Joseph Adelizzi is an attorney and principal of Security Planning Group, Inc. He has been in practice since 1984 and has litigated cases for some of the nation’s largest insurance companies. He is admitted to the following: California Supreme Court, State Bar of California; United States District Courts, Central District and Southern District of California; United States Tax Court, all 50 states. He is a certified Mediator and served on the Settlement Conference Panel of the San Diego Superior Court as a Judge Pro Tem from 1987 to 2006. He is rated as “Distinguished” by Martindale Hubbell and in a recent run for Superior Court Judge in 2014 was vetted by the San Diego County Bar Association and was the only civil litigator in that election rated “Qualified” for the position of Superior Court Judge.

He has handled appellate cases successfully and has won trials in the areas of Employment Law, Federal & State FDCPA litigation, Business, Civil and Contract Litigation. He acts as approved insurance defense counsel for CHUBB and CNA in the areas of defense of professional negligence cases.

He founded Security Planning Group, Inc., as a group of legal professionals who are constantly striving to expand the professional and public knowledge about financial self-defense plans to guard against Governmental Security, the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Health Services, Hospitals and Nursing Homes, which are just a short list of the potential threats to your family's financial security and your own personal rights.

He also assists clients by preparing documents that guarantee the right to maintain personal dignity and wishes in the event they cannot make those decisions for themselves, avoiding unnecessary governmental intrusion into their private affairs.

On a personal note, Mr. Adelizzi, is a native New Yorker who has been a resident of Encinitas, California since 1981. He is married to his wife, Margaret and has two grown children. In his spare time, Mr. Adelizzi enjoys a variety of activities such as golf, scuba diving, fishing, skiing and racing as a seven-time Ironman competitive triathlete.