Mike H. Madokoro
Co-Managing Partner
Phone: 310.380.6519
Fax: 310.719.1019
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Mike H. Madokoro

Biography

With over 23 years of experience, Mike Madokoro is a trial attorney with a wide range of product liability litigation experience, including cases involving everything from automobiles, forklifts, electrical equipment and personal watercraft to material handling equipment and toxic chemicals. As Co-Managing Partner in the Los Angeles office of Bowman and Brooke, Mike has become a highly sought after first chair trial attorney, with experience defending some of the nation's largest automotive manufacturers in high-exposure product liability litigation.

 

Mike has defended against allegations of construction defect and toxic tort liability in cases involving allegations concerning condominium complexes, tract homes, agricultural crops and large industrial manufacturing sites. He has also defended numerous cases involving allegations of breach of contract and fraud, including cases concerning the sale of large manufacturing processes. He has experience representing employers in a variety of wrongful discharge and employment disputes.

 

Mike has represented Toyota Motor Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., General Motors Corporation, Isuzu Motors Ltd., Mazda Motor Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Schindler Elevator Corporation, FMC Corporation, Pellerin Milnor Corporation, Ecolab, Inc., The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, CBS Corporation, Viacom, Inc., Bombardier Corporation, Frigoscandia, Inc., The knoll Groups and Grove U.S., LLC.

Education

  • McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, J.D., 1989
  • University of California, B.S., 1985
    Major:  Political Science

Bar Admissions

  • California, 1990

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1993
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1995
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1998
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 2004

Memberships and Affiliations

Defense Research Institute, Inc.

American Bar Association

Japanese American Bar Association
Judicial Review Committee

California Minority Counsel Program
Recruitment and Membership Committee

Los Angeles County Bar Association

Distinctions

Super Lawyer®, 2007-2011
    Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine

Representative Clients

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd

Isuzu Motors Ltd

Mazda Motor Corporation

General Motors Corporation

Ford Motor Company

Schindler Elevator Corporation

FMC Corporation

Ecolab, Inc.

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Published Works

Original Appalachian Artwork, Inc. v. Granada Electronics, Inc.: The Cabbage Patch Doll Goes Gray?, Transnatl. Law, 39, 1989