Mike Alder

Mike Alder

Michael Alder and his firm, AlderLaw, PC, represent clients in the areas of personal injury, business torts and employment litigation. Mike is the youngest winner ever of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) Trial Lawyer of the Year (2004). Mike is also extremely involved in the community. He is one of the founders, a current board member, and a past president, of the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Charities (LATLC.) Mike also serves on the board of the non-profit Inner City Law Center and tries pro bono cases for underprivileged clients. Since 2003, he has been a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and is a founder of the national American Museum of Tort Law. Mike is devoted to mentoring young lawyers through financial assistance with the establishment of the AlderLaw Warrior Fund program, networking opportunities, free seminars and free access to thousands of archived expert depositions.

Articles written by this author:

Closing argument in a personal-injury case

General principles that apply to all closing arguments in personal-injury cases

Mike Alder

2018 January


The art of closing argument

The art of closing argument

Your first job in closing is to empower those jurors who have already decided in your client’s favor

Mike Alder

2019 January