Best Law Firms in California for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

For more than 35 years, the lawyers of Gillin, Jacobson, Ellis & Larsen have specialized in the successful representation of injured persons and those who have lost loved ones due to the fault of others. The firm's lawyers focus solely on injury cases, accident cases, wrongful death cases and insurance claims.

GJEL's team of personal injury attorneys has an outstanding track record of verdicts and settlements, and we are one of California's top personal injury law firms. We have obtained over $600 million dollars for our clients. Call us today at 1-800-840-2111 or email lawfirm@gjel.com today to speak directly to a personal injury lawyer. If you're looking for information on how long the average case takes, please review our Personal Injury Timeline.

Here's what others are saying about us:

Best Lawyers Magazine
Cover feature, August 2009

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated
"Highest rating for ethical standards and legal ability."

National Law Journal, 2009
Top 100 Verdicts in the Nation

Avvo
"Andy Gillin became a great resource for people seeking legal information online."

FIRM PROFILE

Over 99% success rate.

• Over $850 Million recovered for our clients from insurance companies and corporate defendants.
• Ranked among the top law firms nationwide by our peers.
• Respected and seen as a formidable opponent by insurance companies.
• Known for helping our clients with their medical, vehicle repair and replacement, rental car and other bills from day one.
• Our attorneys attended Stanford, the University of California, the University of Chicago, and other major universities.
• Experts in accident reconstruction.
• An authority for other firms and lawyers-noted for the speed and skill with which we resolve our clients’ cases.
• Free Consultations whenever and wherever is most convenient for our clients.
• Paid only upon the successful resolution of our clients’ cases-no up-front fees.

As partner Andy Gillin is fond of saying, “We love fighting for the little guy.” We all began our careers in public service, and while the cases have gotten larger and more complex along the way, that hasn’t changed our firm’s focus.

The one-on-one relationship between attorney and client is truly important to GJEL. Unlike many other law firms, our discipline is to maintain a constant emphasis on quality over quantity. Catastrophic injury cases require extraordinary attention to detail. The only way to allow for that focus is to be extremely selective.

Our selectiveness allows us the time to work every aspect of the case and to develop a personal connection with you. That connection gives us extra fight and determination to overcome the deep resources that corporate defendants and insurance companies possess.

We return all phone calls immediately and solve every problem we can, whether it is directly related to the case or not. We maintain friendships with our clients long after we’ve won their cases.

We help clients get back on their feet and get their lives back. People go through a lot when they sustain an injury, both emotionally and physically, and the number of medical specialists our clients see is often overwhelming. Our clients also need help figuring out their property damage issues with their cars or motorcycles, they need help getting investigative reports and medical records, and oftentimes securing a rental vehicle. In general, our clients need help getting back on their feet and returning their lives to normal.

That’s where GJEL’s staff comes in. We let our clients focus on what is really important-their health. We set up appointments with doctors and medical specialists who will provide you with the absolute best care. We coordinate accident investigations. We communicate with your health insurance company. We follow up with the insurance company of the person who hit you, as well as your own car insurance company. In a nutshell, we handle all the details of your case, so that you can focus on your health and your family.

Every member of our staff is a humble, approachable, friendly, and compassionate person. From your first phone call or email to our office, I know you’ll have the same impression.

We welcome any and all questions about individual cases. Initial consultations are free, and if we can’t help you, we’ll do our best to direct you to additional legal resources. My staff, my partners, and I look forward to speaking with you.

–Andy
Andy Gillin
Managing Partner
Gillin, Jacobson, Ellis & Larsen

We help clients who have been injured in an accident.

Here is what we are most known for:

• Northern California Car Accident Lawyers
• Uber/ Lyft Accident
• Bicycle Accidents
• Motorcycle Accidents
• Wrongful Death Cases
• Amputation Accidents

GJEL Also Has Offices Across Northern California to serve our clients. You can find us in the following cities:

• GJEL Accident Attorneys San Jose
• GJEL Accident Attorneys Hayward
• GJEL Accident Attorneys Berkeley
• GJEL Accident Attorneys Fresno
• GJEL Accident Attorneys Oakland
• GJEL Accident Attorneys San Francisco
• GJEL Accident Attorneys Walnut Creek Office
• GJEL Accident Attorneys Concord
• GJEL Accident Attorneys Richmond Office
• GJEL Accident Attorneys Fremont
• GJEL Accident Attorneys Sacramento
• GJEL Accident Attorneys Fairfield
• GJEL Accident Attorneys Gilroy
• Main Office
• GJEL Accident Attorneys Stockton

Kiesel Law LLP is a prominent litigation firm based in Los Angeles, widely respected for its strong representation of individuals harmed by negligence, deceptive practices, unsafe products, and other forms of wrongdoing by corporations or institutions. The firm has built a reputation for delivering meaningful outcomes for its clients, consistently securing high-value settlements and verdicts in complex legal matters.

Taylor & Ring is an award-winning Los Angeles-based trial law firm representing plaintiffs across California in high-profile civil rights, personal injury, wrongful death, and sexual assault, abuse and harassment matters. Our firm has a reputation for tackling the hard cases – cases other personal injury lawyers are reluctant to take. With more than 200 jury trials and multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements, Taylor & Ring knows what it takes to successfully represent victims.

Our attorneys bring a strategic and aggressive approach to the courtroom, while maintaining the highest professional standards of ethics and reliability in the representation of clients. Many of the firm's cases make local and national headlines for consistently achieving precedent-setting verdicts, settlements and published decisions that have a lasting impact and bring about critical institutional change.

Below is a short list of some of our successes in a range of matters:

• $102.5 Million Verdict: Childhood Sexual Abuse - Represented a former student who was sexually abused while attending Dartmouth Middle School in San Jose.
• $100 Million Judgment: Childhood Sexual Abuse - Represented a young girl who was sexually abused by her jiu-jitsu coach.
• $97.5 Million Settlement: Childhood Sexual Abuse - Represented multiple plaintiffs in the Santa Monica PAL/Eric Uller abuse cases.
• $61.7 Million Verdict: Car Accident - Two civilians engaged in a car chase in Torrance. Jesse Esphorst Sr. was seriously injured, and his 16 y.o. son, Jesse Esphorst Jr, died as a result of his injuries.
• $57.5 Million Verdict: Wrongful Death - Represented the families of three men who died in an aviation accident that resulted in insurance bad faith.
• $40 Million Settlement: Sexual Assault - Represented a group of women who were sexually abused by a school employee.
• $27 Million Settlement: Bullying Leading to Wrongful Death - Represented the family of a young boy who was bullied and killed at his school. This is the largest settlement in a bullying case in the United States.
• $20.2 Million Settlement: Wrongful Death - Represented the family of a 7-year-old child who drowned due to negligence.
• $18.6 Million Verdict: Auto v. Motorcycle Accident - Represented an individual involving the negligent entrustment of an automobile where a company president allowed his wife to drive a company-owned vehicle four days after she failed the DMV road exam and caused serious injury to a motorcyclist.
• $13 Million Verdict: Product Liability - Represented a 42-year-old truck driver who was rendered paraplegic after a defective forklift toppled over on top of him while he was making a delivery.
• $10 Million Judgment: Police Misconduct - Represented a family in a wrongful death case against the LAPD, 30 years in the making. In a published decision, the California Court of Appeal upheld the verdict against Los Angeles Police Detective Stephanie Lazarus for the murder of Sherri Rasmussen more than 30 years ago.

Taylor & Ring attorneys have received numerous prestigious honors and recognition for their work, including:

• CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year and Rising Star

• Daily Journal Top 100, Top 40 Under 40, Top Plaintiffs Lawyers, Top Women Lawyers and Top Boutiques

• LA Times B2B Consumer Attorneys of SoCal

• Law360 Rising Stars

• Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America; 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers

• Los Angeles Business Journal Leader of Influence: Litigators & Trial Lawyers; Women of Influence: Attorneys

• National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers; Top Verdicts

• National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers; Top 40 Under 40

• Southern California Super Lawyers; Top 10; Top 100; Rising Stars

There’s a reason why clients choose Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel to fight their tough fights again and again. 

Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel is a national plaintiffs’ law firm dedicated to helping families in personal injury and wrongful death cases involving asbestos exposure, dangerous pharmaceuticals and defective medical devices, as well as toxic chemical exposure from commercial farming pesticides like Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based products, and semiconductor chip, aerospace and industrial manufacturing.

The firm’s hard earned reputation for advocacy includes:

• Qui tam whistleblower litigation exposing fraud, waste and abuse of government programs and spending under the False Claims Act. 

• Sexual abuse litigation holding institutions accountable when they fail to protect children from sexual abuse.

• Mesothelioma litigation against suppliers and manufacturers that fail to protect workers, consumers and their families from exposure to cancer-causing asbestos.

• Toxic exposure litigation on behalf of individuals exposed to benzene and other harmful chemicals in the workplace and by other means.

• Birth defect litigation on behalf of children born with serious medical conditions caused by their parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals at work, including employees of Boeing manufacturing plants.

• Catastrophic personal injury litigation on behalf of individuals harmed by negligent trucking and transportation companies, dangerous worksites and others.

Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel trial lawyers are committed to using the firm’s resources and collective legal firepower to achieve justice for individuals against powerful corporate interests. The firm is a leader in contingent fee litigation, assuming all risks and expenses so clients pay nothing unless they win.

With a high partner-to-associate ratio, clients know their cases are handled by experienced litigators. Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel attorneys have recovered over $1.3 billion for their clients and are renowned for their advocacy on behalf of individuals and families affected by hazardous exposures and defective products.

Based in Dallas and with offices in Los Angeles and Moline, Illinois, Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel has represented families from all fifty states and many foreign countries, as well as foreign governments. Learn more about our practice and how we can help you at www.waterskraus.com.

Founded in 2007, Wilshire Law Firm is a nationally recognized personal injury, employment, aviation, and class action law firm that has recovered more than $900 million in damages for clients.

Named one of the “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News & World Report in 2020 and 2021, Wilshire Law Firm strives to achieve the best results for clients. The firm has been recognized for having some of the largest settlements and verdicts in the country, including a $28.7 million settlement that was ranked by TopVerdict.com as the Number 1 Pedestrian Accident Settlement for Single-Plaintiff Cases in the U.S. in 2019. Additionally, of TopVerdict.com’s list of the Top 50 Personal Injury Settlements in California in 2020, 20 of those case results were obtained by Wilshire Law Firm.

With more than 200 team members and an extensive network of medical and forensic experts, Wilshire Law Firm has the resources needed to go up against any insurance company or major corporation. The firm’s award-winning attorneys stand for justice, fighting to ensure that their clients are fully and fairly compensated for their losses.