Practice areas: Personal Injury
Licensed in California since: 1999
Education: University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2012 - 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2011 The Veen Firm
20 Haight StreetSan Francisco, CA 94102 Phone: 415-673-4800 Email: Anthony L. Label Visit website
Anthony L. Label represents individuals who have suffered personal injuries that have life-changing, career-changing, life-ending, or career-ending impact. His clients include victims of traumatic brain injury, spinal cord trauma, nerve damage, and severe orthopedic injuries arising from construction site accidents, industrial accidents, dangerous premises, auto accidents, wrongful death, governmental or public entity liability, and professional negligence. Mr. Label has prosecuted numerous cases with multimillion-dollar resolutions.
Mr. Label is an author and speaker to attorneys and health care professionals on topics related to serious injury trial practice. During law school, Mr. Label served as a judicial extern for two judges in the United States District Court: the Honorable Ronald M. Whyte (1997) and the Honorable Maria Elena James (1998). Prior to joining the Veen Firm in 2003, Mr. Label practiced law as a commercial litigator for a large national law firm headquartered in San Francisco, and practiced in a plaintiff class action firm.
Mr. Label was born in San Francisco, California, and is a fourth-generation San Francisco area native.
First Admitted: 1999, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.veenfirm.com/attorneys/anthony-label/
Bar / Professional Activity
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Past President
- American Association for Justice, Member
- Bar Association of San Francisco, Member – Lawyer Referral & Information Service
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Board of Directors, Board of Governors
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- $18.5 million wrongful death settlement – High-value resolution securing judgment for the family of a primary wage-earner killed in a tragic accident.
- $7 million settlement, Whitehead v. City of Oakland – Highest settlement against the City of Oakland for a hazardous roadway condition.
- Confidential Admiralty and Wrongful Death Matter – Confidential wrongful death settlement resolving a fatal maritime accident.
- $1,070,891 premises liability verdict, Torres and Torres v. Flemming – Jury verdict in a slip-and-fall case on poorly maintained property resulting in a lumbar injury.
- Motor vehicle accident settlement, Juan Diaz and John Doe v. Errant Delivery Company – Recovery involving a delivery driver losing control and crashing into pedestrians.
Pro bono / Community Service
- Hastings School of Law, Volunteer, Student Mock Trial Arguments Judge, 2012
- Food From the Bar, San Francisco and Marin Food Banks, Volunteer, 2013
Educational Background
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California J.D. , 1999
- University of California, Santa Barbara B.A., Major: Psychology, 1994
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Those hiring independent contractors are on the hook for nondelegable duties, Plaintiff Magazine, 2010
- Defeating a liability release, Plaintiff Magazine, 2010
- Injury and Illness Resource Guide for clients, Plaintiff Magazine, 2009
- Overcoming the Defenses: Trial Techniques That Work, presentation at California Brain Injury Association, Neuroscience of Brain Injury Conference, 2010
- Hold me Harmless! (Releases, Liability Waivers, Express Assumption of Risk), presentation at San Francisco Trial Lawyers’ Association Roundtable, 2010
- Basic Training for Depo Plebes, presentation to San Francisco Trial Lawyers’ Association New Lawyers’ Division, 2010
- Author, Love and Marriage, Plaintiff Magazine, 2012
- Author, Making sense of the senseless, Plaintiff Magazine, 2013
- New Year’s Resolution: Defeat a liability release, Plaintiff Magazine, 2010
- Author, Sports and Recreation Cases: Hope Springs Eternal, Plaintiff Magazine, 2011
- Speaker, House of Cards: Scaffolding, Formworks, and Other Temporary Construction Failures, CAOC Hawaii Seminar, 2015
- Chair and Moderator, SFTLA Tahoe Ski And CLE Seminar, 2015
- Speaker, The Legal Issues Related to Stairways, SFTLA New Lawyers Division Ski And CLE, 2014
- Speaker, What You Thought You Knew About Course and Scope of Employment, CAOC Hawaii Convention MCLE Event, 2012
Honors
- Selected by peers to The Best Lawyers in America – US News & World Report 2015-2027
- Selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers List, 2012-2026 – Top 5% of attorneys, as voted by peers
- Trial Lawyer of the Year – Marin Trial Lawyers Association
- Distinguished LRIS Panel Member Award, BASF, Lawyer Referral and Information Service, 2012 – For Outstanding Representation of Injured Plaintiffs and Litigation Expertise Resulting in the Highest Settlement Award in LRIS History
- Marin County Jury Verdict listed in The Recorder “California’s Top Verdicts of 2011” – Torres v. Fleming
- Selected to Rising Stars List, 2011 – Top 2.5% under age 40 as voted by peers
- Selected to Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyers
- SFTLA Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist, 2017
Office location for Anthony L. Label
20 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2012 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2011