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Samer Habbas{{cite web |title=Samer Habbas|url=https://lawyers.law.cornell.edu/lawyer/samer-habbas-200056 |website=Legal Information Institute |access-date=23 May 2025}} is an attorney and the founding partner of the Law Offices of Samer Habbas & Associates, P.C., a Southern California-based firm that specializes in personal injury law. Since becoming licensed in 2006, he has represented clients in high-profile cases involving motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, elder abuse, and wrongful death.{{cite web |title=Law Offices of Samer Habbas & Associates |url=https://www.habbaspilaw.com/ |access-date=23 May 2025}}

Habbas was born in Santa Monica, California, and raised in Corona, California. He graduated from Santiago High School in 1998. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine, after initially majoring in Biological Sciences. He later obtained his Juris Doctor from Whittier Law School.{{cite web |title=Fighting for Justice: A Conversation with Personal Injury Attorney Samer Habbas |url=https://www.habbaspilaw.com/fighting-for-justice-a-conversation-with-personal-injury-attorney-samer-habbas-on-the-love-thy-lawyer-podcast/ |website=habbaspilaw.com |access-date=23 May 2025}}

Habbas was admitted to the State Bar of California on July 6, 2006.{{cite web |title=Attorney Licensee Search – Samer Sami Habbas |url=https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/243683 |website=State Bar of California |access-date=23 May 2025}} He founded the Law Offices of Samer Habbas & Associates, P.C. the same year. The firm has offices in Irvine, Los Angeles, El Segundo, San Diego, and Riverside.

His practice areas include personal injury, elder law, medical malpractice, and product liability. Some of his notable settlements include:

• $11 million in a catastrophic injury truck accident case {{cite web |title=Samer S. Habbas |url=https://npaper2.com/personal-injury-attorneys/2022/02/s1/#?article=1305458 |website=npaper |access-date=23 May 2025}}
• $3.45 million for a motorcyclist injured by a negligent driver
• $1 million in a funeral home cremation error case
• $600,000 for funeral home negligence involving mistaken identity

Habbas has been recognized by several professional organizations:

• Included in The Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs{{cite web |title=Samer S. Habbas |url=https://www.bestlawyers.com/lawyers/samer-s-habbas/212091 |website=Best Lawyers |access-date=23 May 2025}}
• Selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer from 2022 to 2025{{cite web |title=Samer Habbas – Profile |url=https://profiles.superlawyers.com/california/irvine/lawyer/samer-habbas/f0234f62-0cba-4f0a-bdc3-de7c09f9b76a.html |website=Super Lawyers |access-date=23 May 2025}}
• Named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers

He has been profiled in the Los Angeles Times as a Business Visionary for his work in consumer law.{{cite web |title=Samer Sami Habbas |url=https://www.latimes.com/b2b/business-visionaries/consumer-attorneys/samer-sami-habbas |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=23 May 2025}} Habbas was also featured on the Love Thy Lawyer podcast.

• Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
• California Brain Injury Association{{cite web |title=Law Offices of Samer Habbas & Associates, P.C. |url=https://biausa.org/professionals/preferred-attorneys/law-offices-of-samer-habbas-associates-p-c |website=biausa |access-date=23 May 2025}}
• Orange County Bar Association
• Consumer Attorneys of California