Practice areas: Personal Injury, Workers' Compensation, Products Liability; view more
Licensed in California since: 1992
Education: University of San Francisco School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2010 - 2026 A partner at Viadro Law, LLP, in Oakland, California, Christopher A. Viadro represents clients throughout the Bay Area in complex personal injury matters. His practice concentrates on catastrophic injury cases involving dangerous premises, defective products and industrial, maritime, and refinery accidents. He also handles professional negligence claims and union workers' compensation litigation.
Mr. Viadro provides aggressive advocacy for individuals who have suffered serious injuries due to the negligence of others. He has secured significant recoveries for his clients, including an $18.5 million court decision against a subcontractor for negligent heavy machinery operation, a $16.8 million court decision against a general contractor for a dangerous deck and a $4 million jury verdict in a premises liability case against a general contractor. His practice emphasizes the intersection of personal injury and workers' compensation law, and he regularly lectures on this subject.
Mr. Viadro earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989 and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of San Francisco School of Law. During law school, he was a member of the McAuliffe Honor Society, recognizing students in the top 10% of their class and received American Jurisprudence Awards in Torts and Constitutional Law.
In 2007, Mr. Viadro was nominated for Trial Lawyer of the Year by the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. He served as President of the USF School of Law Board of Governors from 2016 to 2018 and has been a member of the Board of Directors for the California Applicants’ Attorneys Association since 2012. He is also active in the American Association for Justice, Consumer Attorneys of California and several local trial lawyer associations.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Workers' Compensation: Claimant, Personal Injury - Products: PlaintiffFocus areas
Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 70% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 20% Workers' Compensation: Claimant
- 10% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1992, California
Professional Webpage: http://www.butlerviadro.com/Attorneys/Christopher-A-Viadro.s...
Bar / Professional Activity
- Admitted to the State Bar of California (1992).
- Admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central, Eastern, and Southern Districts of California (1993).
- Board Member, California Applicants' Attorneys Association (2012–Present).
- Board Member, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (2001–2011).
- Board of Governors Member, Alameda/Contra Costa County Trial Lawyers Association (2002–2007).
- Board of Governors Member, University of San Francisco School of Law (2010–2019); Board President (2016–2018).
- Member, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.
- Member, Alameda-Contra Costa County Trial Lawyers Association.
- Member, Consumer Attorneys of California.
- Member, American Association for Justice.
- Member, Alameda County Bar Association.
- Past Chair, Community Involvement Committee.
- Past Chair, Carlene Caldwell Scholarship Committee.
- Early Settlement Conference Panelist, San Francisco Superior Court (2003–2011).
- Fee Dispute Arbitrator, Bar Association of San Francisco (2007–2011).
- International Liaison for the United States, International Network of Boutique Law Firms.
- Team Leader, The Veen Firm, P.C. (1996–2009).
Representative Clients
- Injured union workers, including boilermakers, elevator constructors and mechanics, cement masons, operating engineers, hod carriers, sheet metal workers, carpenters, ironworkers, laborers, electricians, plumbers and pipe fitters, linemen, teamsters, millwrights, and sprinkler fitters.
- Personal injury victims.
Educational Background
- Juris Doctor (J.D.), cum laude, University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California (1992); Member, McAuliffe Honor Society (Top 10% of law school class); American Jurisprudence Awards in Torts and Constitutional Law; Best Brief Award, University of San Francisco School of Law Moot Court Competition; Member, U.S.F. Maritime Law Journal; Member, U.S.F. Law Review.
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Minor in Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1989).
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- "Minimizing the Workers' Compensation Carrier's Reimbursement Claim," Forum (September 2005).
- Frequently lectures on topics concerning third-party lawsuits and the interplay between workers' compensation law.
- Articles profiling San Francisco and Alameda County Superior Court judges in The Verdict and The Trial Lawyer magazines.
- "The 1992 Survey of Non-profit Case Law," U.S.F. Law Review.
- "Reconciling the Rift in American Judicial Treatment of the Qualified Pollution Exclusion," International Insurance Law Review, Vol. 2, Issue 4 (1994).
- "Avoiding Malpractice with C.C.P. 998: A Review of Deocampo v. Ahn," Forum (December 2003).
Honors
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell.
- Trial Lawyer of the Year Nominee, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (2007).
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2010 - 2026
