Dolan, Christopher B.

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Updated 9/3/2009

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Current Employment Position(s)

Owner

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Dolan founded The Dolan Law firm in 1995 and has managed its growth from a sole proprietorship to a group of eight attorneys and 16 staff members now located in The Dolan Building in downtown San Francisco. He is widely recognized as a skilled, aggressive, effective advocate for the rights of injured people and people those who have been treated unlawfully in the workplace.

Mr. Dolan serves as a Board Member of the Consumer Attorneys of California, The San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, and the San Francisco Motorcycle and Scooter Coalition. He is a member of The Million Dollar Advocates Forum a nationwide group of trial lawyers whose advocacy has resulted in settlements and/or verdicts in one or more cases with an individual value in excess of $1,000,000.00.

He is a frequent lecturer on legal issues such as governmental liability, dangerous conditions of public property, jury selection, the use of experts, employment law, and municipal transit system litigation. He is often recruited by other attorneys to handle difficult and challenging cases.

Mr. Dolan has tried lawsuits against some of the largest governmental entities such as the State of California, The City and County of San Francisco; the largest Insurance companies such as Allstate, Farmers Insurance, AAA, State Farm, and Mercury; as well as Fortune 500 Companies such as United Airlines therein obtaining significant results for his clients.

Mr. Dolan has authored numerous scholarly legal articles that have been published in FORUM magazine and TRIAL Magazine. He has had his writings included in academic texts used by legal practitioners in the field. He has participated in drafting laws to protect consumers' rights to a fair trial and regularly appears as a witness before the California State Legislature.

Mr. Dolan is an avid motorcyclist having ridden over 250,000 miles throughout five countries. He is a photographer as well as an author.

  • Products Liability Law
  • Property Damage -- Plaintiff
  • Race Discrimination
  • Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff
  • Religious Discrimination
  • Search & Seizure Protections
  • Sex Discrimination
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Sexual Harassment -- Employee
  • Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff
  • State Trial Practice
  • Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee
  • Whistleblower -- Employee
  • Workers' Compensation Law
  • Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff
  • Wrongful Termination -- Employee

    • West Practice Categories

    Age Discrimination, Disability & Illness Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Police Misconduct, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Freedom of Speech, Prisoners' Rights, Search & Seizure Protections, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Whistleblower/Qui Tam, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, Elder Law, Nursing Home, Litigation & Appeals, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Complex Litigation, Federal Trial Practice, State Trial Practice, Animal Bites -- Plaintiff, Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff, Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Workers' Compensation Law

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    Qualifications

    Bar Admissions

    • California, 1993
    • U.S. District Court Central District of California
    • U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
    • U.S. District Court Northern District of California
    • U.S. District Court Southern District of California
    • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

    Honors and Awards

    • Consumer Trial Lawyer of the Year -- California
    • Top 500 Attorney -- LawDragon, 2007
    • Top 100 -- Super Lawyer, 2007
    • San Francisco Trial Lawyers -- Lawyer of the Year, 2006

    Education

    • Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
      Juris Doctor
      Honors: magna cum laude
      Honors: Order of The Coif
      Honors: Dean's Award

      Law Review: The American Criminal Law Review, Executive Editor
    • Boston University, London, England
      Master's of Science
      Honors: First Scholar
      Major: Management
    • Boston University
      Bachelor's Degree
      Honors: magna cum laude
      Honors: Scarlet Key
      Honors: The Dean's Award
      Major: Economics
      Minor: Business Administration
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