Philip W. Ganong

Practice areas

Personal Injury – General: Plaintiff, Business Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff, Employment & Labor: Employee

Focus areas

Animal Bites, Asbestos, Assault, Brain Injury, Class Actions, Construction Accident, Employment Law – Employee, Labor Law, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury – Plaintiff, Premises Liability – Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse – Plaintiff, Sexual Harassment, Slip and Fall, Toxic Mold, Toxic Torts, Trade Secret, Trucking Accidents, Wage & Hour Laws, Wrongful Death

Philip W. Ganong, a well-regarded personal injury attorney in Southern California and Bakersfield, California, is devoted to representing plaintiffs in legal disputes and civil jury trials through his firm, Ganong Law. In addition to handling personal injury cases, he also deals with matters concerning employment law, including wrongful termination, wage and hour class actions, sexual harassment, retaliation, rest and meal breaks, public labor law, overtime, employment discrimination, and age discrimination.

Within the realm of personal injury law, Mr. Ganong possesses expertise in a variety of case types, including wrongful death, truck accidents, spinal cord injuries, railroad worker accidents, professional negligence, product liability, pedestrian accidents, motorcycle and motor vehicle accidents, medical cannabis, burns, brain injuries, bicycle accidents, and aviation accidents. He has been authorized to practice law in California since 1979 and has received recognition by being featured in the Best Lawyers in America list. His law firm, Ganong Law, was also acknowledged by U.S. News & World Report as one of the Best Law Firms in America.

Mr. Ganong earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with honors from the University of California, Berkeley, and subsequently achieved a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, in 1979. He is proficient in English, Spanish, and German.

Having served as the former president of the Kern County Bar Association, Mr. Ganong remains actively engaged with various other professional associations. He is a lifetime member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, a fellow of the American Association for Justice, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and a sustaining member of the Consumer Attorneys of California, where he previously held a position on the executive committee.