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Oakland’s Injury Law Firm
Since 1973.

Fifty years of standing up for injured workers and accident victims in Alameda, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties. Six attorneys, one office on Hegenberger Road. Free consultation, in English or Spanish.

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Your call is answered, day or night. Injury cases: no fee unless we win. Se habla español.

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  • Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • National Board of Trial Advocacy
  • State Bar of California, California Board of Legal Specialization
  • Super Lawyers
What we handle

Start with the kind of case you have.

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Personal Injury

Car, motorcycle, pedestrian and bus crashes, dog bites, falls, defective products and serious injuries caused by someone else’s negligence. We deal with the insurance company so you can deal with getting better.

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Workers’ Compensation

If you were hurt on the job in the Bay Area, this is the work John E. Hill built the firm on. We handle denied claims, disputed medical care, construction site injuries, and the third-party lawsuits a workers’ comp claim can leave on the table.

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Employment and Civil Rights

Wrongful termination, unpaid wages and overtime, harassment, retaliation, discrimination, and civil rights violations including police misconduct. Fair treatment at work and under the law.

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The firm

Built for people who got hurt. Not for insurance companies.

John E. Hill opened the firm in Oakland in 1973. Fifty years on, it handles the full range of injury cases, from car and motorcycle crashes to falls, dog bites and workplace injuries, and it is still a firm where you talk to the people handling your case, not a call center.

“If you were hit on the freeway or hurt on a job site, the other side shows up with lawyers whose job is to pay you as little as possible. I started this firm so people had somebody at the table who knew the rules better than they did. Fifty years later, that is still the job.”

John E. Hill, Founder
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  • 50+

    Years in practice

    Founded in 1973. The firm has handled accident, injury and workers’ comp claims in the Bay Area through every change in California law since.

  • 6

    Attorneys, one office

    A full bench under one roof in Oakland, so your case has depth behind it without being passed around.

  • 1973

    What has not changed

    Free consultation. No fee unless we win on injury cases. You talk to the lawyer on your case, in English or Spanish. Those were the rules on day one and they are the rules now.

How it works

Three steps from your first call to a plan.

You do not need paperwork or a lawyer’s vocabulary. Tell us what happened and we take it from there.

  1. 01

    Call or send your details

    Tell us what happened, where, and whether you have seen a doctor. Takes a few minutes. Your call is answered, day or night.

  2. 02

    Free case review

    Our team reviews your details and calls you back. You will hear whether you have a claim worth pursuing and what the next steps look like.

  3. 03

    We take over the fight

    Once you hire us, the insurer and the employer deal with us. We handle the filings, the deadlines and the negotiations while you focus on recovery.

Call (510) 588-1000 Send your details → Free consultation. Injury cases: no fee unless we win.
Our attorneys

The lawyers who will actually handle your case.

Before you call

Questions people ask us first.

Short answers here. The full answer depends on your facts, which is what the free consultation is for.

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01How much does it cost to hire you?+

The consultation is free for every type of case, so you can call before you know whether you have one. On personal injury cases there is no fee unless we win, and our fee comes out of what we recover for you. On other cases, if we take your case, we explain how fees and costs would work before you decide to hire us.

02Do you handle my kind of case?+

Almost certainly, if you were hurt. We handle car, motorcycle, pedestrian and bus accidents, falls, dog bites, brain injuries, defective products, medical malpractice and nursing home injuries and wrongful death, along with workers’ compensation, construction site accidents, employment (including retaliation, discrimination and wage and hour) and civil rights cases. If yours is not on that list, call anyway and we will tell you who should handle it.

03The insurance company already made me an offer. Should I take it?+

Not before you know the full extent of your injuries, and not before someone has read the paperwork. Early offers are usually made before the medical picture is clear, and signing a release ends your claim for good. Have us look at it first. That costs nothing.

04What happens after I call?+

Your call is answered, day or night. You tell us what happened, where, and whether you have seen a doctor. Our team reviews your details and calls you back to go over whether you have a claim worth pursuing and what the next steps look like. If you hire us, the insurer and the employer deal with us from then on.

05How long do I have to file in California?+

It depends on the type of case, and some deadlines are short. Most personal injury claims must be filed within two years of the injury, a workers’ compensation application generally within one year, and claims against a city, county or other public agency can require notice in as little as six months. Call early so a deadline does not decide your case for you.

06Where are you, and where do you take cases?+

Our office is at 333 Hegenberger Rd, Suite 500, in Oakland, near the Coliseum and the airport. Most of our clients come from Alameda, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties, and we take cases from elsewhere in Northern California when we are the right fit.

07Do you handle cases in Spanish?+

Yes. You can read this site in Spanish, and your consultation and your case can be handled in Spanish.

Where we work

Alameda, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties.

Our office is in Oakland, and most of our clients come from the three counties that ring the Bay. We know the courts, the employers and the insurers here.

  • Alameda CountyOakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Hayward, San Leandro, Fremont, Union City, Pleasanton, Livermore
  • San FranciscoThe City and County of San Francisco
  • Santa Clara CountySan Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Gilroy, Morgan Hill

We also take cases from elsewhere in Northern California when we are the right fit. Call and ask.

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Tell us what happened.

Call or send the form. You will know where you stand and what we would do next. If we are not the right firm for your case, we will tell you that too. Se habla español.

(510) 588-1000

333 Hegenberger Rd #500, Oakland, CA 94621
Your call is answered, day or night.

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