About Us

In 1959, Bruce Walkup founded our law firm with the goal of maximizing the recovery of injured clients by showing a willingness to take their cases before juries. Where other lawyers hesitated, he embraced the opportunity. This philosophy, together with the skill and caring of our attorneys, is what sets us apart

Almost fifty years later, we remain among the top trial firms in the United States and our lawyers continue to obtain seven and eight figure verdicts for our clients. Now our skills are better, our technology cutting edge, and our resources unmatched.

For over four decades our personal injury attorneys have successfully represented people hurt in vehicle accidents while passengers, pedestrians or bicyclists. We have been cited in legal periodicals as the firm that has recovered the most money from the City and County of San Francisco on behalf of municipal railway accident victims. We have established new law and used personal injury litigation to compel common carriers, bus companies and public transportation agency's to act in a safer manner. As leaders in the areas of personal injury and wrongful death litigation, our attorneys have helped shape liability law, while securing millions of dollars in financial compensation for injured clients.

We represent clients of diverse backgrounds who have suffered serious and catastrophic injuries, and family members of loved ones lost in accidents throughout Northern California and Northern Nevada. Our practice is, and always has been, dedicated to representing injured plaintiffs. We do not represent insurance companies or corporations, and we do not represent defendants in personal injury or wrongful death litigation. Our primary goal is getting justice for injured individuals, and securing financial compensation to make them whole.