Bradford Hughes

Biography

Bradford Hughes represents clients in Commercial Litigation and Trucking and Transportation matters. He is considered an industry leader in defending motor carriers in catastrophic injury litigation at trial and on appeal. Bradford also represents Fortune 500 businesses, closely-held companies, motor carriers, financial institutions, and individuals in litigated and transactional matters, including as outside general counsel.

Trucking & Transportation
Bradford brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the litigation of catastrophic injury lawsuits arising out of trucking accidents. He defends interstate, intrastate, and local "last-mile" carriers in litigation, including catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, subrogation, and cargo matters. Regularly called upon to speak to industry and trade groups regarding the litigation of trucking cases and emerging trends in state and federal law, Bradford serves as the Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee (CTLC), Vice-Chair of the Defense Research Institute Trucking Committee’s Trucking Primer, and is a member of the Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA), DRI Trucking Steering Committee, Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA), Transportation and Logistics Council, and California Moving and Storage Association (CMSA). 

Honors, Awards & Certifications
​​Bradford is rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell, and has been selected as a Southern California Rising Star continuously since 2014. Further, Bradford was identified as one of the Top 100 Up-and-Coming lawyers under the age of 40 continuously since 2015, and is a Certified Legal Management Professional after successfully completing the Claims & Litigation Management's (CLM) Litigation Management Institute Program in 2015.

Education

• Advanced graduate work or PhD

Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: CA, DC