Top best Workers Compensation lawyers in zip 94612 - California

Firm: Andrew J. Kopp, Attorney at Law

1305 Franklin Street , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Motor Vehicle Accidents, Nursing Home Negligence, Social Security Benefits & Disability, Workers Compensation, Wrongful Death

I represent people in workers' compensation, personal injury, and Social Security Disabilty claims.  Very often these three areas of law overlap (example: a person is severely injured at work by a third party and cannot return to employment).  By becoming knowledgeable and experienced in all three areas of law, I can offer my clients the convenience of having one attorney handle all of their legal needs, rather than three separate attorneys.. I was born in Boston and grew up in Massachusetts.  I attended college at Brandeis University, double majoring and graduating with departmental honors.  I then attended Tulane University School of Law where I was the managing editor for the Tulane Environmental Law Journal and an honors graduate of the trial advocacy program.. I then moved to northern California, where I have lived and practiced law since 1992.  I have been in practice for myself for twenty-five years, but I work closely with several other experienced and exceptional trial attorneys.  I handle every case and communicate with every client personally.  I am committed to helping every client understand their rights and options, so that my clients can make the best choices for themselves and their families.. I am married and have two children. I have a dog, Archie, who comes to work with me on most days.  I enjoy following professional baseball, listening to jazz and blues, and building furniture.

Firm: Hanna,Brophy,MacLean,McAleer & Jensen, LLP

155 Grand Avenue , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Firm: Hanna,Brophy,MacLean,McAleer & Jensen, LLP

155 Grand Avenue , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Firm: Franco Muñoz Law Firm

1720 Broadway , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Mr. Muñoz has over a decade of experience serving clients as an attorney. He began his career practicing criminal law as both a prosecutor and defense attorney gaining valuable jury trial experience. Armed with this experience and teamed with Mr. Franco, René Muñoz now advocates on behalf of you, the injured worker. He never forgot his roots and is extremely excited to represent your interests and fight for justice.. Since 2009, Mr. Muñoz has practiced in Workers' Compensation advocating for employers and insurance. His experience working on behalf of institutional clients gave him a better understanding of what motivates defendants in Workers' Compensation claims. Mr. Muñoz has litigated thousands of workers' compensation claims from beginning to end. He has taken hundreds of depositions of doctors, injured workers, and has tried many cases successfully. His background gives him better insight on how to approach litigation and negotiations on behalf of injured workers because he understands an insurers thought process.

Firm: Boxer & Gerson Llp

300 Frank H Ogawa Plaza , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Firm: Weltin Law Firm

1432 Martin Luther King Jr Way , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Workers Compensation

Firm: Law Office of Mark A. Vickness

1939 Harrison Street , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

The Vickness Law Firm is one of the leading firms in Northern California representing people injured at work. Founded by Mark Vickness, the firm is dedicated to providing the highest quality representation to injured workers. Our small firm strives to maintain a high level of personal service for our clients.. DEATH BENEFITS. When someone dies as a result of a work-related accident, illness or injury, that person’s dependents may be entitled to a death benefit. Minor children may receive the equivalent of temporary disability every two weeks until their eighteenth birthday. Claims for death benefits are routinely denied by insurance carriers. Establishing dependency can be a difficult process. Often times, a number of relatives may claim dependency. In one case, we represented a four-year-old and his mother living in Germany after his father died while working as a California Highway Patrol officer. Eight other people claimed to be dependents including an aunt and uncle living in Spain who flew to Sacramento for the trial. Ultimately, we succeeded in getting full death benefits for our client which included temporary disability payments until he reached the age of eighteen.. CATASTROPHIC INJURIES. Our firm specializes in representing people with work-related catastrophic injuries. Injuries resulting in paralysis and/or ventilator dependency require specialized knowledge and experience. Medical treatment for this type of injury is a complex issue. Nursing care, home health care, housing needs and home modification, wheelchair access, special transportation needs, and training for family members who desire to participate in providing care are just some of the issues that must be addressed. Making sure our clients have all of the treatment they need is of paramount importance. Beyond that, taking care of the family’s financial needs is critical. We have handled numerous cases involving paraplegia, quadriplegia, tetraplegia, severe burn injuries, loss of limbs and other catastrophic injuries.. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS. Public safety officers (such as police and firefighters) are entitled to special benefits and protections under workers’ compensation law in recognition of the dangers they routinely deal with on behalf of the public. Mr. Vickness did his initial training in workers’ compensation with Yale Jones, Esq. (now retired), one of the pre-eminent specialists in representing public safety officers in California. As a result, Mr. Vickness has represented many public safety officers. He has a comprehensive understanding of – and sensitivity to – the issues that are critical to most police officers and firefighters such as the ability to return to work, retirement issues (city, county or PERS), and the potential for discrimination as a result of sustaining a work-related injury. In addition to workers’ compensation cases, Mr. Vickness has represented public safety officers in retirement and social security disability trials.. In one case, Mr. Vickness litigated on behalf of a police officer whose case was denied by the employer claiming that the officer’s injury had been intentionally self-inflicted. Mr. Vickness took that case to the California Court of Appeal and won, getting the denial reversed, full benefits for his client and a published, precedent setting decision that helps all injured workers in the future who face this type of denial. See Smith v. WCAB (2000) 79 Cal. 530; 65 CCC 277. In another case, Mr. Vickness represented a police officer whose case became much more complicated because the claims supervisor handling the case relentlessly tried to build a fraud case against the officer. The case ended well for the officer and very badly for the claims supervisor when Mr. Vickness turned the issue around and brought a fraud action against the claims supervisor.. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST INJURED WORKERS. There are several laws in California that prohibit employers from discriminating against people who are injured on the job. Unfortunately, despite these laws, employers frequently do just that. Mr. Vickness has brought many actions against employers in California. He has gone after the largest national employers, cities, counties and smaller companies as well successfully obtaining penalties and lost wages for his clients. Prior to specializing in workers’ compensation, Mr. Vickness litigated employment discrimination cases in superior court. Many workers’ compensation attorneys will not bother to pursue employers for discriminating against their employees because it takes a lot of effort to develop the evidence to present at trial. Mr. Vickness vigorously pursues these actions for his clients.. EXPERIENCE MATTERS. Workers’ compensation is an extremely technical area of the law. Mr. Vickness has fifteen years of experience litigating workers’ compensation cases. He has been certified by the California State Bar as a specialist in workers’ compensation law since 2002. He has lectured at numerous conferences and taken many cases to the California Court of Appeal. But expertise in the law only goes so far in this business. Workers’ compensation has its own culture and its own community. The personal relationships Mr. Vickness has developed over the years with doctors, defense attorneys, judges, translators and vocational experts is essential for getting results. A client of this firm will never be passed off to a junior associate.

Firm: Hanna,Brophy,MacLean,McAleer & Jensen, LLP

155 Grand Avenue , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Workers Compensation

Firm: Steve Franco

1720 Broadway , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation, Spinal Cord Injury, Slip and Fall, Personal Injury

Rated one of the BEST work comp lawyers by Super Lawyer Magazine, Represented Hundreds of Clients, Mr. Franco has obtained over $150 million in settlements for injured workers. And he offers a free consultation.. He received his law degree from the prestigious University of California, Hastings College of the Law and earned his college degree from UC Berkeley graduating with honors. He has practiced workers' comp law for 7+ years.. **SOME NOTABLE CASES**. *$570,000 Workers' Comp Settlement*: Represented a client who was injured on the job while driving a truck.. *$300,000 Workers' Comp Settlement*: Represented driver in a workers' compensation case who was involved in a motor vehicle accident while working.. *$350,000 Personal Injury Settlement*: Represented a client in a personal injury premise liability claim.. *He has successfully handled and litigated 25+ trials.. **PERSONAL**. Steve lives in Oakland. He represents workers' compensation and personal injury clients throughout California and the Bay Area counties of San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo, Alameda, Solano, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Napa and Sacramento and the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, San Leandro, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Jose, Sausalito, Antioch, Concord, Daly City, Santa Rosa, South San Francisco, Redwood City, San Rafael, Stockton, Novato, Petaluma, Vallejo, Hayward, Antioch, Fremont, Fairfield, Pleasanton, Walnut Creek, Richmond and Sacramento.

Firm: RATTO LAW FIRM, P.C.

600 16th Street , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Mr. Ratto is a local attorney, born in San Francisco and raised in Marin County. His firm has been based in Oakland since his predecessor, Frederick Duda started it in 1960. The firm now concists of six branch offices in Oakland, Concord, San Jose, Salinas, Sacramento and Stockton to serve all of Northern California.. Throughout his career , Mr. Ratto has dedicated himself to representing injured clients in civil and Worker’s Compensation cases in both jury and bench trials. He is the founder of the Ratto Law Firm. Mr. Ratto heads the Ratto Law Firm, which has become one of the most successful Worker’s Compensation law firms in Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area, an accomplishment that results directly from the skill and dedication the firm’s attorneys have demonstrated in protecting their clients interests. Mr. Ratto has represented clients throughout California’s Superior Court’s, California Court of Appeals, United States District Court, Ninth District Court of Appeals and the Worker’s Compensation Appeals Board.. He has primarily represented people who have suffered injuries, many of the result of on-the-job injuries. He has also served as a labor union counsel. Recognizing that is injured clients must also navigate through overwhelming legal and medical issues, Mr. Ratto assists his clients find their way through the related areas of Social Security, State Disability, medical treatment, pension, employment law is and insurance claims. He has lectured before professional groups, doctors, and labor unions. He has been a member of many professional organizations, including Consumer Attorneys of California, California Applicants Attorneys Association,  American Bar Association, San Francisco Bar Association, Alameda County Bar Association, and the Italian-American Bar Association.. Areas of Practice. Workers’ Compensation. Personal Injury. Bar Admissions. California, 1983. U.S. District Court. California State Courts and Courts of Appeal. U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit. U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1983. Education. University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California. J.D. – 1982. University of California, Berkeley – 1978. Honors: With Honors. Major: Political science and Italian literature

Firm: The Law Offices of Jonathan M. Brand

1300 Clay Street, Suite 600 , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation

Firm: Boxer & Gerson Llp

300 Frank H Ogawa Plaza , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Contracts, Estate Planning, Franchise , Probate , Trusts, Wills, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation

Firm: Boxer & Gerson, LLP

300 Frank H Ogawa Plz Ste 500 , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Firm: Boxer & Gerson Llp

300 Frank H Ogawa Plaza , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Firm: Boxer & Gerson Llp

300 Frank H Ogawa Plaza , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Firm: Gorelick & Wolfert, LLP

200 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza. , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

I am an experienced and successful workers compensation atorney. I have a proven track record of large settlements and awards. I graduated law shool with honors. I am on the Board of Governors of CAAA, the organization of attorneys who represent injured workers. I am involved with educating workers compensation attorneys. I speak regularly at workers compensation conventions. I am down to earth. I like to ride my bicycle and garden. I love my ciients. I look forward to meeting with you to discuss your case.

Firm: Boxer & Gerson Llp

300 Frank H Ogawa Plaza , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Firm: Boxer Gerson

300 Frank H Ogawa Plz Ste 500 , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation