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Juan C. Delgado

Partner

Contact Information

  • Phone
(714) 619-6220
  • Email
jdelgado@bgsplaw.com
  • Office Location
Orange County
  • Bar License
132561

Areas of Practice

Complex LitigationMotor Vehicle LitigationPremises LiabilityRide Share Litigation

Professional Summary

Juan C. Delgado is a Partner and trial attorney at Behar | Gibbs | Savage | Paulson LLP, where he has practiced exclusively in insurance defense since 1987. Over the course of his career, he has handled virtually every type of case involving insurance coverage, including automobile, homeowners, professional negligence, contractor, homeowners association, and business policies.

Juan is an experienced trial lawyer with more than 145 trials across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties, over 125 of which resulted in jury verdicts. His trial experience spans automobile and premises liability, land movement, optometry malpractice, assault and battery, and self-defense claims, homeowners disputes, homeowners association matters, traumatic brain injury, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death cases.

He earned his Juris Doctor from Whittier College School of Law in 1987 and his bachelor’s degree from the University of La Verne in 1984.

Credentials, Associations, Achievements

American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Orange County Chapter Member (1998–present)

ABOTA Diplomate (2022), recognizing 100 jury trials

Orange County ABOTA Trial Lawyer of the Year (2014)

Immediate Past President, Orange County ABOTA Chapter (2026)

Board of Directors, CAL-ABOTA (2024–present)

Nominee, CAL-ABOTA California Trial Lawyer of the Year (2026)

Faculty, National ABOTA Trial College (2024)

Participant, Orange County ABOTA Masters in Trial

Defense Team Member, CAALA Mock Trial Presentation (2021)

Board of Directors & Committee Chair, General Liability Committee, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (ASCDC)

MCLE Presenter and Panelist for National ABOTA, ASCDC, and Orange County Bar Association programs

Speaker and Panelist, ASCDC Annual Seminars (2023–2025)

Moderator, “How to Obtain a Favorable Verdict in Today’s Atmosphere,” ASCDC 63rd Annual Seminar (2024)

Speaker, “Evidence: Don’t Strike Out in the Courtroom,” ASCDC 64th Annual Seminar (2025)

Webinar Speaker, “Civility Matters: Now More Than Ever,” Judicate West (2025)

Temporary Judge, Orange County Superior Court (2005–2020)

Member-at-Large, University of La Verne Advisory Board (2025–present)

Education

Graduate of Whittier School of Law, 1987

Undergraduate of the University of La Verne, 1984

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