Mike Kelly has tried, settled, and arbitrated more than 250 injury and wrongful death cases where the recovery by his client has exceeded $1 million. In 2020, he helped negotiate the $13.5 billion resolution of the 2017 wine country wildfire lawsuits brought against PG&E, and in 2021-22, settled multiple wrongful death cases for 7 and 8 figures caused by Southern California Edison’s negligence relating to the Thomas fire. In the product liability arena, his $8.341 million jury verdict in the first Johnson & Johnson metal-on-metal hip litigation helped produce a $2.5 billion national settlement for all victims. A trucking safety advocate, in the last 5 years, he has recovered over 150 million dollars for the victims of negligent trucking firms.
He is a sought-after speaker and teacher, having presented more than 200 invited lectures, tutorials, seminars, and advocacy demonstrations across the United States, Asia, South America, the United Kingdom, and Eastern Europe.
Since 2019, Mike has been the number one vote-getter four times on the Super Lawyers “Top Ten “ list. In 2023 and 2024, he was singled out by Best Lawyers as the Personal Injury “Lawyer of the Year” for San Francisco. A member of the prestigious Inner Circle of Advocates, he was inducted into both the National Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame and the LawDragon Hall of Fame in 2022. He has been recognized for his leadership in some of the most significant consumer protection cases in our state. He has been appointed by the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court to membership on the statewide CACI jury instructions task force for nearly 20 years.