Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger

Previous Law Firm Name

• Walkup, Shelby, Bastian, Melodia, Kelly & Echeverria, October 1, 1993

Law Firm Overview

EXPERIENCED CALIFORNIA PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS

Established in 1959, we are one of the premier personal injury firms in the western United States. For over five decades our personal injury attorneys have successfully represented injured people, and in the process have established new law and used personal injury litigation to compel corporations to produce safer products. 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. 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.

California Personal Injury Attorneys

San Francisco Accident Injury Lawyers

San Francisco Bay Area · Los Angeles · San Diego · Sacramento · San Jose

Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger is California's premier personal injury law firm. For more than 50 years, our San Francisco personal injury attorneys have represented clients throughout California as well as tourists who were injured or lost a loved one in a negligent accident involving:

• Motor vehicles, dangerous highways, and plane or helicopter crashes
• Defective products, including defective medical devices and drugs
• Medical malpractice and nursing home abuse (we have handled more Kaiser Permanente medical malpractice claims than any other firm in California)
• Bicycle, motorcycle or public transit accidents

Our firm has received the highest rating from U.S. News and World Report and has been profiled by California Super Lawyers magazine. Our California personal injury attorneys consistently win accolades for achievement, including U.S. News & World Report Best Law Firms and Super Lawyers magazine listings:

• In U.S. News & World Report, we are a National Top Tier Law Firm for Product Liability
• In U.S. News & World Report, we are a First Tier Personal Injury Firm in California, a First Tier Medical Malpractice Firm in California, and a First Tier Product Liability Firm in California.
• Senior Partner Michael Kelly was the #2 overall vote-getter in Northern California Super Lawyers Magazine in 2011
• Richard Schoenberger and Paul Melodia are listed among the "Top 100 Lawyers in Northern California" in Super Lawyers Magazine in 2011
• Doris Cheng is in the "Top 50 Women Lawyers in Northern California" in Super Lawyers Magazine in 2011

Our SF accident attorneys have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in individual personal injury claims and class action lawsuits.

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury
• Pedestrian Accidents
• Private Buses
• Muni Accidents
• Diesel Buses
• Electric Trolley Buses
• Cable Cars
• Golden Gate Transit System
• LRV
• Bicycle Accidents
• SamTrans
• Airport Shuttles
• Historic F-Line Streetcars
• Visitor/Tourist Accidents
• Taxi Cab Accidents
• BART Injuries
• Causes of Burn Injuries
• Auto Fires
• Building Fires
• Chemical Burns
• Defective Products
• Electrocution & Electrical Burns
• Explosions
• Flammable Clothing
• Flammable Liquids
• Industrial Accidents
• Propane
• Smoke Detectors
• Smoke Inhalation Injuries
• Legal Issue
• Legal Rights and Compensation for Burn Injury Victims
• Medical Issues
• Burn Treatment
• Scarring
• Skin Grafting
• Types of Burns
• Birth Injuries
• Catastrophic & Serious Injuries
• Motor Vehicle Accidents
• Cancer Misdiagnosis
• Heart Attacks/Disease
• Brain Injuries
• Paralysis
• Wrongful Death
• Emergency Room Errors
• Nursing Injuries
• Fatal Auto Accidents
• Deadly Fires and Explosions
• Children's Deaths
• Infant Death
• Aviation Crashes
• SUV Rollovers
• Fatal Drunk Driving Accidents
• Nursing Home Deaths
• Kaiser Hospital Negligence
• Fatal Drug Reactions
• Truck Accident
• Dangerous Toys
• Property Owner Wrongdoing
• Defective Automobiles
• Lethal Medical Products
• Machine Failures
• Toxic Household Products
• Scaffold Falls
• Poisonous Chemicals
• Government Liability
• Police Misconduct
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

West Practice Categories

Personal Injury