Elizabeth A. Hernandez

Elizabeth A. Hernandez is an attorney at BD&J, PC in Santa Monica. Her areas of practice include catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. She is the 2025 CAALA president-elect. She was the 2022 recipient of the CAOC Robert E. Cartwright, Sr. Award, given in recognition of excellence in trial advocacy and dedication to teaching trial advocacy to fellow lawyers and to the public. She may be reached at BD&J, PC at elizabethhernandez.caala@gmail.com.

Articles written by this author:

Motions in limine

Motions in limine play a critical role in pretrial and trial strategies

Elizabeth A. Hernandez

2014 February

Preparing your retained-expert witness for deposition

Inadequately prepared experts may end up giving testimony that can damage your case

Elizabeth A. Hernandez

2017 October

Effective storytelling and your discovery plan

A step-by-step approach to creating a discovery plan so you can tell your client's story at trial

Elizabeth A. Hernandez

2019 October

Supporting the non-economic damages claim in a wrongful-death case

Testimony of decedent’s family and friends is crucial in establishing non-economic damages

Elizabeth A. Hernandez

2021 April

A call to action: The importance of involvement and leadership

My introduction to the law and CAALA, and how to best use the association to build your career

Elizabeth A. Hernandez

2025 March