Wear Trial Law represents people seriously injured by someone else’s negligence throughout Northern California. Michael Wear, a former Marin County prosecutor and career trial lawyer, handles each case personally — from vehicle collisions and catastrophic injuries through wrongful death. Consultations are free, and there is no attorney’s fee unless there is a recovery.

What the firm handles

How California law affects your claim

You generally have two years. California’s deadline for most personal injury claims is two years from the date of injury. Claims against a public entity — a city, county, transit agency, or the state — require a government claim, often within six months, before suit can be filed.

Being partly at fault does not bar recovery. California follows pure comparative fault. If you were 30 percent responsible, your recovery is reduced by 30 percent rather than eliminated.

What the insurer offers first is not what the claim is worth. Early offers are made before the full medical picture exists, and they are made to people who do not yet know what their future treatment will cost.

What a case is actually worth

Nobody can responsibly quote a number early, and any firm that does is guessing. Value depends on liability, the severity and permanence of the injury, available insurance, medical expenses past and future, lost earnings and earning capacity, and how a jury in the relevant county is likely to see it.

What the firm will tell you at the first meeting is what the case depends on, what evidence needs to be preserved, and whether it makes sense to pursue at all.

Why trial readiness matters even when a case settles

Nearly all injury cases resolve short of trial. But cases resolve at values driven by what the defense believes will happen if they do not.

Michael Wear spent more than fifteen years trying cases to juries as a Marin County Deputy District Attorney. Files here are built from the outset as if they will be tried — which is what changes the number on the other side of the table.

Where the firm practices

Marin, Sonoma, San Francisco, Alameda, and Solano Counties, with other California matters considered case by case. Meetings are available in San Rafael, at your home or hospital, or by video.

Free consultation. Call 415-233-9688.

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ

Nothing up front. No attorney’s fee unless there is a recovery; costs are explained in writing before you sign.

Speak with an attorney first. Recorded statements are taken for a reason.

You can still recover. California reduces rather than bars recovery.

Months for straightforward claims; longer where injuries are still resolving or liability is contested.

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