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Bostwick & Associates is a personal injury and medical malpractice law firm with offices at 50 California Street, Suite 1500, San Francisco, CA 94111 and 591 Redwood Highway, Suite 2350, Mill Valley, CA 94941, available at 888-831-8448. Founded by James S. Bostwick, who is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates (limited to the nation’s top 100 plaintiff lawyers), former President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (limited to top 500 trial lawyers in the U.S.), and nationally certified medical malpractice specialist by the American Board of Professional Liability, the firm has recovered over $1 billion for clients. Mr. Bostwick has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America since its inception in 1983, awarded Best Malpractice Lawyer in 2012 and 2013, inducted into the Lawdragon Hall of Fame, and featured among the Top 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America. The firm’s team includes attorney George Ellard, specializing in medical malpractice, birth and neonatal injury, stroke injuries, product liability, personal injury, truck accidents, wrongful death, auto accidents, amputation injury, brain injury, spinal cord injury, and legal malpractice.
Bostwick & Associates has achieved record-setting results including $21,000,000 (largest California non-punitive verdict for single individual in San Francisco County), $17,000,000 settlement for brain-injured baby, $16,500,000 record-setting settlement for brain-injured baby, $15,000,000 (largest pretrial settlement against United States in Hawaii for child with brain damage during birth), and $14,000,000 for surgery error on 3-day old child resulting in brain injuries. Since January 2018, the firm has twice broken the California record for largest medical malpractice settlement, with James Bostwick named Trial Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in 2012 and achieving record-setting verdicts and settlements in five states. The firm works on contingency fees with no recovery meaning no fee, emphasizing they are trial lawyers not settlement lawyers who resist offers that don’t provide fair compensation and aren’t afraid to try cases in court. With eight-time Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award recipient attorney Cynthia Chihak as part of their network (named one of best lawyers by San Diego Magazine and top 100 by Super Lawyers for five years), the firm represents personal injury and medical malpractice victims throughout Southern California and across the nation with access to world-class experts who strengthen cases.
Law Office of Lael Abaya is a workers’ compensation law firm serving injured workers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, located at 405 Grand Avenue Suite 201, South San Francisco, CA 94080, reachable at 650-779-5444 with office hours 8:30am – 5:00pm Monday – Friday and fax 888-712-2447. Attorney Lael Lee M. Abaya, who graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and earned his law degree from UC Davis Law School (King Hall) where he served as Senior Articles Editor for the UC Davis Law Review, transitioned from spending over five years working as an attorney for a large insurance company to focus on representing injured workers from all walks of life. The firm’s mission is to protect injured workers throughout the Bay Area during the course of their workers’ compensation cases, offering free initial consultations with three main goals: educating clients about the workers’ compensation system, demonstrating Attorney Abaya’s unique experience and position to effectively handle cases, and providing empathy by hearing clients’ stories. The firm operates with core values of honor, commitment, and empathy inherited from Abaya’s background as the son of a Navy veteran and registered nurse.
Attorney Abaya has successfully represented injured workers of all ages, backgrounds and professions, securing six figure settlements for mechanics, restaurant workers, and construction laborers in their thirties, forties, and fifties. The firm provides services in English, Tagalog and Spanish, recognizing that the most successful case is one where an attorney is not needed because the injured worker has been treated fairly in the workers’ compensation system and received entitled medical care and benefits. Lael Abaya received the Clients’ Choice Award 2018 from Avvo and maintains 5 stars out of 38 reviews, with testimonials praising his sincere, considerate approach, detailed communication, effective representation against insurance companies, and ability to secure fair settlements. The Law Office of Lael Abaya emphasizes that making a false or fraudulent workers’ compensation claim is a felony subject to up to 5 years in prison or a fine of up to $50,000 or double the value of the fraud, and complies with Business and Professions Code regarding workers’ compensation advertising rules.
The Law Offices of Derek Lim is a Fremont personal injury and immigration law firm with offices at 3100 Mowry Ave #204, Fremont, CA 94538, toll free 888-816-6798, phone 510-818-0898, fax 510-818-0412, and 580 California St 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104. For over 20 years, the firm has helped thousands throughout the world obtain U.S. nonimmigrant visas, lawful permanent residence green cards, and U.S. citizenship, with attorney Derek Lim providing dedication, professionalism, and innovation where success is measured by many happy returns. The firm handles personal injury cases including car accidents, dog attacks, slip-and-fall accidents with experienced insurance claims litigation and lawsuits for injuries and wrongful death from motor vehicle accidents, simplifying personal injury issues and fighting for maximum settlements with a high success rate. Staff comprised entirely of first-generation immigrants understands clients’ emotions surrounding immigration processes, well-versed in family immigration, business and employment immigration, investor visas, asylum, and naturalization for individuals with criminal records.
Wrongful death cases receive sensitivity and attention deserved, with skilled Fremont personal injury attorneys carefully investigating accident causes to establish liability, working with accident reconstruction specialists, engineers, medical experts, economists to build strong cases establishing accident mechanics, injury extent, future medical expenses and financial losses. The firm assists with family law including drafting strong prenuptial agreements and changing legal documents, estate planning for sustainable futures with inheritance and long-term healthcare directives, and business law guiding through forming business entities, drafting buy/sell agreements, reviewing commercial lease contracts and partnerships. The firm offers 24/7 support with almost 25 years experience and various languages for full accommodation, serving clients throughout California including Alameda County, Contra Costa County, San Francisco, San Joaquin County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, and Sonoma County, with work done for clients from China, India, Afghanistan, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Mexico, Burma, Nepal, Indonesia, Germany, U.K., France and more, conducting business in Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, Thai and Laotian.
Miller Injury Attorneys is a personal injury law firm with offices in Sacramento at 3626 Fair Oaks Boulevard Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95864, phone 916-525-7761, El Dorado Hills at 5170 Golden Foothill Parkway El Dorado Hills, CA 95762, and San Francisco at 201 Spear Street Suite 1100, San Francisco, CA 94105, founded by Attorney John C. Miller who began his career defending insurance companies for nearly 15 years before switching focus to personal injury and now has over 15 years advocating for injury victims. The firm operates on a contingency fee basis with no fees or costs unless they win, offering free consultations available 24/7 and providing over 30 years of combined experience handling personal injury cases with a focus on obtaining maximum financial compensation for clients. The practice areas include motor vehicle accidents, dog bites, slip and fall cases, pedestrian accidents, bicycle accidents, motorcycle accidents, toxic mold cases, landlord and tenant disputes, wrongful death, product liability, real estate law, and various catastrophic injury cases.
Notable case results include $3 million settlements for toxic mold cases, $3 million for catastrophic injury, $2 million settlements for catastrophic injury and toxic mold, $1 million for toxic mold, $773,000 for toxic mold, $720,000 for motorcycle accidents, $615,000 for respiratory injury, $500,000 for auto versus pedestrian and defective medical products, and various settlements ranging from $100,000 to $480,000 for different types of injuries and accidents. Attorney Miller’s unique background of defending insurance companies provides valuable insight that often gives clients a distinct edge in their cases, and the firm specializes in using this extensive experience to battle insurance companies using 30 years of knowledge, seeking out witness statements, gathering evidence from accident scenes, and determining maximum case value. The firm offers a 25-year guarantee providing free, no-obligation consultations from an attorney with at least 25 years of personal injury experience, with the statute of limitations for personal injury cases in California being two years from the date of injury, emphasizing the importance of contacting the firm promptly to ensure rights are protected and evidence is preserved.
Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger is a San Jose and San Francisco-based personal injury law firm established in 1959, serving the Bay Area and Northern California for over six decades. The firm has secured more multi-million dollar outcomes than any other personal injury law firm in Northern California and maintains a 98% success rate in helping clients secure fair compensation for their injuries and losses. They specialize in car accidents, bicycle accidents, amputations, brain injuries, burn injuries, nursing home abuse, wrongful death claims, medical malpractice, school abuse, product liability, catastrophic injury claims, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, and spinal cord injuries.
The firm operates from their main office at 650 California St, 26th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108 (415) 233-6446 and serves the San Jose area extensively. Notable case results include a $52 million verdict in a propane explosion wrongful death case in San Jose, $17 million jury verdict in a product liability brain injury case, $8 million settlement in a clergy abuse case, and settlements of $50 million, $45 million, and $11.1 million in various personal injury cases. The firm operates on contingency fee basis with no attorney fees unless compensation is secured, and offers free case evaluations. They have extensive experience with third-party workplace accident claims and delicate cases involving young children and elderly victims. The firm emphasizes their comprehensive approach to evidence gathering, utilizing trusted medical professionals, conducting complete investigations, and having the resources necessary to take cases to trial. They serve Santa Clara County courts and have built networks of experts to handle complex cases against at-fault drivers, property owners, businesses, licensed professionals, and product manufacturers throughout the Bay Area.
McKennon Law is a California insurance litigation firm with offices at 20321 SW Birch St #200, Newport Beach, CA 92660, 71 Stevenson St #400, San Francisco, CA 94105, 4445 Eastgate Mall #200, San Diego, CA 92121, and 11400 W Olympic Blvd #200, Los Angeles, CA 90048, specializing in insurance bad faith, disability insurance, life insurance, and ERISA litigation claims. The firm can be reached at (949) 504-5381 and operates on a contingency fee basis, offering free consultations with no upfront costs and unique fee agreements where clients could potentially keep 100% of their benefits after winning. Founded by attorneys including Robert J. McKennon, Joseph McMillen, Joseph Hoff, Nicholas A. West, Cory Salisbury, and Zlatina (Ina) Meier, the firm has over 70 years of combined experience and has recovered over $30,000,000 in judgments, reinstated benefits, and settlements for clients.
McKennon Law represents policyholders nationwide against major insurers including Aetna, AIG, CIGNA/LINA, Hartford, Liberty Mutual, Lincoln Financial, MetLife, Mutual of Omaha, New York Life, Northwestern Mutual, Principal, Prudential, Standard Insurance Company, Transamerica, UnitedHealthcare, and Unum, handling long-term disability, short-term disability, life insurance, accidental death, health insurance, long-term care, professional liability, and directors and officers liability insurance claims. The attorneys are nationally recognized experts who formerly represented insurers, giving them insider knowledge to combat insurance company tactics, with the firm maintaining two of the best insurance and ERISA blogs in California and nationwide. Their services include fighting denied claims for conditions like anxiety, arthritis, back injuries, cancer, chronic headaches, cognitive impairment, depression, medication side effects, mental illness, multiple sclerosis, and orthopedic injuries, providing aggressive advocacy with excellent service and attention to maximize recovery for clients throughout California including Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, and the Central Valley.
Winer, Burritt, Scott & Jacobs, LLP is a personal injury and employment law firm with offices in Oakland at 1901 Harrison Street Suite 1100, Oakland, California 94612 (510-200-0162), San Francisco at 580 California Street 16th Floor, San Francisco, California 94104 (415-212-4932), Los Angeles at 2029 Century Park East Suite 400N, Los Angeles, California 90067 (323-417-5909), and additional locations in Woodland Hills, Palo Alto, and Newport Beach. Founded by John D. Winer, who has been in private practice since 1980, the firm has over 60 years of combined experience representing clients throughout California who have suffered injuries due to negligent, careless, or wrongful acts of others, specializing in sexual harassment claims, employment discrimination, wrongful termination, workplace harassment, whistleblower protection, personal injury cases including car accidents and truck accidents, and sexual abuse cases including Catholic Church clergy abuse and therapist abuse matters.
The firm has achieved over $300 million in awards for clients and has been recognized as finalist for California Consumer Attorney of the Year and San Francisco Trial Attorney of the Year, with all verdicts and settlements obtained on a contingency fee basis where clients pay no attorney fees unless they recover compensation. Winer, Burritt, Scott & Jacobs provides free initial consultations after case evaluation in each practice area and offers comprehensive representation against large defense law firms, insurance companies, and corporations while maintaining a focus on addressing harassment and employment discrimination across California. The firm handles sexual harassment by industry, pregnancy discrimination, age discrimination, gender discrimination, racial discrimination, religious discrimination, insurance bad faith claims, wrongful death cases, bicycle accidents, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, and nursing home abuse cases, with attorneys who are leaders in the California legal community and passionate advocates committed to protecting client rights and maximizing fair compensation under California law.
Law Office of Claudia W. Brisson, located at 9 Linda Ave, San Rafael, CA 94903, provides legal representation in breach of contract, car accidents, civil litigation, civil rights, personal injury, and slip and fall accident cases. Claudia W. Brisson is admitted to practice in the courts of California and New York, as well as the federal courts in both states, though she is now based in California and taking cases only in California. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in 1975 from the State University of New York, Buffalo, studying Anthropology, American History, and Education, and received her J.D. in 1979 from Hofstra University School of Law in Hempstead, New York. Her legal career began in 1980 as an Associate Attorney at the Law Office of Richard Scanlan in White Plains, New York.
From 1982 to 1984, Brisson worked at the Law Office of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman and Dicker in both New York, New York and San Francisco, CA. Since 1985, she has operated the Law Office of Claudia W. Brisson, which began in San Francisco and is now located in San Rafael. Motor vehicle accidents are Ms. Brisson’s specialty, with negligence being the primary claim in motor vehicle accident cases as well as slip and fall and trip and fall accidents. She also handles cases enforcing her clients’ rights to equal protection under the law and the right to be free of police brutality, demonstrating her commitment to civil rights and discrimination cases. With over 40 years of legal experience, Brisson brings extensive knowledge to breach of contract disputes and civil litigation matters throughout California.
Michael Padway & Associates is a motorcycle accident law firm with offices in Oakland at 3140 Chapman St., Oakland, CA 94601 contactable at (510) 839-5900 and San Francisco at 235 Montgomery St., Suite 668, San Francisco, CA 94104 contactable at (415) 777-1511. Attorney Michael Padway is recognized as the go-to motorcycle accident attorney for injured riders, having lectured nationally for the American Bar Association, written for motorcycle enthusiast publications, and maintained extensively re-circulated blog posts on the internet. Motorcycle riders across the country call Michael Padway for legal assistance, and he is frequently called upon to straighten out cases mishandled by non-motorcycle accident lawyers. As a founder of the Motorcycle Legal Foundation, Attorney Padway is always available for riders needing legal assistance, bringing many years of riding experience as member of the motorcycle community along with extensive background in personal injury matters including head injuries, spinal injuries, and multiple fractures.
Michael Padway & Associates serves the Bay Area including Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Napa County, San Francisco County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Solano County, Sonoma County, and San Joaquin County, along with cities throughout Northern California and Sacramento areas. Attorney Michael Padway understands motorcycles and motorcycle accidents intimately, having created a system for moving motorcycle accident cases through settlement processes effectively. The firm addresses insurance companies’ difficulty understanding motorcycle peculiarities, patiently and carefully explaining how motorcycles differ from automobiles with few motorcycle accident attorneys understanding both mechanics of motorcycles and mechanics of motorcycle accidents. Michael Padway & Associates presents cases in terms insurance companies understand and accept, with documentation prepared to work within their internal systems, avoiding unnecessary, expensive, and unpleasant trials through proper case presentation methods.
McDonald Trial Lawyers is a personal injury law firm led by attorney Matthew McDonald, who was born and raised in San Francisco and is licensed to practice law in California. Matthew McDonald previously worked at three catastrophic personal injury firms in San Francisco including Rouda Feder Tietjen & Mcguinn, The Veen Firm, and Rains Lucia Stern before obtaining his LL.M. in taxation. Matthew subsequently worked in public accounting at Ernst & Young for 5 years as a tax consultant and at Zeisler, Zeisler Rawson & Johnson as business manager before spending three years working with Trial Lawyers University. The firm operates with phone (866) 618-1153 and maintains offices in San Francisco, CA at 5140 Diamond Heights Blvd A208, East Bay, CA, Los Angeles, CA at 10625 S 1st Ave Inglewood, and Las Vegas, NV at 4575 Dean Martin Drive. McDonald Trial Lawyers operates with the motto “Facing Challenges Together” and positions itself as a partner in overcoming adversity for clients.
McDonald Trial Lawyers specializes in traumatic brain injuries, catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, slip and fall accidents, pedestrian accidents, and mass torts, providing expert legal guidance and compassionate support for victims of severe injuries. The firm focuses on personal injury cases including car accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, bus accidents, train accidents, public transportation accidents, bicycle accidents, electric scooter accidents, dog bites, Lyft and Uber accidents, aviation accidents, and various other injury types throughout California and Nevada. McDonald Trial Lawyers emphasizes understanding what it means to persevere through adversity, with team members sharing client experiences of overcoming challenges and disrupted lives. The firm provides free consultations and case evaluations, helping clients understand their legal rights, avoid insurance company manipulation, and make informed decisions about pursuing legal action while focusing on rebuilding lives rather than just lawsuits throughout their service areas.
