Alfred Von Kessler IV is a Partner at The Pride Law Firm. For years, he’s litigated complex cases across the country for people who’ve suffered serious injuries from sexual assault, sexual abuse, child abuse, elder abuse, and adult dependency abuse. His work also covers a wide range of catastrophic injury claims, including trucking accidents, mass shootings, product defects, and injuries tied to residential facilities, schools, childcare facilities, residential care facilities for the elderly, hotels, and construction sites.
His cases have involved some of the most devastating harms a person can face: sexual assault trauma, quadriplegia, paraplegia, traumatic brain injury, spinal injuries, amputation injuries, and wrongful death. He doesn’t back away from a fight.
Alfred loves the courtroom. Passion, dedication, and hard work sit at the center of how he practices, and he’s driven by a genuine commitment to helping people who’ve been harmed by others. He takes on large corporations and public entities so his clients can win the justice they deserve.
Alfred has also worked for two judges in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, along with a justice at the California Court of Appeal.
Education
Juris Doctor (J.D.), Business Law, University of San Diego School of Law (2011 to 2014). He was active in the Business Law Society and the USD Mock Trial Tournament, and he earned a CALI Award for the highest grade in his upper-division writing class, Foreign Direct Investment.
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance and Economics, Loyola Marymount University (2010 to 2011). He graduated with a 3.83 GPA, took part in LMU MBA Toastmasters and the Real Estate Investment Association, and wrote his thesis on how financial regulation shaped the 2008 financial crisis across India, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the United States.
Bachelor of Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (2008).
Publications
Alfred authored “The Merits of Special Economic Zones in India” (2012), which appears in International Business Transactions, 4th ed., 2013-2014 (Practitioner Treatise Series, Thomson Reuters West).
Bar Admission
Alfred was admitted to the State Bar of California on June 1, 2016, and his license is active.
