Dawn Leigh Hassell
When Experience Matters. Serious Injuries Require Serious Lawyers.
Dawn is a highly experienced litigator and trial lawyer with extensive knowledge and skill in litigating personal injury and wrongful death cases. She has 24 years of experience successfully resolving personal injury claims in her client’s favor.
Dawn founded The Hassell Law Group in 1999 and has practiced personal injury law in California for the past 24 years. She holds an undefeated record at trial and in arbitration on behalf of her clients. She served as a distinguished Member of the Board of Directors of The San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association from 2002-2012.
Dawn has used her extensive negotiation and litigation experience to successfully advocate for many seriously injured clients. Her results include: a $4,900,000 settlement for a client t-boned by a commercial truck, $4,677,244 court judgment for a seriously injured motorcyclist; a $4,600,000 settlement for a Bay Area pain management doctor who tripped and fell on a dangerous condition sustaining an impalement injury of the dominant hand; $4.500,000 for a client struck by a vehicle in a crosswalk.
Dawn is a fearless and relentless advocate for her clients. She has expert knowledge of personal injury law and civil litigation strategy. She combines this with a high level of business acumen to obtain excellent results in her cases. Dawn works closely with some of the foremost experts in the nation to build clear and compelling personal injury cases on behalf of the firm’s clients.
Dawn is a seven time Super Lawyer® having been named a Super Lawyer® from 2014-2022. Super Lawyer® is a rating bestowed on the top 5% of outstanding lawyers in their practice area who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
In 2020, Dawn was named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100. The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 is an invitation-only organization composed of premier trial lawyers from each state who meet stringent qualifications.
- State University of New York - Binghamton
- Undergraduate Degree | Politics, Philosophy and Law
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- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
- Law Degree
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- Managing Attorney
- Hassell Law Group
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- Dawn is a highly experienced litigator and trial lawyer with extensive knowledge and skill in litigating personal injury and wrongful death cases. She has over 20 years of experience successfully resolving personal injury claims in her clients' favor. Dawn founded The Hassell Law Group in 1999 and has practiced personal injury law in California for the past 21 years. She holds an undefeated record at trial and in arbitration on behalf of her clients. She served as a distinguished Member of the Board of Directors of The San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association from 2002-2012. Dawn has used her extensive negotiation and litigation experience to successfully advocate for many seriously injured clients and families of those killed in wrongful death accidents. Her results include: a $4,677,244 court judgment for a seriously injured motorcyclist and a $4,600,000 settlement for a Bay Area pain management doctor who tripped and fell on a dangerous condition sustaining an impalement injury.
- Northern California Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Awarded Northern California Super Lawyer 2014-2021
- Best Personal Injury Lawyers San Francisco
- Expertise.com
- Top 20 Personal Injury Settlements California
- Top Verdict
- Top 100 Civil Plaintiffs Lawyer
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100
- Top 10 Premises Liability Settlements California
- Top Verdict
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
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- California State Bar # 200080
- Member
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- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 200080
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- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Car Accidents
- Bicycle Accidents
- Pedestrian Accidents
- Uber & Lyft Accidents
- Slip and Fall Injury
- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written