Austin G. Ward

Austin G. Ward is a senior trial lawyer with Adamson Ahdoot, LLP. Austin is a former prosecutor with the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office and has represented plaintiffs in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases in California state and federal courts for over six years. He graduated cum laude from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2014.

Articles written by this author:

Avoiding the transformation

Be careful not to inadvertently transform your treating-physician witness into a retained medical expert

Austin G. Ward

2017 April

The coach’s duty to student athletes and the assumption of the risk defense

Schools have a special relationship with students, in loco parentis, that imposes a heightened duty of care

Austin G. Ward

2022 October

From telegraphs to GPT-4

AI: The new tool in the legal toolbox

Austin G. Ward

2024 February

Litigating lithium-ion battery explosions

A look at Li-ion products-liability cases, focusing on establishing personal jurisdiction and proving battery defects

Austin G. Ward

2024 October