For the fifth consecutive year, the Walkup Law Firm has been voted the #1 Personal Injury Law Firm in California as recognized by The Recorder’s Best Of 2024 Awards. The firm’s unwavering commitment to injured consumers and their consistent efforts to hold large corporations accountable for wrongdoing were significant in the eyes of fellow attorneys,…
Mike Kelly will be speaking in July on Proving Damages in Wrongful Death Cases at the annual meeting of AAJ in Nashville, Tennessee. In May, Mike served as Master of Ceremonies at the 2024 San Francisco Trial Lawyers “Trial Lawyer of the Year“ dinner held in the Rotunda of the San Francisco City Hall. In…
In Victim’s Family v. Property Owner (Bay Area Sup. Ct.) Matthew Davis and Joseph Nicholson reached a confidential multimillion-dollar mediated settlement paid by the owner and manager of an apartment complex which failed to timely repair a safety fence in a high crime area. As a result, an assailant accessed the property and gunned down…
In Sheriff Deputies v. Ghost Gun Manufacturer, Sara Peters, Spencer Pahlke and Richard Schoenberger represented two law enforcement officers ambushed by a gunman. The gunman, a convicted felon, was legally barred from gun ownership and could not buy a gun through normal means, so instead obtained a “ghost gun.” Ghost guns are sold without serial…
In Patient v. Anesthesiologist (Bay Area Sup. Ct.) Michael Kelly and Valerie Rose negotiated a seven-figure settlement on behalf of a patient who was given the wrong medication. While the patient was undergoing a routine hip replacement procedure, his anesthesiologist confused anesthesia medicine with a blood clotting agent, and inadvertently injected the blood clotting agent…
In Parents v. California Trucking Group (Central Cal. Sup. Ct.) Doris Cheng and Clifton Smoot obtained a policy-limits $3,000,000 settlement, as well as changes to the defendant trucking company’s safety policies. Plaintiffs were the parents of an unmarried adult child. The decedent was studying medicine at the time of the crash and planning a career…
Mike Kelly has been reappointed by Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero to the Judicial Council’s CACI Committee for a new two year term running through 2026. A member of the original CACI “plain language“ drafting committee, Mike joins Southern California’s Christine Spagnoli as the longest serving members of this important working group. During his tenure CACI…
In this issue of FOCUS we take the opportunity to start a new feature focusing on our associates. Here, we profile Tina Glezakos, Clifton Smoot and Martin Neira. Each has unique skills, talents and experience and all contribute to our team approach in complex personal injury and wrongful death case-handling. Before joining us, Tina Glezakos…
In April, partner Matt Davis was honored as the UC Law SF Alumnus of the Year. A member of the class of ’89, Matt has taken a leadership role in representing UC Law SF pro bono in a lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco to improve conditions in the Tenderloin. At the…
The City of Sacramento is paying $4.35 million to the family of an unarmed Black man who died after police officers restrained him, handcuffed and face down, in his parents’ living room with no suspicion of any crime. This matter was previously reported on in our last issue of FOCUS. Since then Walkup litigators Khaldoun…
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