Mitchell / Gilleon obtained a $17,350,000 judgment against a white supremacist, and further achieved a $500,000 settlement against a bar owner.

On July 8, 2007, an African American machinist, age 44, entered Don’s Cocktail Lounge in Santee, California. Soon thereafter, two local skinheads were allowed to enter the bar even though they had caused trouble in the past by shouting out racist sayings, such as, "White Pride, White Power!" and showing off their white supremacy tattoos, including swastikas and images of Adolph Hitler. Later that evening, the African American machinist went outside to talk to a friend. He was followed by one of the skinheads and, without provocation, was brutally attacked. As a result of this assault, the machinist was permanently brain damaged.

The machinist retained Mitchell / Gilleon to represent him in a lawsuit against the skinhead who assaulted him and the lounge for failure to protect him. Our lawyers argued that the lounge should not have allowed the skinheads in the bar. The court agreed to the $17,350,000 judgment, and the bar owner contributed $500,000.

A road construction worker retained Mitchell / Gilleon to represent him in his claim against the motorist. Mitchell / Gilleon was able to achieve a $5,000,000 judgment against the motorist.

On July 5, 2005, a road construction employee was working in a coned off, white painted center median in the westbound lanes of Oceanside Boulevard in Oceanside, California. A motorist, heading westbound on Oceanside Blvd. spilled a drink onto herself, causing her to drive onto the raised center median and hit the road construction worker. As a result, the road construction worker was pinned against construction machinery, and underwent a series of surgeries which resulted in an above the knee amputation. Based upon Mitchell / Gilleon’s arguments, the court awarded the worker $ 5,000,000.

As a result of this tragic event, a developmentally delayed man suffered brain injury and fractures to the skull, face, pelvis, ankle, femur, and hand. The injured patient also suffered multiple surgeries including the need for a right knee replacement and an extensive recovery process.

On August 18, 2005, a developmentally disabled man, age 37, was admitted to Scripps Memorial Hospital in Hillcrest, California because of a prolonged seizure caused by epilepsy. While at the hospital and under its care and supervision, the developmentally disabled man got out of bed and began to pound on the window. Because of the hospital’s failure to maintain the window’s locking hardware, the window popped open, and the developmentally disabled man climbed out the window in his room, falling from the sixth floor to a balcony below.

The developmentally disabled man sought legal assistance from Mitchell / Gilleon and as a result of their efforts, he was awarded a jury verdict of $1,074,102.

Mitchell / Gilleon Attorney Dan Gilleon received an Outstanding Trial Lawyer award from the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego for his efforts and excellence in winning a defamation action against the Minutemen. The case went to trial and a jury returned a verdict in favor of Gilleon's clients in the amount of $135,000. Gilleon later obtained a separate $200,000 judgment against another Minuteman who participated in the defamation.

In recent years, a group of individuals formed and referred to themselves as the "San Diego Minutemen." They claimed their only purpose was to watch and secure our borders from undocumented immigrants. However, claims began to surface that these individuals were engaging in threatening and harassing tactics of local, law-abiding immigrants. To expose the "Minutemen" and there antics, a local woman began to videotape them when they appeared at day labor sites to harass the workers and their employers.

The leader of the Minutemen became enraged by the observer's actions, and published false statements on the internet about the observer, referring to her as a prostitute, using vulgar language. They even posted a photograph of the observer calling her a “skank who beds down with those little brown border hoppers.” A jury awarded Gilleon's client $135,000 against the Minutemen's leader and the court issued a separate judgment against a co-conspirator for an additional $200,000.

Mitchell / Gilleon recovered $1,000,000 for a driver who was injured when a tow truck slammed into the rear-end of his car. Mitchell / Gilleon Attorney Joseph Howell was retained by a Qualcomm employee who suffered a broken neck in an automobile accident which the police initially found to be his fault. Howell's client was not able to speak with the police at the scene because he was literally pronounced dead by the paramedics. However, the emergency room doctors were able to revive him, at which point he began a long course of medical treatment that cost more than $750,000.

Although the police blamed Mitchell / Gilleon's client, Attorney Howell was able to locate a witness who had never talked to the police. This witness located by Mitchell / Gilleon's investigation provided a statement about how the accident happened that ultimately convinced the tow truck driver's insurance company to pay $1,000,000 to settle the case. Then, Mitchell / Gilleon convinced the medical providers to reduce their bills from $750,000 to less than $100,000, with the client keeping the difference.