Brian J. Malloy

Top rated Personal Injury attorney in San Francisco, California

The Brandi Law Firm
Brian J. Malloy
The Brandi Law Firm

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

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2016 - 2024 Selected to Rising Stars: 2010 - 2014

The Brandi Law Firm

354 Pine Street
Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104 Visit website

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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: Plaintiff

Focus 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/

Bar/Professional Activity:
  • 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
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
  • $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
Special Licenses/Certifications:
  • Certified Appellate Law Specialist, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, 2021
Pro bono/Community Service:
  • Barristers Club Pro Bono and Community Service Committee (BASF members practicing less than ten years) (2009-2014), 2009
Honors/Awards:
  • 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
Educational Background:
  • University of Oregon, Robert D. Clark Honors College B.A.Honors: Summa Cum LaudeHonors: Phi Beta Kappa Major:  Political Science Minor:  Business Administration
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Office location for Brian J. Malloy

354 Pine Street
Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104

Phone: 888-309-1224

Selections

9 Years Super Lawyers
5 Years Rising Stars
  • Super Lawyers: 2016 - 2024
  • Rising Stars: 2010 - 2014

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