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• Morgan D. Ross — California Bar #270650, licensed to practice in California and Guam.
• Robert B. Salgado — California Bar #297391, admitted to practice in California. Robert is not licensed in Guam.

You can verify our California licenses at calbar.ca.gov. Principal office: 600 B Street, Suite 1550, San Diego, CA 92101. Responsible attorney: Morgan D. Ross.

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Every case is different. Settlement amounts, verdict figures, and case-value ranges mentioned anywhere on this site — including in blog articles, guides, and AI tool outputs — describe typical or past outcomes and do not guarantee, predict, or promise any result in your case. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

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The content of this website — articles, guides, FAQs, and the output of every AI tool — is general legal information, not legal advice. It may not reflect the most current law and does not account for the specific facts of your situation. Do not act or refrain from acting based on anything on this site without consulting a licensed attorney.

About our AI tools

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No attorney-client relationship

Contacting us, using our tools, or submitting a case check does not create an attorney-client relationship. That relationship is created only by a signed written engagement agreement. Until then, do not consider us your attorneys — and be mindful of your filing deadlines, which continue to run.

Deadlines are unforgiving

Statutes of limitations generally give you 2 years from the date of injury to file a personal injury lawsuit in California or Guam. Claims against government entities follow different, shorter procedures: in California, a government tort claim must generally be filed within 6 months. In Guam, claims against the Government of Guam require a separate administrative claim, generally filed within 18 months after the claim arises, under the Guam Government Claims Act (5 GCA § 6106). Additional deadlines govern when a lawsuit may be filed following the government's rejection of a claim or its failure to act. These procedural deadlines are different from ordinary injury-claim deadlines and easy to miscalculate — confirm yours with a licensed attorney immediately; do not rely on this website to calculate it.

Guam personal injury claims are also subject to a modified comparative-negligence rule (not "pure" comparative negligence): your compensation is reduced by your percentage of fault, and you generally cannot recover if your negligence is greater than the negligence of the party you are suing (i.e., you're barred at 51% or more at fault). See Duenas v. Yama's Co., 999 F.2d 542 (9th Cir.), which expressly rejected pure comparative negligence for Guam.

Guam-specific matters

For matters requiring Guam bar admission, Morgan D. Ross is the attorney of record. Robert B. Salgado is licensed only in California; he does not appear as counsel of record on matters requiring Guam bar membership.

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