Letourneau, Steven P

Mr. Waddell has represented individuals, insurance companies and corporations, including record companies, over his 20 year career in law. He has developed a reputation for maximizing the recoveries received by his clients by combining his experience with intelligent and effective litigation strategies. Mr. Waddell has made his clients millions of dollars. Mr. Waddell’s practice focuses on representing individuals suffering from personal injuries, wrongful employment practices and improper denial of insurance claims.

Prior to establishing his own law practice, Mr. Waddell was a Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for the Universal Music Group, the largest record company conglomerate in the world. In that role, Mr. Waddell handled matters involving some of the most famous recording artists in the world, including Bon Jovi, Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith, John Mellencamp, Bob Marley, Nirvana, KISS, The Who and BB King, among many others. Prior to working for the Universal Music Group, Mr. Waddell was a litigation associate at Long & Levit, LLP located in San Francisco. While at Long & Levit, Mr. Waddell specialized in complex civil litigation representing corporations as both plaintiffs and defendants.  Mr. Waddell’s experience in handling large scale corporate lawsuits has provided him with the expertise to handle any case no matter how large or complex.

Mr. Waddell has litigated cases in the California Superior Courts and the Eastern, Northern and Central Federal Districts Courts. Mr. Waddell graduated with a degree in Chemistry from the California State University at Long Beach and earned his law degree from the University of the Pacific; McGeorge School of Law, where Mr. Waddell earned the award for best student trial advocate.

Mr. Waddell is a licensed member of the California State Bar, and is also a member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, an organization dedicated to excellence for personal injury attorneys practicing in California.

Mr. Waddell is active within the community in which he lives, including being on the Board of Directors for the Manhattan Beach Youth Basketball league which organizes more than 110 games per weekend for the 1,700 participating children. Mr. Waddell also contributes to the Manhattan Beach Educational Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing schoolchildren with access to art and music programs not funded by the state of California.