Hurt in California?Here’s the way through.
Tell us what happened. An attorney, not an intake desk, calls you back within 15 minutes, day or night. You pay nothing unless we win.
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- A named attorney handles your case from the first call to the last.
- Nine of every ten cases we took last year settled without a trial.
- You keep the majority of every recovery. The math is further down this page.
What to do in the next 72 hours
Whether or not you call us. These four things protect your health and your claim.
- 1
Get seen by a doctor, even if you feel fine.
Adrenaline hides injuries for days. A medical record from day one is also the first thing an insurer looks for, and the first thing they use against you if it’s missing.
- 2
Don’t give the insurance company a recorded statement.
The adjuster who calls will be friendly. They work for the other side. You can say: “I’ll have my attorney get in touch,” and hang up. That is not rude; it is normal.
- 3
Write down what you remember and keep everything.
Photos of the scene and your injuries, the police report number, names of witnesses, receipts, the clothes you were wearing. Memory fades faster than you expect.
- 4
Call us.
It’s free, it’s 24 hours a day, and you will speak to an attorney who can tell you whether you have a case and roughly what it is worth.
What we handle
Injury cases only, across California. If yours isn’t listed, call anyway; we’ll tell you honestly whether we’re the right firm.
- Car accidentsRear-endings, red-light runners, uninsured drivers, and the insurer that calls before you’ve left the hospital.
- Truck accidentsCommercial trucks, trailers and delivery vans. Bigger policies, bigger injuries, and a carrier whose lawyers are on scene before you are.
- Motorcycle accidentsLeft-turning drivers, lane-change collisions, and the assumption that the rider was reckless. We start from the evidence, not the stereotype.
- Pedestrian and bicycle accidentsStruck in a crosswalk, a bike lane, or a parking lot. When there’s no car around you, the injuries are serious and the driver’s insurer knows it.
- Rideshare accidentsUber and Lyft crashes as a passenger, another driver, or a pedestrian. Which insurance applies depends on what the app said at that second.
- Slip and fallWet floors, broken stairs, unlit parking lots and unmarked hazards on someone else’s property. Premises liability, in plain terms.
- Dog bitesCalifornia holds owners strictly liable for bites. No need to prove the dog was dangerous before. Especially important when a child is hurt.
- Wrongful deathWhen someone is killed by another’s negligence, California allows the family to bring a claim. We handle it with the care it needs.
What you keep
Our fee comes out of the settlement. Never out of your pocket, never up front.
Medical liens and case costs come out first, and lowering them is part of our job. On most cases the lien reduction we negotiate is worth more than the difference between our fee and a cheaper firm’s.
If we don’t win, you owe us no fee. Not a reduced fee. None.
- You keep
- $66,667
- Our fee
- $33,333
Fee is one third if the case settles before a lawsuit is filed, 40% if we have to file. Costs and medical liens are settled before this split; we negotiate liens down before you see a number.
How a case moves
Most cases follow these five stages. We tell you which one you’re in and what happens next, every time something changes.
- 1
The call
Today
An attorney listens, asks a few questions, and tells you honestly whether you have a case. If you do and you want us, we sign you up over the phone or at your bedside.
- 2
Investigation
Weeks 1 to 4
We get the police report, medical records, camera footage, and witness statements. We tell every insurer to talk to us, not you. The calls stop.
- 3
Treatment
Months 1 to 6
You focus on getting better. We make sure your care is documented and that no bill goes to collections while the case is open.
- 4
Demand and negotiation
When you’ve recovered as far as you will
We send a demand with every record and every bill, then negotiate. Most cases settle at this stage, and you approve every number before we say yes.
- 5
Filing suit, if we have to
Only when the offer is unfair
If the insurer won’t pay what the case is worth, we file. We prepare every case as if it will reach a jury, which is the main reason most never need to.
Recent results
Three of ours from the last year, with the client’s own words beside each.
$2,400,000
Truck collision, Kern County, Interstate 5
Client’s leg fractured in three places when a tractor-trailer changed lanes without checking. Electronic logs showed the driver had falsified rest periods.
What happened“Daniel had someone at the truck yard photographing the rig before the company could move it. He knew what to ask for. We would never have known any of that on our own.”
Jerome W., Stockton $1,100,000
Rideshare passenger, Los Angeles
Spinal injury to a passenger. Two insurers denied coverage; trip records established the ride was active and the $1 million commercial policy applied.
What happened“Two insurance companies each said the other one was responsible. I had a spinal injury and couldn’t work. Guardian Justice got the trip log from Uber in a week and settled with the million-dollar policy.”
Danielle O., Los Angeles $875,000
Pedestrian, San Diego
Client struck in a marked crosswalk by a driver making a right turn. Bus camera footage settled fault within the first month.
What happened“I was in the bike lane and the driver just turned right across me. His insurance said I came out of nowhere. María pulled the footage from a bus that was behind him. That ended the argument.”
Priya N., San Jose
Every case is different. Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in your case.
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We won’t put your case on a billboard.
The firms on the freeway signs take thousands of cases a year. Yours goes to a case manager, and the lawyer whose face is on the sign may never read your file.
We take fewer cases, on purpose. The attorney who takes your first call is the one who negotiates your settlement, and you have their direct number the whole way.
- One attorney, start to finish.
- No more than 40 open cases per attorney.
- Every call returned the same day.
- We tell you when an offer is fair, even when it means a smaller fee for us.
Who you’ll work with
Three attorneys. One of them will be yours.
Daniel Okafor
Founding partner
Spent seven years defending insurers before switching sides. Knows exactly how they value a claim, and where they cut corners.
María Elena Vásquez
Partner
Former deputy district attorney. Handles the firm’s Spanish-speaking clients directly, in Spanish, from the first call.
Rachel Kim
Trial attorney
Handles rideshare, car and dog bite cases. Has never let a client accept an early offer without knowing what the case is worth.