In 1969 I entered practice with Southeast Neighborhood Legal Services, which was a program that provided a full range of free legal representation to people who could not afford an attorney. During that time, I handled every type of problem that a person could have – from evictions to defending against debt collectors, to defending uninsured motorists who were being sued by insurance companies. The last one and a half years with this Organization I took over the Family Law area of the practice and handled 2500 divorces in Court. Most were uncontested. There were at least two contested matter per week during this time. In 1972 I opened my own practice and specialized in Divorce and Plaintiffs Personal Injury. I stopped taking contested divorces in 1987. From 1984 through 1990, in addition to Personal Injury and Family Law, I took two major litigation cases involving multiple Plaintiffs and Defendants. The first was defending a Property Management company that was an ancillary Defendant in a major Ponzi type scheme. The second case was Defending an owner of a Cemetary and Crematorium in a Class Action lawsuit involving the inappropriate disposition of Ashes. Both of these cases were settled. The main focus of my practice at the present time is Plaintiff’s Personal Injury and general litigation, with the occasional uncontested divorce.

Practice Areas:

• Personal injury,
• Spinal cord injury,
• Divorce and separation,
• General practice

Education:

• Undergraduate Degree: Business Administration,
• 1965 University of California at Los Angeles.
• Dual specialties in Accounting and Finance.

Experience:

1. Abronson Law Offices
   • July 2011 – Present Date
   • San Jose, CA
   • Of Counsel attorney focusing on personal injury litigation
2. Law Offices of William H. Abronson
   • July 1972 – July 2011.
   • Los Angeles, CA
   • Law Firm Owner and Manager focusing on Personal Injury Litigation.
3. Southeast Neighborhood Legal Services
   • January 1969 – December 1972
   • From 1/1/69 to 10/1/70, Staff attorney in the Compton, California office, doing general defense of a wide variety of civil cases including landlord-tenant, creditor-debtor, and personal injury defense of insurance subrogation claims.
   • From 10/1/70 to 12/31/72, Director of the Norwalk California office, family law center. Personally handled approximately 2500 divorces and all Personal Injury subrogation defense cases.

At all times, the emphasis of the practice was to:

1. assist people who could not afford an attorney
2. identify major problems in our legal system being suffered by the poor, that could be remedied by class action lawsuits to be litigated by the Western Center on Law and Poverty.