Rob Marcereau is an award-winning trial attorney who has recovered more than $200 million for his clients, including more than 20 verdicts and settlements of $1 million or more — many of them against major care providers and their insurers.
He founded The Elder Justice Firm for one reason: seniors and their families deserve a lawyer who prepares every case for trial and is never outworked by the other side.
Rob began his career at Rutan & Tucker, one of California’s largest and most respected law firms, where he became a partner handling high-stakes business disputes — large companies fighting other large companies. The work was demanding and sophisticated but also, in the end, unsatisfying. However a case turned out, money was simply moving between big companies. No one’s life was changed and no great injustice was solved. So Rob decided to leave the corporate world and start his own firm, representing victims of wrongdoing.
Rob now uses the skills he learned at one of California’s biggest law firms to help obtain justice for everyday people in the community. Since starting his own firm, Rob and his team have obtained some of the largest settlements and verdicts in California. These verdicts and settlements have not only helped families in desperate need of assistance, but have also held wrongdoers accountable and brought about change in many companies’ business practices.

Rob’s cases have been featured by Good Morning America, ABC’s 20/20, People, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, the Daily Journal, Dr. Phil, and Inside Edition — including his $5.7 million jury verdict for Kelli Peters, the Irvine school volunteer whose story became the Los Angeles Times series Framed and an ABC 20/20 special.

Consumer Attorneys of California “Street Fighter of the Year” Finalist, 2023 — Villegas v. Bayview Service Group, Inc.

Repeatedly selected to the Super Lawyers list of top California attorneys, most recently in 2026.

Lifetime member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum — limited to attorneys with multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements.

Featured on the cover of Attorney Journal, Volume 206, 2023.


Rob is a longtime volunteer with Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and the Children’s Hospital of Orange County. At home, Rob enjoys spending time with his wife, his twin boys and their lovable rescue mutt, Pepper. He is also a rabid sports fan of the University of Michigan Wolverines and the USC Trojans.
If you suspect a nursing home or care facility has harmed someone you love, tell us what happened. Your consultation is free and confidential, and you pay no attorney’s fee unless we obtain a recovery for you.