Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in San Francisco, CA

Honors/Awards:

• Top 100 Most Influential Lawyers in California -- Daily Journal, 2001 - 2003
• Top 50 Women Litigators in 2003 and 2004 by the California Daily Journal
• Named one of the San Francisco Bay Area's "Top 10 Trial Attorneys" by the San Francisco Chronicle
• ABOTA Foundation Life Fellow, 2002
• Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame, State Bar of California, Litigation Section
• AAJ Minority Caucus Trailblazer Award, 2002
• Outstanding State Delegate Award, 1993
• AAJ Wiedemann Wysocki Award, 2000
• Edward T. Pollack Award, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2004
• Trench Soldier Award, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1994 - 1996
• President Public Justice Award, 1996
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating, 1986
• Daily Journal Top 50 Women Litigators, 2003
• Daily Journal Top 30 Women Litigators, 2002
• Repeatedly named one of the "100 Most Influential Attorneys in California" by the California Daily Journal
• Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association Award of Appreciation, 1999
• Named one of the San Francisco Bay Area's "Top 10 Trial Attorneys", San Francisco Chronicle
• Top 50 Women Litigators, by the California Daily Journal, 2004
• AAJ Distinguished Service Award, 2007
• AAJ Women's Caucus Marie Lambert Award, 1996
• Outstanding State Delegate Award, 1996
• AAJ Wiedemann Wysocki Award, 2002
• Marvin E. Lewis Award, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1998
• Trench Soldier Award, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1996
• Special Achievement Award, Santa Clara University School of Law, 2003
• Lawdragon Top 500 Leading Plaintiff Lawyers in America, 2007
• Middlesex County Bar Association Minuteman Award -- Special Guest of Honor, 2002
• Trial Lawyer of the Year Award Themis Capital Corporation, 2001
• Recognized as one of the Top 30 Women Litigators, 2002
• Democratic Caucus of California State Assembly Award of Appreciation, 1996
• ABA Pursuit of Justice Award, 2003
• Repeatedly Named One of the "100 Most Influential Attorneys in California" by the California Daily Journal
• AAJ Women's Trial Lawyer Caucus Special Recognition Award, 2006
• AAJ New Lawyer's Division of AAJ Joe Tonahill Award, 1995
• AAJ Wiedemann Wysocki Award, 1993
• AAJ Wiedemann Wysocki Award, 2004
• Outstanding Achievement Award, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1997
• President's Award, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2005
• Named by San Francisco Chronicle One of the Top Ten Trial Lawyers in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1990
• US Action Leadership Award, 2003
• Maryland. Trial Lawyers Association Award of Appreciation, 2002

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1984 - Present
• President-Elect, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1995
• Vice President, American Association for Justice, 2001
• Member, Board of Governors, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1988 - 1992
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1986
• Parliamentarian, American Association for Justice, 1998
• Board Member, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 1984 - 1999
• Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame, State Bar of California Litigation Section, 2012
• Chair, American Association for Justice, Membership Committee, 1994 - 1995
• Member, Board of Governors, Western Trial Lawyers Association, 1995 - Present
• Member, American Board of Trial Advocates, 1997 - Present
• Secretary, AAJ Endowment, American Association for Justice, 2008
• Member, San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association
• Senior Counsel, College of Master Advocates and Barristers
• Member, AAJ Leaders' Forum, 2002 - Present
• President Elect, American Association for Justice, 2002
• Parliamentarian, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1993
• California, 1982
• Treasurer, American Association for Justice, 1999
• Board Member, National Center for State Courts, 2004 - Present
• President, American Association of Justice, 2003
• Chair, Council of Presidents, American Association for Justice, 1996 - 1997
• Board of Governors, Public Justice, Member, 1995 - 1999
• Member, American Bar Association, 1982 - Present
• Secretary, AAJ Endowment, American Association for Justice, 2007
• Member, Consumers Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
• Member, College of Master Advocates and Barristers
• President, Roscoe Pound Institute, 2005
• President, National Crimes Victims Association
• Board Member, Bar Association of San Francisco, 2004 - 2007
• Vice President, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1994
• President, National Crime Victims Bar Association 2011-present
• Secretary, American Association for Justice, 2000
• Member, California Women Lawyers, 1982 - Present
• President, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1996
• Chair, State Delegates, American Association for Justice, 1996 - 1997
• Member, Public Justice, 1982 - Present
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1982
• Chair, PAC Task Force, American Association for Justice, 1995 - 1996
• Member, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, 1997 - 1999
• Member, National Board, American Board of Trial Advocates, 2005 - 2006
• Member, Board of AAJ Endowment, American Association for Justice, 1998 - Present
• Member, Board of Visitors, Santa Clara University School of Law

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• Past Editor-in-Chief of Forum, Consumer Attorneys of California Publication

Verdicts/Settlements:

• A $4 million settlement in a pedestrian accident, Ruszak v. State Farm
• A $13.3 million verdict for a severely injured client in Hall v. Yosemite Park and Curry Company, in which faulty bicycle brakes triggered a crash resulting in quadriplegia
• A $5.5 million settlement for a long haul trucker was run over by another trucker while outside of the cab of his rig safely locking and inspecting his load
• A $4 million settlement in a San Francisco Municipal Railway accident, Landsverk v. CCSF
• A $45 million verdict for a San Mateo victim,  who had her neck broken, was paralyzed for life, and became a quadriplegic when her car was struck by a driver speeding through a red light

Representative Clients:

• Ruszak v. State Farm
• Landsverk v. CCSF
• Hall v. Yosemite Park