Dawn L. Hassell

Dawn is one of the very top San Francisco Personal Injury attorneys.  She has won multiple 7 figure results including settlements and judgments. She is a highly skilled litigator, strategist and negotiator. She has an undefeated record in trial and arbitration for her clients.  She is also a member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. In recent years, Dawn has obtained case results that were ranked by Top Verdict as some of the very highest in the State if California. These include case results in the Top 10 Settlements and Top 20 Settlements in all of California in her practice area. She has had numerous other case results rank in the Top 50 and Top 100 Settlements in California in given years.  Some of Dawn's substantial settlements and court judgments include: $4.9M settlement in Contra Costa County in 2022 for driver seriously injured in a car accident with a cement truck; $4,677,244 court judgment in San Mateo County for client seriously injured in a motorcycle accident; $4.6M settlement for a pain management physician who sustained an impalement injury in a trip and fall accident; $4.5M for a woman in her 60's struck by a vehicle in a crosswalk who sustained a brain bleed that required hospitalization and surgery; $2.525M for two pedestrians struck by an agricultural vehicle; $1.75M for a driver who required back surgery after being rear-ended by a commercial truck; $1.5M for a driver who sustained a surgical clavicle injury and concussion in a car accident; and $825,000 for a client injured by a dangerous sidewalk. Dawn received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law and was admitted to practice law in California in 1998. She received her undergraduate degree from SUNY Binghamton where she graduated Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and in the top 1% of her class. Dawn served as a Distinguished Member of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association from 2002-2012.