Deon S. Goldschmidt

An attorney at San Diego Personal Injury Attorneys, Deon S. Goldschmidt focuses his practice exclusively on personal injury and wrongful death litigation. Located in San Diego, California, he provides representation to clients throughout the area as well as in Santa Clara County. Mr. Goldschmidt has been a member in good standing of The State Bar of California since 2010. A native of South Africa, he is also admitted to practice in that country.Mr. Goldschmidt provides advice and counsel to people who have incurred economic and noneconomic losses due to the negligence or recklessness of other people or entities. The types of cases, which he has handled since joining the firm in 2010 have arisen out of incidents involving truck and other motor vehicle crashes, animal bites, workplace accidents, premises liability, and surgical errors, misdiagnoses and other forms of medical malpractice. Mr. Goldschmidt has been able to obtain significant compensation for his plaintiff clients, both in the form of jury awards and through settlements negotiated out of court with defendants and their insurance companies. His practice also includes the representation of policy holders whose claims have been delayed or denied in bad faith by their insurance companies.In October 2017, Mr. Goldschmidt was named “Attorney of the Month” by the San Diego Attorney Journal. Born and raised in Johannesburg, he pursued both his undergraduate education and his legal studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in that city, and he received his law degree in 1992. After graduating, Mr. Goldschmidt spent several years as an attorney with an area law firm before coming to the United States.