Santa Cruz County's Largest, Most Experienced Personal Injury Law Firm

Your Santa Cruz Personal Injury Law Firm

The law firm of Cartwright, Scruggs, Fulton & Walther is a professional, full-service law firm comprised of experienced personal injury lawyers in Santa Cruz, California who provide legal representation for clients in Santa Cruz County, Monterey County, and throughout all of Northern California. We have more experience and resources than any other personal injury law firm in Santa Cruz County, and our highly acclaimed trial attorneys have obtained numerous large verdicts. Because of our history of success, other attorneys regularly turn to our firm for advice or assistance in handling large and difficult cases.

Harold Cartwright

Harold is a member of the California State Bar and has been in private practice in Santa Cruz from 1974 to the present. He has thirty-two years experience as a litigation attorney, including seven years as a police officer, five years as a private investigator, and twenty-six years of civil litigation.

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Dana Scruggs

Dana Scruggs is recognized, by associates and opposing attorneys, as well as by the judges who know him best, both for his effective representation and for his high ethical standards. He is nationally recognized by Martindale-Hubbell as Preeminent among his attorney peers. He vigorously represents people who have suffered catastrophic personal injuries, the wrongful death of family members, or significant financial losses. He has extensive experience in cases involving automobile crashes, nursing home abuse of the elderly and dependent adults, and products liability, and is a noted and well respected child sexual abuse attorney.
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David Fulton

For the last twenty years, David Fulton has been representing accident victims in disputes with insurance companies.  Mr. Fulton is a passionate advocate for those who have been injured through another’s negligence or carelessness.  He has successfully tried and settled hundreds of cases ranging from automobile accident victims to clients whose injuries have included quadriplegia and head trauma.  Most of Mr. Fulton’s cases come through referrals from other attorneys.  Mr. Fulton’s peers place their confidence in him to get the best possible results in the most severe and complicated personal injury cases. 
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Laura B. Walther

Laura B. Walther has been a member of the State Bar since 1997 and has been in private practice since that time in Santa Cruz County.  As a civil trial attorney, Laura practices plaintiffs’ personal injury law, civil rights and elder abuse causes of action. In the nine years she has practiced law, Laura has settled cases in excess of six million dollars.
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