Courtney Rowley is a mother, trial lawyer, and author. She has built her career and reputation on representing regular people against insurance defense companies and corporations. She views the jury system as fundamental to maintaining a healthy democracy. Courtney has achieved notable success by obtaining substantial verdicts and settlements in personal injury, employment law, wrongful death, toxic exposure, and medical malpractice.
Courtney is the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles’ Trial Lawyer of the Year for 2025.
Recently, Courtney has joined a team of lawyers in prosecuting Monsanto, an international chemical corporation, for its toxic injuries to women and children of the Sky Valley School System in Washington, U.S. Two recent cases she was involved in resulted in verdicts of $275 million and $100 million. These were part of a series of trials that ultimately led Monsanto and Bayer to settle the PCB cases against Sky Valley plaintiffs.
Courtney has authored four books, including Trial By Woman, which can be found on Amazon, Voir Dire and Opening Statement, Running with the Bulls: How to Win Top Dollar Settlements, and Damages Evolving with David Ball and Artemis Malekpour.
Courtney is the owner of The Rowley Law Firm, a member of Trial Lawyers for Justice, and a founder of Trial By Woman, a nonprofit organization designed to empower, support, and educate women in business and leadership. She is an advocate for civil rights and the importance of equity, both inside the courtroom and out. She has obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for clients from states across the country. Her focus is on the clients themselves, as human beings. She finds that by spending time, getting to honestly know her clients and honoring their dignity as individuals, she is better able to translate their experience to juries.
Courtney practices with her husband, Nick Rowley, founder of Trial by Human and Trial Lawyers for Justice. Nick and Courtney Rowley have been honored with numerous awards for their work in improving healthcare and expanding the civil rights of medical malpractice victims. They are the recipients of the Consumer Watchdog Rage for Justice Lifetime Achievement Award to honor their work in public interest, specifically their work to reduce and change a 45-year medical malpractice caps statute to expand all injured persons’ civil rights, especially for women and people of color.
Courtney and Nick are the producers of Making a Killing, a documentary about the injustices patients face when insurance defense corporations control access to the courts. “This agreement signals the end to one of the most longstanding battles in California politics, and strikes a fair balance protecting patients,” Gavin Newsom said in a written statement.
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Courtney Rowley discusses advocacy, justice, and impact beyond the courtroom.
Courtney is a dedicated advocate for education, especially for girls. She and her family have built water wells and a school in Kenya. They also founded a marine conservation and preservation organization in Costa Rica, MCEC, whose projects include coral reef restoration in Costa Rica, Spain, and Fiji. She teaches trial skills and speaks across the country for legal and professional organizations.
Courtney is licensed in California, Wyoming, Montana, Iowa, Colorado, and Washington.
She and her family live between Montana and California.
Notable Verdicts and Settlements:
- Children & Students: Sexual Abuse Case – District held responsible over 19 years, $48 million verdict
- Children & Mothers: Toxic Exposure against Monsanto, $100 million verdict
- Adult Children: Medical Malpractice, wrongful death case, confidential settlement
- Children: Toxic Exposure against Monsanto, $275 million verdict
- Soldier: Traffic Accident, Personal Injury – San Diego County, $7.5 million verdict
- Minor: Catastrophic Injury, Dart Out case, $18.5 million settlement
- Adult Male: Trigeminal Neuralgia, $4 million settlement
- Minor: Medical Malpractice, $16 million settlement during trial
- Minor: Traffic Accident, Brain Injury, $10 million verdict
- Minor: Traffic Accident, Brain Injury, $4 million settlement
- Adult Male: Employment Discrimination against The LA Times, favorable verdict
- Mother: Medical Malpractice – Orange City, Iowa, $29.5 million verdict
- Immigrant Father: Wrongful Death – Los Angeles, $8.1 million verdict
- Father: Wrongful Death – Modesto, California, $14 million verdict
- Mother: Back Injury – California, $4 million settlement
Courtney has obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for clients and families impacted by negligence, medical error, and corporate wrongdoing.
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Courtney believes in teamwork to achieve justice. When it comes to taking on the insurance defense industry, she believes justice is best achieved through the unification of talents. She accepts referrals from attorneys in every state in the country.
