Lem Garcia Law in every case they handle.
Client Interest First
Every case decision at Lem Garcia Law is built around the injured client's recovery — medical care, lost wages, and long-term outcome — not the carrier's preferred number.
No Recovery, No Fee
Lem Garcia Law works on a contingency-fee basis. If the firm does not recover compensation, the client owes no attorney fees — guaranteed in writing.
Fee Never Exceeds Recovery
The firm's published fee guarantee means Lem's fee will never be more than the client's net recovery — a commitment most California PI firms will not make on paper.
30-Day Cancellation
Clients can cancel their representation agreement with Lem Garcia Law within 30 days, no questions asked. The decision to hire an attorney should never feel like a trap.
Plain-Language Advocacy
Lem explains California personal injury law in the same language clients actually use — comparative fault, MedPay, UM/UIM, statutes of limitations — without the jargon.
Trial-Ready Preparation
Every case is built as if it will be tried in California state court. That preparation is exactly why most of Lem Garcia Law's cases resolve at strong settlement numbers without a verdict.
Client Interest First
Every case decision at Lem Garcia Law is built around the injured client's recovery — medical care, lost wages, and long-term outcome — not the carrier's preferred number.
No Recovery, No Fee
Lem Garcia Law works on a contingency-fee basis. If the firm does not recover compensation, the client owes no attorney fees — guaranteed in writing.
Fee Never Exceeds Recovery
The firm's published fee guarantee means Lem's fee will never be more than the client's net recovery — a commitment most California PI firms will not make on paper.
“I built this firm so that the people I grew up around — commuters, parents, working families across the San Gabriel Valley and Oceanside — could have an attorney who actually fights the insurance company instead of asking them what they're willing to pay.”
Practice Areas
Lem Garcia and Lem Garcia Law specialize in personal injury cases where another party caused the harm.
Car Accidents
Lem Garcia represents drivers and passengers injured in car accidents on the 10, the 60, the 210, and the 5 throughout the San Gabriel Valley and North County San Diego. The firm handles rear-end collisions, intersection crashes, hit-and-runs, and uninsured / underinsured motorist claims under California law.
Truck Accidents
Lem Garcia Law takes on commercial trucking companies after crashes on California's freight corridors — the 10, the 210, the 60, and the 5 outside Oceanside. The firm investigates federal hours-of-service violations, brake and maintenance failures, and broker / motor-carrier liability for catastrophic truck collisions.
Motorcycle Accidents
Lem represents motorcyclists injured by negligent drivers in West Covina, Pasadena, El Monte, Carlsbad, and across the San Gabriel Valley and North County San Diego, fighting common bias against riders and pursuing full California PI damages.
Pedestrian Accidents
Lem Garcia Law represents pedestrians struck by drivers in crosswalks, parking lots, and on neighborhood streets across the SGV, LA County, Orange County, and North County San Diego — including hit-and-runs and right-of-way violations under California Vehicle Code.
Wrongful Death
Lem guides California families through the wrongful death process under CCP §377.60 — securing compensation for funeral expenses, lost financial support, and loss of love, companionship, and care after a fatal accident caused by another's negligence.
Dog Bites
Under California's strict-liability dog bite statute (Civ. Code §3342), Lem Garcia Law represents adults and children attacked by dogs across the SGV and North County San Diego. The firm pursues homeowner / renter insurance recoveries for medical bills, scarring, and trauma.
Slip and Fall
Lem holds property owners and businesses accountable when negligent maintenance, wet floors, broken stairs, or unsafe conditions cause injuries — covering retail centers, apartments, and public properties throughout California.
Rideshare Accidents (Uber & Lyft)
Rideshare crashes in California involve overlapping insurance coverages and corporate denial tactics. Lem Garcia Law navigates Uber and Lyft's tiered policies to maximize recovery for passengers, drivers, and pedestrians hit by rideshare vehicles.
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Serving clients across California State Courts with offices strategically located for your convenience.
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Free, No-Obligation Case Evaluation
Call (626) 337-1111 — answered 24/7 — or text (626) 252-2168 to start a free, no-obligation consultation with Lem Garcia Law. The team will gather basic accident details, talk through California PI options, and schedule time with Lem or a member of his legal team. Cases are handled on a contingency-fee basis: clients owe no attorney fees unless the firm recovers compensation.