Michael Danko
Partner, Danko Meredith
Trial lawyer representing those harmed due to the wrongful conduct of others. Catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, aviation, and business torts.
The $14.9 million jury verdict we obtained for our client injured in a plane crash was one of the largest personal injury verdicts obtained in the state of California in 2008. The $20 million settlement we obtained for a client burned in a utility explosion was one of the largest personal injury settlements in the state for 2006.
Other representative results:
$10 million jury verdict for widow of man killed in California helicopter crash (2011);
$2.6 million settlement for a policy holder whose insurance company wrongfully refused to pay $225,000 in medical bills;
$10 million court judgment against a large developer for the breach of a promise to deposit $400,000 into purchase escrow;
$9.8 million jury verdict against a snow resort for a woman injured in a snowboarding accident;
$2.9 million jury verdict against an overhaul facility for a pilot injured in helicopter crash;
$2.2 million court judgment against a state for a bicyclist who fell after hitting an obstruction in the road;
$1.55 million settlement for woman injured in a plane crash at Lake Tahoe;
$50 million court judgment against a candy manufacturer for the wrongful death of child;
$9.75 million settlement for a family injured in a Hawaiian tour helicopter crash on the island of Kauai.
- Dartmouth College
- B.A. (1980)
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- Honors: Magna Cum Laude
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- University of Virginia School of Law
- J.D.
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- Partner
- Danko Meredith
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- Specializing is Catastrophic Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Aviation, Products Liability, and Business Torts.
- Airplane Pilot, Helicopter Pilot, Instrument Rating
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- Top 100 Super Lawyers - Northern Californa
- Thomson Reuters
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- Top 100 Super Lawyer - Northern California
- Thomson Reuters
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Frequent Speaker
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- American Association for Justice
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- Activities: Leaders' Forum
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- Consumer Attorneys of California
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- Activities: Board of Governors
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- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
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- San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association
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- California State Bar # 111359
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- Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association
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- California
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- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Asbestos & Mesothelioma
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Aviation
- General Civil
Michael Danko - 2009 Consumer Attorney of the Year finalist