What Custodio & Dubey does

Custodio & Dubey LLP, operating as CD Law, is a California-based personal injury law firm co-founded in 2005 by Miguel Custodio, Jr. and Vineet Dubey, who met during their first year at UCLA School of Law. The firm provides contingency-fee legal representation to individual consumer clients across Southern California, with a primary focus on vehicle accident claims (car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, pedestrian, rideshare, and drunk driving), catastrophic injuries (amputation, burns, fractures, paralysis, spinal cord, traumatic brain injury, whiplash), premises liability, wrongful death, child injuries, and dog bites. Beyond personal injury, the firm operates a distinctive environmental litigation practice under California's Proposition 65 led by Vineet Dubey—recognized by the Daily Journal as the leading Proposition 65 plaintiff's attorney in California—plus a consumer protection and class actions practice and a habitability law practice addressing tenant rights.

The firm operates from three physical offices in Southern California—headquarters in downtown Los Angeles (445 S Figueroa Street, Suite 2520), Fullerton (Orange County), and Rialto (Inland Empire)—and serves clients across approximately fifteen additional cities including Bakersfield, Burbank, Culver City, Downey, Glendale, Hollywood, Lancaster, Long Beach, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Torrance, and Van Nuys. The firm is structured as a privately held limited liability partnership with no parent company, no subsidiaries, no external institutional investors, and no disclosed funding rounds; both co-founders remain actively involved in litigation and management.

Revenue is generated exclusively through contingency-fee arrangements: clients receive free 24/7 consultations and pay no upfront legal fees, with the firm collecting payment only upon successful recovery of compensation. Customer acquisition is driven by a heavy, multi-channel direct-to-consumer marketing program that includes the "Most Interesting Lawyer" television campaign on Telemundo, the branded "Sidebar Sessions by CD LAW" podcast distributed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube, active social media accounts across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn, SEO-optimized practice-area pages, video testimonials, and earned media coverage in NBC, BBC, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, Yahoo, Hollywood Reporter, and the Los Angeles Business Journal. Notable case results include a $35 million personal injury settlement, a $1.2 million rideshare accident recovery, a $1 million bicycle accident recovery, and an $800,000 consumer protection verdict.

Name

Custodio & Dubey

Legal name

Custodio & Dubey LLP

Website

https://cd-lawyers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Custodio & Dubey LLP (CD Law) is a California personal injury law firm founded in 2005 that represents individual accident victims on a contingency-fee basis from offices in Los Angeles, Fullerton, and Rialto.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal Injury Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411), Other Legal Services (54119)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Personal injury law
• Vehicle accident representation
• Premises liability lawsuits
• Catastrophic injury claims
• Consumer protection litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Contingency Fees: The firm operates on a contingency fee basis for personal injury cases. Clients pay no upfront fees and owe no legal fees unless and until the firm recovers compensation for them. This is the primary revenue model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Custodio & Dubey LLP provides contingency-fee personal injury legal representation to individuals in California across vehicle accidents, slip and fall, premises liability, catastrophic injuries, dog bites, child injury, wrongful death, and related negligence claims. The firm also pursues environmental litigation under Proposition 65, consumer protection and class actions, and habitability claims for tenants facing unsafe living conditions. All services are delivered through attorney representation rather than software or technology products.

Product overview

Custodio & Dubey LLP (CD Law) is a personal injury law firm offering comprehensive legal services through a unified practice portfolio. The core offering centers on personal injury representation across vehicle accidents (car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, pedestrian, rideshare), catastrophic injuries (amputation, burns, fractures, paralysis, spinal cord, traumatic brain injury, whiplash), premises liability (slip and fall, dog bites), and specialized areas (child injury, school injury, special needs abuse, wrongful death). The firm also operates supplementary practices in environmental litigation (Proposition 65), consumer protection and class actions, and habitability law for tenant rights. Additional supplementary offerings include educational content through the Sidebar Sessions podcast. The portfolio functions as a single integrated legal practice rather than a modular platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Injury Legal Representation
• Environmental Litigation (Proposition 65)
• Consumer Protection and Class Actions
• Habitability Law Representation

Quantifiable outcome

• $35 million record-setting personal injury settlement
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi: Top-tier California catastrophic injury and wrongful death firm. Comparable in catastrophic injury practice (TBI, spinal cord, wrongful death) and pursuit of record-setting verdicts, though at a more elite/premium positioning.
• GJEL Accident Attorneys: California PI firm specializing in auto, motorcycle, and bicycle accidents with contingency model. Comparable in plaintiff-side motor vehicle focus and California-centric geographic base.
• The Barnes Firm: California-based PI firm with multiple offices and TV-driven lead generation. Similar mix of vehicle accident, premises liability, and catastrophic injury work on contingency.
• McNicholas & McNicholas: Los Angeles-based plaintiff trial firm handling serious injury and wrongful death cases. Comparable in trial-heavy plaintiff practice, LA footprint, and contingency fee model.
• Geragos & Geragos: Prominent Los Angeles plaintiff firm with significant PI and class action work. Comparable in California plaintiff-side personal injury practice and high-profile case portfolio, though with a broader practice mix.
• Wilshire Law Firm: Downtown Los Angeles PI firm with a heavy broadcast advertising presence and contingency fee model. Comparable in plaintiff-side PI focus, marketing spend intensity, and emphasis on high-value verdicts.
• The Dominguez Firm: Southern California PI firm with bilingual (Spanish) capability and multi-office footprint. Comparable in Hispanic-market focus, vehicle accident and premises liability practice, and contingency model.
• Jacoby & Meyers: Long-standing California personal injury firm with multi-office coverage and aggressive TV advertising across Southern California. Highly comparable in target customer (accident victims), contingency fee model, and broadcast-driven GTM.
• Law Offices of Larry H. Parker: Long-established Southern California PI firm with multi-county office coverage and heavy TV advertising. Closely comparable in regional coverage and broadcast-driven customer acquisition.
• Bisnar Chase: Southern California PI firm with a similar Southern California footprint (LA, Orange County, Inland Empire). Comparable across practice mix (auto, premises liability, catastrophic injury), contingency model, and bilingual marketing approach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@custodio-dubey-cd-law
• Facebookfacebook.com/cdlawfirm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/custodio-dubey-llp
• Instagraminstagram.com/cdlawfirm
• TikToktiktok.com/@cdlawfirm
• Xx.com/cdlawyersla

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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