Personal injury lawyers for all of Contra Costa County

For most personal injury claims in California, two years from the date of injury under Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1. If a public entity may be liable — a city or county vehicle, a transit bus, a dangerous condition of public property — a written government claim is generally required within six months. Because the shorter deadline is so easy to miss, sorting out which one applies should happen early, not later.

Injury cases arising anywhere in Contra Costa County are filed in the Contra Costa County Superior Court, which hears civil matters in Martinez. Whether your crash was in Richmond or Brentwood, the courthouse question is the same — and either way, most cases settle before a lawsuit is ever necessary.

Yes. California follows pure comparative negligence: your recovery is reduced by your share of fault, never automatically eliminated. Insurers know each percentage point they attribute to you saves them money, which is exactly why their allocation deserves scrutiny rather than acceptance.

The whole county, genuinely. Highway 4 to Antioch and Brentwood, I-80 to Richmond and the shoreline cities — these are drives we make regularly, and most of a modern injury case is handled by phone, video, and email anyway. Where you live never limits how hard your case gets worked.

Nothing up front, and nothing at all unless we win. We work on a contingency fee — a percentage of the recovery, agreed in writing before we start. The initial case review is free, so finding out where you stand costs only a phone call.