Meet Our Team

Chance is dedicated to helping injured plaintiffs and has made helping those in need a core part of his practice. Chance has taken dozens of cases to trial, obtaining over $19,000,000 in verdicts and tens of millions more in settlements.

Chance was a finalist for the prestigious 2020 Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Rising Star award, has been selected as a Southern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers from 2020 to the Present, is a member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40, and is a member of the Ball/Hunt/Schooley American Inn of Court in Long Beach, California.

Chance is also co-founder of Lifeguard Lawyers, a specialized aquatics practice. Chance has resolved cases involving drownings, electric shock, and other aquatics based injuries resulting in millions of dollars recovered. Chance has unique subject matter experience having served as an Ocean Lifeguard/Emergency Medical Technician for the Los Angeles County Fire Department for over ten years and has years of previous experience as a certified pool lifeguard and Water Safety Instructor. Chance was an NCAA Division I water polo player at the University of California, Irvine and continues to compete at the Master’s level. He has also coached swimming and water polo.

In law school, Chance was President of the UCI Law Trial Advocacy Club and a member of the Domestic Violence Clinic. He continues to represent domestic violence victims pro bono.

Education
University of California, Irvine – Bachelor of Science
University of California, Irvine School of Law – Juris Doctorate

Bar Admissions
California
United States District Court‚ Central District of California

Associations
American Board of Trial Advocates
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Long Beach Bar Association
Ball/Hunt/Schooley American Inn of Court
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA)

Marc brings over 40 years of experience, and is A-V rated by Martindale Hubbell-the highest rating available to practicing attorneys.

Marc is a former President of the Long Beach Bar Association and the Ball/Hunt/Schooley American Inn of Court in Long Beach, California. He also served as Vice President of the Long Beach Bar Foundation. Notably, Marc was selected as an Attorney of the Year for the Long Beach Bar Association and as a Distinguished Alumni for Long Beach City College.

Marc is passionate about representing those who seek justice for wrongs done to them, either by negligence or intentional action. While some lawyer advertising and media representations of lawyers demeans the nobility of this calling, Marc believes that successful results are best achieved when the highest standards of ethics and professionalism are maintained. Marc represents people who aren’t looking to take advantage of the system, rather to employ it to find justice. Marc enjoys being at the fulcrum of that conflict to frame cases in such a way to achieve the desired result.

Education
Occidental College – Bachelor of Arts
Southwestern University School of Law – Juris Doctorate

Bar Admissions
California

Associations
Long Beach Bar Association (President 2007)
Long Beach Bar Foundation (Vice President 2007)
Ball/Hunt/Schooley American Inn of Court (President 2010-2012)
Long Beach City College Foundation (Board of Governors 2008)
City of Long Beach Strategic Planning Task Force
Long Beach Court Building Project Advisory Group
San Juan Capistrano Rotary Club Foundation

Distinctions
Attorney of the Year (2011) Long Beach Bar Association
Distinguished Alumni (2007) Long Beach City College