We're now stronger for the people we serve.
This is what happened this quarter: we have a new partnership, two families we stand beside, a full evening of civil rights law on video, and a client we helped find her way back.
Carrazco Law and ACTS Law, now partnered for Orange County
This September, at CAALA Vegas, the annual convention of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, ACTS Law announced its new partnership with Carrazco Law.
ACTS Law (Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo, LLP) is a California injury law firm with offices from San Diego to San Francisco. Its work is summed up in its own words: Holding institutions accountable.
For our clients, how we work for you did not change. Our Irvine office, our team and our promise to answer the telephone in your language remain exactly the same. What does change is what we can put behind each case: access to additional trial lawyers and attorneys who handle brain injuries and complex litigation on a daily basis.
"United. Stronger. Together."ACTS Law, CAALA Vegas 2026 program
Civil Rights 101 - now on video!
On August 26 we hosted an evening conference for our colleagues on how a police excessive-force case moves from investigation to trial. Angel Carrazco, Jr. and Nathan Henderson covered section 1983 and Graham v. Connor, the Government Claims Act and the Bane Act. They also went over CACI instructions on negligence and battery by a peace officer, qualified immunity, experts and jury selection.
The entire conference is now on video, with the slides in the shared folder. If you could not join us, be sure to view the video.
The next conference is in the planning stage for a winter date. Please write to us at info@carrazcolawapc.com and tell us what you would like to see covered.
Isaiah Maciel. His family wants you to know who he was.
Isaiah James Maciel was 25 years old. On the morning of July 17, 2026, he died after he was shot by a Corona Police Department officer, according to the City of Corona's public statement.
In August his family came to our Irvine office to be interviewed by a Univision TV reporter and talk about the son and brother they lost. They asked one thing of everyone who was watching: remember who he was, not just how he died.
Carrazco Law represents the Maciel family. The questions in cases like this are the ones we teach at Civil Rights 101: whether the force used was reasonable under the circumstances, and whether the decisions made in the minutes before the shooting created the danger. We are pursuing those answers with the family.
Two years without Christopher Garcia.
On August 23, 2024, Christopher Garcia, a 16-year-old junior at South East High School in South Gate, was injured making a tackle in a junior varsity football game on the high school's campus. He died 11 days later. According to the school district and his family, the cause was a brain injury suffered in the game.
One day after the second anniversary of the game where Christopher was injured, his family met with Angel Carrazco, Jr. and Kent M. Henderson at our office for a press conference about the wrongful death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District. The complaint alleges negligence and breach of mandatory duties by the school district and its staff. KTLA, FOX 11 and CBS Los Angeles covered the conference.
California law requires that a student-athlete suspected of a head injury be removed until cleared in writing by a medical professional before returning to athletic programs (Education Code section 49475). It also limits full-contact practice (Education Code section 35179.5).
Before the playing season, ask your school in writing who provides medical coverage at games, and ask to see the emergency action plan.
Thank you, Chloe Sanchez
Chloe Sanchez was 24 and an EMT when the ambulance she was riding in crashed. She suffered head and neck injuries, followed by years of treatment, medical appointments and much doubt. Her case combined a personal injury claim and a workers' compensation claim. By the time she reached us she had stopped expecting anyone to listen to her.
"They were actually on my side and really did want to hear my story. I never felt unprepared. Every step of the way I was guided."Chloe, about the treatment she received from Carrazco Law
Chloe, thank you for trusting us and for sharing your story so that other people who are in your situation know they are not alone. You are finishing nursing school, back in the pool and at the gym, and teaching the next generation of EMTs. We wish you a future as big as your heart.
Welcome to Case Barnett, Esq.
Case Barnett, Esq., an attorney with ACTS Law, now practices from our building at 2400 Main Street, Irvine. Case's practice focuses on sexual abuse, medical malpractice and personal injury cases. He began working with plaintiffs' cases after years as an Orange County public defender.
Having him down the hall is the partnership in practice: a colleague to bring into a case the same afternoon the question comes up.
Every story in this edition comes back to the same idea: a family that wanted to be heard, and a client who needed someone on her side. Also colleagues who chose to work together instead of alone. That is the work, and we are grateful to do it with you.
If this edition was useful to you, please forward it to a colleague. And if you or someone you know needs to talk to a lawyer, please call us. We answer the telephone, WhatsApp or email in English and in Spanish.
We are back on LinkedIn.
After some technical challenges kept us away, the official Carrazco Law, A.P.C. page is back on LinkedIn with a fresh look. That is where we will share firm news, announcements and moments from events like Civil Rights 101. If you would like to stay in touch, follow the page. One click is all it takes.
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