Clemente Gonzalez

Biography Overview

Clemente Gonzalez grew up as the son of immigrant parents who worked in the fields of California, Oregon and Washington.  His father later became a bricklayer where he would take Mr. Gonzalez to work from the time he was four years old. He attended and graduated from Santa Clara University before working in the District Office of East Palo Alto's School District.  There, in addition to his role as a budget analyst, he coordinated efforts to build and renovate entire sections of the school with the help of hundreds of volunteers.

Mr. Gonzalez received a full scholarship to Santa Clara University School of Law and would receive the Cali Award for Oral Advocacy during his tenure there.  He started his own practice directly out of law school and over a six year period recovered nearly 10 million dollars for his clients.

In order to hone his trial skills, Mr. Gonzalez transitioned to the Office of the Public Defender in San Francisco where he spent nearly 3 years and participated in over 20 trials as both a first and second chair.  

Mr. Gonzalez returns to civil litigation which he considers his true calling at the Irvine, CA office in Morgan & Morgan's auto accident division.