John Demas

Meet John Demas

Recognized as one of the top plaintiff’s attorneys in California and founder of the Demas Law Group, John Demas has been exclusively representing injured victims for over thirty years. John is passionate about helping people, and has earned a stellar reputation for his dedication and successful results for his clients. He has extensive trial experience with several multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements, including:

• $10,500,000: Largest jury verdict in Sacramento County for a bicycle collision.
• $9,750,000: Largest settlement in California for the wrongful death of a baby against the City of Sacramento.
• $6,680,000 Record-Breaking jury verdict after an $800K offer in Stanislaus County.
• $5,230,000 Settlement after a $1.2M offer in a traumatic injury brain case.
• $4,500,000: Largest jury verdict for a personal injury motor vehicle case against the County of Sacramento.
• $4,000,000: Largest settlement against Sacramento County CPS.
• $3,300,000: Jury verdict on low-speed rear-end collision with $225,000 offer.
• $2,500,000: Largest personal injury jury verdict ever won in Tuolumne County.

In addition to being the primary trial attorney, John supervises all litigated cases at Demas Law Group.

Recognized as one of the Best

As a result of his long history of success, John has been selected by his peers as a Northern California Super Lawyer, an honor limited to less than approximately 1% of plaintiff personal injury attorneys, every year for nearly 15 consecutive years. He has been named a Top 100 Attorney for Northern California for several years running. The Top 100 list is an even more exclusive group of attorneys chosen by other attorneys, as the very best among the best lawyers in the state.

In addition, for several years, he has been selected by his peers and judges as one of the Top 25 attorneys in all of Sacramento. He is continuously recognized as the Best of the Bar by the Sacramento Business Journal and among the Best Attorneys in Sacramento by Sacramento Magazine.

John has been granted membership to The American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), a respected professional organization with exclusive membership limited to less than 1% of the country’s civil attorneys. ABOTA membership is by invitation only—extended to attorneys who have extensive trial experience and are distinguished for their high personal character and professional reputation.

John is the current President of the Sacramento Valley Chapter of ABOTA.

John also has an “AV” rating, the highest possible national rating from Martindale-Hubbell. The “AV” rating is derived from confidential assessments by attorneys and judges in the community. In addition to the highest attainable legal ability ratings, he has been given the highest marks for “adherence to professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability, and diligence.”