Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Appellate, Class Action & Mass Torts; view more
Licensed in California since: 2004
Education: University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
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Brian Malloy is with The Brandi Law Firm in San Francisco, where he represents plaintiffs in state and federal courts in cases involving product liability (involving aviation and aircraft, motor vehicles and pharmaceuticals), wrongful death, serious personal injury, elder abuse, consumer fraud and protection, employment matters, class/collective actions, and appeals.
Brian is admitted to the bars of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Washington, D.C., along with several federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. Brian has represented clients in all aspects of litigation, including trials to verdict in California and Nevada state courts as well as federal court, post-judgment enforcement proceedings, and appeals. He is certified as an Appellate Law Specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization and was a 2021 Finalist for Consumer Attorney of the Year from the Consumer Attorneys of California. Brian has been selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers for 2016-2024, Super Lawyers (Northern California) for 2016-2023, and Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars for 2010-2014. He frequently authors articles on various aspects of litigation and trial practice.
Prior to joining The Brandi Law Firm, Brian served as a law clerk to the Honorable Melvin Brunetti of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2004-2005.
Brian graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he earned Order of the Coif, was a member of the Hastings Law Journal and graduated as Valedictorian. Brian is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Oregon, Robert D. Clark Honors College, where he graduated summa cum laude.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Appellate, Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff, Employment Litigation: PlaintiffFocus areas
Brain Injury, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 30% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 30% Appellate
- 20% Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff
- 20% Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2004, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.brandilaw.com/attorneys/brian-j-malloy/
- Northern California Chapter of UO Alumni Association, Treasurer and Board of Directors
- California
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. District Court District of Nevada
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- District of Columbia
- Arizona
- Nevada
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Member
- National Trial Lawyers-Top 40 Under 40 (2016-2020)
- The Tony Patiño Fellowship, General Counsel
- National Trial Lawyers-Top 100
- American Association for Justice, Member
- $18.5 million settlement for minor injured at summer camp sponsored by a city, 2022
- $3 million settlement for family involved in accident in construction zone against the State of California and contractors, following the denial of summary judgment motions, 2023
- Confidential settlement on behalf of a group of former employees who alleged employment discrimination led to their terminations, 2016
- $3 million settlement with the State of California for individual injured by a dangerous condition of public property, obtained after denial of the State’s summary judgment motion (2020), 2020
- Substantial involvement at trial and on appeal regarding a $15 million jury verdict on behalf of man who was rendered a quadriplegic as a result of a defective vehicle, which was affirmed by a federal appeals court (Pierson v. Ford Motor Company, 455 Fed.Appx. 966 (9th Cir.Aug.04, 2011), 2011
- $463,550 jury verdict on behalf of helmeted bicyclist who sustained a concussion after being launched from her bicycle when defendant opened his door into her lane of travel; final judgment over four times insurance company’s final pre-trial offer, 2014
- Appointed Collective Action Counsel in a national overtime action and obtained favorable ruling on the calculation of overtime owed to the employees. (Zulewski v. Hershey Co., 2013 WL 633402 (N.D.Cal. 2013), 2013
- $650,000 settlement for 89-year-old woman who was involved in a motor vehicle accident breaking her legs and sternum and dislocating shoulder, 2011
- $500,000 settlement prior to trial on behalf of family in an elder abuse and wrongful death action against a nursing home, 2007
- $700,000 settlement on behalf of a tourist injured while on a tour bus, 2016
- Confidential settlement on behalf of family of passenger of foreign airliner who died in aircraft accident; claims against airliner brought under Montreal Convention treaty for injury or death during an international flight, 2015
- $2,000,000 settlement involving plaintiff, 64, retired, who was legally blind and accompanied by a service dog, who was struck in a crosswalk by a private bus in San Francisco, sustaining a comminuted left lateral tibial plateau fracture and permanent loss of taste and smell, 2011
- $2.6 million policy limits wrongful death settlement on behalf a husband whose wife was killed by a commercial truck, 2017
- Confidential settlement on behalf of a tourist injured when a San Francisco taxi cab she was riding in ran a red light and crashed causing her significant injuries, 2014
- $750,000 settlement prior to trial on behalf of family in an elder abuse and wrongful death action against a nursing home, 2007
- $10.5 million settlement obtained on behalf of pedestrian who was struck by a commercial truck while crossing the street, sustaining serious brain and physical injuries., 2016
- Confidential settlement on behalf of group of employees who were retaliated against and terminated for asserting employment rights, 2015
- Confidential settlement on behalf of family of passenger who died in an airplane crash, 2016
- Appointed Collective Action Counsel in a national overtime action and obtained summary judgment in favor of the employees holding that the employees were entitled to overtime pay (Campanelli, et al. v. The Hershey Company, 765 F.Supp.2d 1185 (N.D.Cal. 2011), 2011
- $1.3 million settlement for woman seriously injured when taxi cab in which she was a passenger collided with a van driven by an employee of three companies, 2009
- In re Helicopter Crash Near Weaverville, California- Confidential settlement on behalf of two families of firefighters killed in a helicopter crash, 2010
- Confidential settlement on behalf of family of student killed in an airplane crash during flight school training, 2010
- Certified Appellate Law Specialist, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, 2021
- Barristers Club Pro Bono and Community Service Committee (BASF members practicing less than ten years) (2009-2014), 2009
- The Best Lawyers in America©, Best Lawyers, 2025
- The Best Lawyers in America©, Best Lawyers, 2024
- Top 20 Personal Injury Settlements in the United States, 2022, Top Verdict, 2022
- Top 50 Personal Injury Settlements in California, 2023, Top Verdict, 2023
- The Best Lawyers in America©, Best Lawyers, 2023
- Top 10 Personal Injury Settlements in California, Top Verdict, 2022
- The Best Lawyers in America© for 2022, The Best Lawyers in America©, Best Lawyers, 2022
- Finalist, Consumer Attorney of the Year, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2021
- Listed in The Recorder’s Top California Verdicts & Settlements, 2011, 2016 and 2017
- Northern California Rising Stars (Super Lawyers), 2010 – 2014
- Super Lawyers (Northern California), 2016-2021
- The Best Lawyers in America© for 2021, The Best Lawyers in America©, Best Lawyers, 2021
- Top Verdicts & Settlements In The West, 2020, The Recorder, 2020
- 2020, Selected to The Best Lawyers in America, 2020, for Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, The Best Lawyers in America©, Best Lawyers, 2020
- Top 20 Personal Injury Settlements in California and Top 100 Personal Injury Settlements in the United States, 2020, Top Verdict, 2020
- Selected to The Best Lawyers in America, 2019, for Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, The Best Lawyers in America©, 2019, The Best Lawyers in America©, Best Lawyers, 2019
- Selected to The Best Lawyers in America, 2018, for Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, The Best Lawyers in America©, Best Lawyers, 2018
- Top California Verdicts & Settlements, The Recorder, 2017
- Top 50 Settlements in California, Top Verdict, 2017
- Selected to The Best Lawyers in America, 2017, for Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, The Best Lawyers in America©, Best Lawyers, 2017
- Top Northern California Settlements for 2016, Leaders in the Law, 2016
- Top 50 Settlements in California, Top Verdict, 2016
- Selected to The Best Lawyers in America, 2016, for Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, The Best Lawyers in America©, 2016, 2016
- Top California Verdicts & Settlements, The Recorder, 2016
- Top California Settlements, The Recorder, 2011
- University of Oregon, Robert D. Clark Honors College B.A.Honors: Summa Cum LaudeHonors: Phi Beta Kappa Major: Political Science Minor: Business Administration
- "Offensive Use of Summary Judgments: Knocking Out Affirmative Defenses", Plaintiff Magazine, July, 2011
- Is There Really an Agreement to Arbitrate?, Author, Is There Really an Agreement to Arbitrate?, Plaintiff Magazine, 2023
- Overlooked Aspects of Opposing Summary Judgment Motions, Author, Overlooked Aspects of Opposing Summary Judgment Motions, Plaintiff Magazine, 2021
- Proving Implied Persmission, Author, Proving Implied Permission, Plaintiff Magazine, 2020
- Tolling Collective Actions Under the FLSA, Author, Tolling Collective Actions Under the FLSA, Plaintiff Magazine, 2019
- Federal Court Discovery and Deposition Practice: An Update and Overview, Author, Federal Court Discovery and Deposition Practice: An Update and Overview, Plaintiff Magazine, 2018
- "Enforcing Judgments Against Local Public Entities in California", The Trial Lawyer, Summer, 2009
- "Effective Use of the PMK Deposition", The Trial Lawyer, Summer, 2008
- "Binding Interest Arbitration in the Public Sector: A 'New' Proposal for California and Beyond", 55 Hastings L.J. 245, Nov., 2003
- Plaintiff Magazine, Discovery and Deposition Practice In Federal Court, 2012
- Person Most Qualified Deposition-Tools and Tips, CAOC Forum, March/April, 2016, 2016
- The Attorney-Expert Work Product Protection Under the Federal Rules, Plaintiff Magazine, February, 2016, 2016
- Using Deposition Testimony At Trial, The Advocate, January, 2016, 2016
- Using Deposition Testimony At Trial, Plaintiff Magazine, February, 2015, 2015
- Navigating Collective Actions, Plaintiff Magazine, November, 2013, 2013
- Defeating Liability Waivers and the Primary Assumption of Risk Defense, Plaintiff Magazine, 2017
Office location for Brian J. Malloy
354 Pine Street
Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 888-309-1224
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2016 - 2024
- Rising Stars: 2010 - 2014