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In Commuter v. CCSF (S.F. Sup. Ct.) Michael Kelly and Conor Kelly obtained an $11,000,000 settlement on behalf of a 78-year-old woman who was struck by a cable car while

Our team of fire lawyers including Mike Kelly, Khaldoun Baghdadi, Andrew McDevitt, Max Schuver, and Owen Stephens, plus a host of paralegals, legal assistants and other specialists, have been toiling

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

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

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

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

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

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

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