Christopher Dolan

Recognized as one of the top plaintiff’s lawyers in California and founder and Chief Legal Counsel of the Dolan Law Firm, attorney Christopher Dolan spearheads significant and challenging lawsuits filed in California state and federal courts against insurance companies, Fortune 500 companies, cities and other public agencies, and product manufacturers.

Chris has been recognized by numerous California and national publications as one of the foremost trial lawyers and skilled negotiators in California. The Daily Journal, the leading legal newspaper in California, has repeatedly selected Chris as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California and one of California’s Top 30 Plantiff Lawyers.

Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers have ranked Chris as a premier personal injury and product liability attorney in Northern California. For 11 consecutive years, Super Lawyers has named Chris as one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Northern California. Chris has received a rating of AV Preeminent from Martindale Hubbell for very high ethical standards and professional excellence as evaluated by his peers in the legal community. For the last four consecutive years, the readers of SF Weekly have selected Chris Dolan as the best injury lawyer in San Francisco.

In 2010, Chris served as President of the Consumer Attorneys of California (“CAOC”), the largest statewide association of trial lawyers in the U.S. In 2013, the CAOC honored Chris with an award for his “many years of dedication, outstanding efforts, and effectiveness” in advancing the rights of the injured and consumers in California. In 2016, Chris served as President of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (“SFTLA”).

Both the CAOC and SFTLA have honored Chris with awards for Trial Lawyer of the Year. Chris has been nominated five times and selected twice as the SFTLA Trial Lawyer of the Year, including in 2017 with co-counsel Anne Costin for their outstanding success in the Williams v. Wyndham timeshare fraud and wrongful termination lawsuit.

Significant awards obtained by Chris for his clients include:

• $6.5 million award for a motorcycle rider severely injured due to a dangerous roadway condition;
• $6 million recovery in wrongful death action brought by husband whose wife was killed in a head-on collision due to the other driver crossing the center line;
• $4.25 settlement for 13-year old boy who suffered permanent brain damage after being struck by a vehicle while walking in a crosswalk at a street intersection;
• $2.5 million settlement for female employee of Fortune 500 company subjected to discrimination and termination for having protested the use of homophobic slurs and statements made in the workplace by senior company executives.