Attorney Biography
Roger Kirnos is Managing Partner at Knight Law Group, the premier lemon law firm in the state. Roger works in the firm’s Los Angeles office, where he represents clients throughout California. He has been prosecuting consumers’ claims under the Song-Beverly Act, and other consumer statutes such as the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (“CLRA”) and the Automobile Sales Finance Act (“ASFA”), since 2013. He joined Knight Law Group in 2017 as a Partner at the firm. His professional focus has been to protect consumers from large-scale abuses by automobile manufacturers. He has been involved in the settlement of hundreds of cases over the years. He has been trial counsel in over 25 consumer-protection cases that have gone to jury verdict and was one of the trial attorneys on the team that won a record verdict of $8.2M against Ford Motor Company, besting previous jury verdicts of $7.6M, $2.8M, and $1.6M. Three of these verdicts were in the Top 50 of all verdicts in California in the year they were rendered according to Top Verdicts, and were the #1, #2 and #5 top verdicts in the area of “Consumer Fraud, Deceptive Trade Practices, False Advertising, Fraudulent Concealment, Lemon Law” that year. In addition to litigating individual cases, he has been the lead attorney for Knight Law’s clients in multiple federal Multi-District Litigation and state Judicial Counsel Coordinated Proceedings. He has also argued to the Court of Appeal and has represented clients in appeals in which he personally and directly involved in authoring the briefing in at least 20 appeals, some of the notable ones listed here:
a. Warren v. Kia Motors America (2018) 30 Cal.App.5th 24; San Bernardino County, Case No. CIVDS1414575; Fourth Appellate District, Case No. E068348
b. Hanna v. Mercedes-Benz, USA (2019) 36 Cal.App.5th 493; Los Angeles County, Case No. BC552038; Second Appellate District, Case No. B283776
c. Patel v. Mercedes-Benz, USA (2019) 43 Cal.App.5th 1007; Los Angeles County, Case No. BC580425; Second Appellate District, Case No. B293813
d. Berroteran v. Ford Motor Company (2019) 41 Cal.App.5th 518 (review granted Feb. 11, 2020); Los Angeles County, Case No. B542525; Second Appellate District, Case No. B296639
e. Berroteran v. Ford Motor Company (2022) 12 Cal.5th 867; Los Angeles County, Case No. B542525; California Supreme Court, Case No. S259522
f. Reynolds v. Ford Motor Company (2020) 47 Cal.App.5th 1105; Sonoma County Case No. SCV254959; First Appellate District, Case No. A154811
g. Niedermeier v. FCA US (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th 1052 (review granted Feb. 20, 2021); Los Angeles County, Case No. BC638010; Second Appellate District, Case No. B293960
h. Hernandez v. FCA US (2020) 50 Cal.App.5th 329; Los Angeles County, Case No. BC668240; Second Appellate District, Case No. B296516
i. Reck v. FCA US (2021) 64 Cal.App.5th 682; Alameda County, Case No. RG16836069; First Appellate District, Case No. A157966
j. Anderson v. Ford Motor Company (2022) 74 Cal.App.5th 946; San Joaquin County, Case No. 39-2013-00299512-CU-BC-STK; Third Appellate District, Case No. C089603
k. Covert v. FCA US, (2022) 73 Cal.App.5th 821; Los Angeles County, Case No. BC629240; Second Appellate District, Case No. B293960
l. Figueroa v. FCA US (2022) 84 Cal.App.5th 708 (review granted Feb. 1, 2022); Ventura County, Case No. 56-2018-00507038; Second Appellate District, Case No. B306275
m. Rodriguez v. FCA US (2022) 77 Cal.App.5th 292, Riverside County, Case No. RIC1807727; Fourth Appellate District, Case No. E73766
n. Dhital v. Nissan North America (2022) 84 Cal.App.5th 828 (review granted Feb. 1, 2020); Alameda County, Case No. RG19009260; First Appellate District, Case No. A162817
o. Bowser v. Ford Motor Company (2022) 78 Cal.App.5th 587; Riverside County, Case No. MCC1301631; Fourth Appellate District, Case No. E073609
p. Williams v. FCA US, LLC (2023) 88 Cal.App.5th 765 (review granted May 3, 2023); Butte County, Case No. 17CV02617; Third Appellate District, Case No. C091902
q. Ford Motor Warranty Cases (2023) 89 Cal.App.5th 1324 (Ochoa v. Ford Motor Company; review granted July 19, 2023); Los Angeles County, Case No. BC593397; Second Appellate District, Case No. B312261
r. Kielar v. The Superior Court of Placer County, Hyundai Motor America (real party in interest) (2023) 94 Cal.App.5th 614 (review granted Oct. 25, 2023); Placer County, Case No. S-CV-0048230; Third Appellate District, Case No. C096773
s. Madrigal v. Hyundai Motor America (2023) 90 Cal.App.5th 385 (review granted Aug. 30, 2023); Placer County, Case No. CV00338395; Third Appellate District, Case No. C090463
Unpublished Opinions / Pending Appeals
t. Palombi v. FCA, US, Solano County, Case No. FCS043387; First Appellate District, Case No. A156166
u. Margeson v. Ford Motor Company, Los Angeles County, Case No. BC552038; Second Appellate District, Case No. B283776
v. Cofield v. Kia Motors America, Kern County, Case No. S-1500-CV283504; Fifth Appellate District, Case No. F074977
w. Myers v. Ford Motor Company, Los Angeles County, Case No. BC638302; Second Appellate District, Case No. B297244
x. Cieslikowski v. FCA US (2020) 809 Fed.Appx. 386; USDC Central Dist., Case No. 5:17-cv-00562; Ninth Circuit, Case No. 21-55874
y. Nolan v. Ford Motor Company, Riverside County, Case No. RIC1307491; Fourth Appellate District, Case No. E073850
z. Brown v. Ford Motor Company, Butte County, Case No. 160060; Third Appellate District, Case No. C088419
aa. Coon v. Ford Motor Company, Riverside County, Case No. MCC1300767; Fourth Appellate District, Case No. E073138
bb. Quintero v. Ford Motor Company, USDC Central District, Case No. 2:18-cv-01912-AB-FFM; Ninth Circuit, Case No. 20-5583
In addition to the above published and unpublished opinions, Knight Law Group has also involved in numerous other notable appellate decisions such as:
Published opinions:
cc.Etcheson v. FCA US (2018) 30 Cal.App.5th 83, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, Case No. 37-2015-00004033-CU-BC-CTL, Fourth Appellate District, Case No. D072793
dd.Morris v. Hyundai Motor America (2019) 41 Cal.App.5th 24, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, Case No. BC612232, Second Appellate District, Case No. B290693
ee.Montoya v. Ford Motor Company (2020) 46 Cal.App.5th 493, Orange County Superior Court Case No. 30-2013-00656947, Fourth Appellate District Case No. G056752
ff.Santana v. FCA US (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th 334, Superior Court of California, County of Orange, Case No. 30-2016-00882680-CU-BC-CJC, Fourth Appellate District Case No. G057244 & G058020
Notable Favorable Unpublished Opinions
gg. Smart v. Ford Motor Company, Butte County, Case No. 159509; Third Appellate District, Case No. C087422
hh. Noflin v. Volkswagen Group of America, Los Angeles County, Case No. BC575800; Second Appellate District, Case No. B275638
ii. McCullough v. FCA US San Diego County, Case No. 37-2015-00013501-CU-BC-CTL; Fourth Appellate District, Case No. D073330
Additionally, Roger is a member of, and has been a presenter at conferences for the National Association of Consumer Affairs (NACA) discussing topics including automotive fraud generally and best practices for pursuing and calculating damages to maximize consumers’ recoveries. He has also presented a Continuing Legal Education course addressing recent and upcoming changes in the area of the Song-Beverly Act and other consumers statutes such as the Consumer Legal Remedies Act by educating attorneys about recent appellate decisions and upcoming appellate issues to be decided. He is also actively involved with non-profit groups such as Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety (CARS) and professional organizations such as Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) where he sits on the organization’s PAC Board. In that role, he has been highly involved in legislative processes to help ensure that consumer rights are not abridged in any area of the law.
