Law Office of Gerard Malouf & Partners

Mr. Watkins is an experienced litigator and true trial attorney with over 50 Jury and Bench trials to his credit in 25 years of practice. He has successfully represented both large companies and individuals, and achieved substantial victories in well-publicized trials throughout California and Wisconsin. Mr. Watkins has successfully tried and litigated cases in the areas of Healthcare Compliance, Commercial Litigation, Unfair Business Practices, Fraud, Breach of Contract, Battery, Premises Liability, Product Defect, Medical Malpractice, Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Construction Defect, as well as Unfair Competition, Defamation, and Trade Secret. In December 2003, Mr. Watkins commenced litigation against Health South Surgery Centers-West, Inc and its' subsidiaries, exposing the company's extensive mismanagement and misconduct of its' surgery centers. Mr. Watkins has also been asked by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to conduct investigations into matters involving employment discrimination and harassment. Mr. Watkins has over a decade of experience serving as Cumis counsel and Panel counsel for some of the largest insurance companies in the country. He is experienced in business and corporate formation and administration, as well as all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including binding arbitration and mediation. In 1993, Mr. Watkins appeared on the National Television Show, 'Good Morning America,' where he was interviewed concerning his successful litigation of a highly controversial product liability case. He has also been interviewed by local television news shows and local newspapers regarding the many noteworthy cases he has worked on over the years. Daniel Watkins is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree. Mr. Watkins went on to graduate from the University of San Diego School of Law in where he received his Juris Doctorate Degree. Education University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California Juris Doctorate Loyola Marymount University Bachelor of Science

Nathan Low has 16 years experience in the areas of business, real property, and employment law. In the area of business law, Mr. Low assists clients with contract, business tort, and construction defect issues in both litigation and transactional capacities. Mr. Low also helps with a wide variety of real property matters, including easements, title, mechanic's liens, water run-off, trees, nuisance, lease, and landlord-tenant issues as to both residential and commercial properties. With respect to employment law, Mr. Low represents and advises employers and employees in contract, employee handbook, severance, discrimination, harassment, and wage and hour matters.Mr. Low is very active in the San Diego County legal community, and enjoys volunteering in worthwhile matters of public concern. He is a member of the North County Bar Association and The Honorable Fiorenzo V. Lopardo American Inn of Court in Vista, California. He has served as chairman of both the real property and employment law sections of the North County Bar Association. He is currently on Board of Trustees of the San Diego County Public Law Library; and he provides volunteer mediation services for the Small Claims Department of the San Diego County Superior Court, North County Division. He also serves as court-appointed counsel as needed in pending cases under the Service members' Civil Relief Act.Mr. Low obtained his Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego School of Law, where we obtained two American Jurisprudence awards in the areas of criminal and real property law, and served as a university-appointed tutor for first-year law real property law students.