James S. Bostwick

James S. Bostwick is the founder of Bostwick & Associates, representing clients in California, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, and Florida. With over 50 years of experience as a trial lawyer, he ranks among the most respected personal injury, medical, and legal malpractice attorneys in the nation. Mr. Bostwick is among a select group of lawyers in the U.S. recognized as a nationally Certified Medical Malpractice Specialist by the American Board of Professional Liability.

Throughout his career, Mr. Bostwick has established a reputation as a leading expert in complex birth injury, medical malpractice, and catastrophic personal injury law, helping individuals who have suffered catastrophic injuries across the United States. He has handled hundreds of challenging and high-profile negligence cases, securing numerous record-setting verdicts and settlements for his clients across multiple jurisdictions, including the largest medical malpractice jury verdict in U.S. history. Bostwick & Associates has recovered over $1 billion in damages for its clients. Since 2018, the firm has twice broken the State of California's record for the largest medical malpractice verdicts or settlements. Mr. Bostwick has set the bar for litigating some of the most intricate and high-stakes cases in the country.

Mr. Bostwick is a member of the State Bar of California, the Bar Association of San Francisco, the Hawaii State Bar Association, and the American Board of Trial Advocates. As a former president of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, he is also an invited Fellow of the Inner Circle of Advocates, a prestigious organization limited to the top 100 personal injury attorneys in the United States.

Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Bostwick has earned widespread recognition from many invitation-only organizations: Inner Circle of Advocates, limited to the top 100 plaintiff trial lawyers in the U.S., and considered the most exclusive trial lawyer organization in the world; The International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a group limited to the Top 500 plaintiff and defense trial lawyers in the U.S.; American Board of Trial Advocates; and the Lawdragon 500, all of which are based on peer selection. He’s been named to Best Lawyers in America© every year since its inception in 1983 and was named Best Lawyer’s Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2012, rated among the Top 4 Trial Lawyers by the California Bar Journal, and featured in Newsweek, Town and Country, and Forbes as one of America’s top trial lawyers. Mr. Bostwick holds the highest peer rating possible of AV Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell.

* AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.