We are founded on the principle that victims of abuse and their families deserve support and informed guidance on legal remedies so that they may move forward and heal. Our work is to represent their best interests to make informed decisions throughout the legal process.

Headquartered in San Diego, our team has a combined 50 years of practicing law and civil litigation for clients across the state of California. We are experienced in representing survivors of physical and emotional abuse and injuries. We understand the laws that must be followed by schools, educators and those responsible for your child’s welfare. We help our clients as they seek the resources and legal remedies available to them.

With a long history of representing abuse survivors, we offer our clients a deep knowledge of their legal options and work tirelessly in pursuit of our client’s goals.

Cases we work on include, but are not limited to:
Abuse and bullying by peers and overlooked in schools and education settings.
Physical, emotional, or sexual abuse by teachers, counselors, coaches, supervisors, aides, mentors, or other school personnel or representatives.
School district accountability following a credible case of abuse that went under or unpunished.

Jonathan P. Musgrove, Esq.

Attorney Bios

Jonathan Musgrove is an attorney with more than twenty years of litigation experience, including successful resolution of claims on behalf of child sexual abuse victims, students injured and bullied on school campuses, and a range of injury and wrongful death cases. He is the principal of the Law Offices of Jonathan P. Musgrove, APC. Jonathan graduated from San Diego State University and University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento. He gained early and valuable courtroom experience and training working at the District Attorney’s Offices of Sacramento and San Diego Counties, and then litigating injury and wrongful death cases with insurance defense firms. After gaining many years of valuable experience, Jonathan started his own law practice in 2013. This move allowed him to focus his litigation practice on representing individuals and families wronged by others.

Todd M. Plate, Esq.

Attorney Bios

Todd M. Plate is an attorney with two decades of experience working on behalf of individuals and education entities in the areas of childhood sexual abuse, special education, students’ rights, and other violent and non violent school related harm against children. He is the principal of the Plate Law Firm, P.C. and has been practicing on his own for more than fifteen years after spending years representing school districts and postsecondary education clients for firms in the Bay Area. As part of his training, Todd worked with both the Alameda County District Attorneys’ Office in Oakland and for Federal District Court Judge Irma E. Gonzalez. Todd is a graduate of UC San Diego and UC Law San Francisco.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER

Attorneys for Children is not a formal partnership. We are a collaboration between the Law Offices of Jonathan P. Musgrove, APC and the Plate Law Firm. The information in this Attorney Advertising is provided by both firms in accordance with applicable California law, court rules, and ethics requirements to represent abuse survivors. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.