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Welcome to The Law Office of Scott R. Herndon. As a nationally recognized boutique law firm serving communities throughout California, we have helped our clients and their families survive the devastating effects of serious injuries resulting from the intentional, reckless or negligent actions of others. We also handle high-profile employment law matters. We represent an elite base of clients, who value their dignity and roles in their communities.
We handle cases deftly and effectively to ensure that our clients’ lives, reputations, and legacies are protected. Rely on a Berkeley personal injury lawyer today.
The legal system provides a slow, often undignified, and unimaginably empty response to what your family has endured. Your family deserves respect, assistance, and to be made as whole as quickly and as completely as possible.
Over the course of his legal career, principal attorney Scott Herndon has achieved remarkable success advocating on behalf of clients seriously injured in a wide range of accidents, incidents and other circumstances. Some of our primary areas of focus include but are not limited to:
Our Berkeley personal injury attorney is prepared to devote our full time, energy and resources to your serious injury case. Whether you have suffered a catastrophic injury or lost a loved one to a preventable tragedy, you may be entitled to compensation when someone else is at fault.
Also a member of San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (SFTLA), California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), and Approved Top Lead Counsel Verified.
A lawyer can never turn back time and erase an injury. Instead, our Berkeley personal injury attorneys are empowered to fight to obtain resources for their clients to heal and return to their lives. A plaintiff’s being made whole in this sense comes in the form of financial compensation, sometimes called “damages.” The compensation a plaintiff can collect depends on the details of their case. In general, damages fall into the following categories:
Economic damages include such items as medical bills, lost income (present and future), and future medical and therapeutic needs.
These include losses and costs such as loss of quality of life, permanent disfigurement, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other forms of pain and suffering.
Damages levied against a defendant who committed an act with malice, gross negligence, intentional harm or fraud.
The Law Office of Scott R. Herndon represents clients and families across California, the Bay Area, and Los Angeles. We retain world-class scientific, medical, and forensic experts to ensure our clients receive the maximum compensation to which they are entitled.
The CDC reports hundreds of thousands of deaths from unintentional injury in the U.S. every year, making it the leading cause of fatalities among people ages 1-45 years old. Millions more suffer serious nonfatal injuries, which often require hospitalization for treatment.
The financial implications of a serious injury can be staggering. In 2019 alone, the CDC estimated the total economic cost of injury to be $4.2 trillion, factoring in not only medical expenses but also missed wages and the value of statistical life and quality of life losses.
Many injuries are simply the result of accidents. They can occur due to acts of nature, honest mistakes, or other unavoidable factors. Other accidental injuries are self-inflicted. But many injuries result directly or indirectly from impermissibly negligent, reckless, or intentional behavior. These are the personal injury cases we handle.
No one should be forced to shoulder the financial burden of an injury alone, if someone else’s carelessness is to blame. Our legal system enables us to file civil claims seeking coverage for the tangible and intangible costs of our clients’ injuries.
Success in these cases depends on establishing fault. To do so, plaintiffs must prove that the following conditions were present:
These elements form the basis of all personal injury lawsuits. At the Law Office of Scott R. Herndon, we provide free consultations to all potential clients during which we evaluate the details of their injury case. Call today to work with a Berkeley personal injury lawyer.
The Law Office of Scott R. Herndon represents plaintiffs throughout California, and has been nationally recognized for providing the highest level of legal services to clients in their personal injury cases.
Contact us online to schedule a free consultation, or call (415) 360-5477 to learn more about how we can help.
