California residents facing medical malpractice issues have access to attorneys who specialize in surgical errors, misdiagnosis, birth injuries, medication errors, and hospital negligence. The legal framework in California differs from other states in important ways, and the attorneys listed here have experience navigating Superior Court proceedings and the specific regulations that govern medical malpractice cases in this jurisdiction.

One of the most important things to know about medical malpractice law in California is the statute of limitations. You generally have 3 years or 1 year from discovery (MICRA) from the date of injury to file a claim. California follows pure comparative fault under Li v. Yellow Cab Co. for determining liability, which directly affects how much compensation you may recover. Cases are filed in Superior Court, and knowing how local judges handle these matters gives experienced attorneys a real advantage.

The medical malpractice attorneys listed here practice throughout California and can be filtered by location, reviews, and experience. Each profile includes practice area details, office locations, and client feedback. We recommend comparing several attorneys before making a decision — most offer free initial consultations, which gives you a chance to evaluate their approach and determine whether they're the right fit.

Want to understand your legal rights before contacting an attorney? Read our complete guide to medical malpractice law in California for an in-depth look at California's statutes, court procedures, and what outcomes are possible. When you're ready, use the profiles below to compare attorneys and schedule a consultation.

Sanjay Sobti - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
U.S. Law Center
 4230 Green River Rd Corona CA 92880
(951) 371-0027
California St Univ
Bar #202636
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Criminal Law Divorce
James Wohl - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of James P. Wohl
 1925 Century Park East Suite 2140 Los Angeles CA 90067
(310) 557-2839
Stanford Univ
Bar #34866
California Bar
Unknown Status
Verified
Business Law Elder Law Legal Malpractice
Harry Wayne Harrison - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bodell Law Group
 11455 El Camino Real #400 San Diego CA 92130
(858) 461-4699
University of San Diego School of Law
Bar #211141
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Civil Rights Consumer Law
Jason Kelly Smith - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
MK Smith, APC
 9891 Irvine Center Drive Suite 200 Irvine CA 92618
(949) 299-2500
Pepperdine University School of Law (2008)
English
Bar #277923
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Cannabis & Marijuana Law
Sarah Ashley Pavlik - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hylton & Associates, APC
 21052 Oxnard St Woodland Hills CA 91367
(818) 999-2269
English, French
Bar #291109
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Civil Rights Insurance Claims
Nathan Mubasher - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Nathan Mubasher
 2621 Green River Rd Ste 105 PMB 403 Corona CA 92882
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Arabic
Bar #281645
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Consumer Law
Victor Manuel Perez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Perez Law Firm
 1304 W Center Ave Visalia CA 93291
(559) 625-2626
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Bar #114381
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Criminal Law Domestic Violence
Richard James Molin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Stewart Humpherys & Molin, LLP
 PO BOX 720 CHICO CA 95927
(530) 891-6111
San Francisco State Unv
Bar #66894
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Consumer Law Criminal Law
Dean Harold McVay - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
 650 East Hospitality Lane Suite 600 San Bernardino CA 92408
(909) 381-7166
Vanderbilt University Law School (1987)
English
Bar #149742
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Health Care Law
Timothy Kent Hobbs II - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hobbs Law Group
 250 West 1st Street Ste. 316 Claremont CA 91711
(626) 782-4520
University of La Verne College of Law (2006)
Bar #268532
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Asbestos & Mesothelioma Construction Law Consumer Law
Dmitriy Cherepinskiy - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cherepinskiy Law Office, PC
 1180 S. Beverly Dr, Suite 405 Los Angeles CA 90035
(310) 694-0317
University of California, Davis, School of Law (1999)
Russian, Ukrainian
California Bar
Active License
Agricultural Law Asbestos & Mesothelioma Business Law
T Troy Otus - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Otus Law Group
 7901 Oakport St 4300 Oakland CA 94621
(510) 250-2298
Trinity Univ
Bar #148411
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Consumer Law Criminal Law
John J. Kinney III - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Moseley Collins
 980 9th St 16th Floor Sacramento CA 95814
(916) 444-4444
Liberty University School of Law
English
Bar #300216
9th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Medical Malpractice Nursing Home Abuse Personal Injury
Micheal Anthony Thompson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Micheal A. Thompson, APC
 410 Tuolumne St Vallejo CA 94590
(707) 643-2122
Univ of San Francisco
English
Bar #120424
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Estate Planning
Curtis Robert Quay - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 3393 14th Street Riverside CA 92501
(619) 525-7007
Temple Univ
Spanish
California Bar
Active License
Animal & Dog Law Asbestos & Mesothelioma Civil Rights
Earl Schurmer - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Schurmer Reese Davies
 4640 Admiralty Way Suite 800 Marina Del Rey CA 90292
(805) 981-0764
Southwestern Law School (1988)
English
Bar #150164
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Medical Malpractice Nursing Home Abuse
Steven Jay Weinberg - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
McCune Wright Arevalo, LLP
 73255 El Paseo Suite 10 Palm Desert CA 92260
(760) 346-0227
Univ of California at Los Angeles
Bar #67968
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Medical Malpractice Nursing Home Abuse Personal Injury
Alex Capiro - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 3250 Wilshire Blvd Suite 2200 Los Angeles CA 90010
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (1990)
English, Spanish
California Bar
Unknown Status
Employment Law Medical Malpractice Personal Injury
Melinda Joy Helbock - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Office of Melinda J. Helbock, A.P.C.
 12707 High Bluff Dr., Suite 200 San Diego CA 92024
(858) 794-1456
Univ of California San Diego
Bar #163117
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Asbestos & Mesothelioma Consumer Law Medical Malpractice
Tahj Emmanuel Gomes - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Washington & Heithecker
 330 W 5th St Chico CA 95928
(530) 345-1647
California St Univ Chico
English
Bar #205254
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Insurance Defense
Adam Stoddard - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Zenere Cowden & Stoddard APC
 2005 De La Cruz Blvd., Ste. 240 Santa Clara CA 95050
(408) 475-5575
Lincoln Law School (2006)
English
California Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Civil Rights Construction Law
Mirko Ivanovic - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Ivanovic & Lucius, P.C.
 649 Mission St., 5th Floor San Francisco CA 94105
(415) 843-4815
Concord Law School At Purdue University Global (2011)
Croatian, English, German, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish
Eastern District of California Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Communications & Internet Law Consumer Law
Dr. Steven Andrew Heimberg - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Stalwart Law Group
 800 West Sixth Street Suite 1500 Los Angeles CA 90017
(800) 425-5557
Univ of Tennessee
Bar #127413
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Medical Malpractice Personal Injury Products Liability
Richard Morse III - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Morse Injury Law
 1230 Columbia St Ste 560 San Diego CA 92101
(619) 525-7007
California Western School of Law (2009)
English
California Bar
Active License
Animal & Dog Law Asbestos & Mesothelioma Civil Rights
Robert Edward Blythe II - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Nordstrom, Steele, Nicolette and Blythe
 777 E Tahquitz Canyon Way Suite 200 Palm Springs CA 92262
(760) 837-1884
University of Southern California (1965)
English
Bar #97433
9th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Asbestos & Mesothelioma Civil Rights
Steven R. Vartazarian - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Vartazarian Law Firm
 15250 Ventura Blvd., Suite 505 Los Angeles CA 90067
(818) 990-9949
Oklahoma City Univ
Armenian, English
Bar #227635
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Medical Malpractice Personal Injury Products Liability
Hamed Aghajani - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
United Lawyer Group; United Lawyer Group PLC
 2219 Main Street Suite 1123 Santa Monica CA 90405
Bar #309812
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Asbestos & Mesothelioma Medical Malpractice Personal Injury
Jonathan King - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Offices of Justin H. King
 8301 Utica Ave Suite 101 RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
New York University (2006)
Montana Bar
Unknown Status
Insurance Claims Medical Malpractice Nursing Home Abuse
David Lee Milligan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of David L. Milligan, APC
 1265 W Shaw Ave STE 100 Fresno CA 93711
(559) 439-7500
San Joaquin College of Law
Bar #192184
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Medical Malpractice Personal Injury Products Liability
Daniel Lee Hough - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Daniel L. Hough, Attorney at Law
 26935 Patterson St Perris CA 92570
(951) 940-4885
Western State Univ
Bar #95104
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Medical Malpractice Personal Injury
James Richard Morgan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
James R. Morgan
 1511 Treat Blvd Walnut Creek CA 94598
(925) 947-0200
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Bar #77499
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Construction Law
Timothy Francis Pearce - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Pearce Lewis LLP
 423 Washington St Suite 510 SF CA 94111
(415) 964-5225
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (2001)
Bar #215223
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Asbestos & Mesothelioma Medical Malpractice Products Liability
Lawrence Scott Eisenberg - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Eisenberg & Associates, A Professional Corporation
 9210 Irvine Center Drive Irvine CA 92618
(949) 753-1500
Southwestern Law School (1978)
English
Bar #114120
U.S. Supreme Court Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Legal Malpractice Medical Malpractice
Jon Mitchell Jackson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Jackson & Wilson, Inc.
 65 Enterprise Aliso Viejo CA 92656
(949) 855-8751
Western State University College of Law
Bar #123333
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Civil Rights Consumer Law
Virginia Nelson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Virginia C. Nelson
 550 West C Street Suite 1880 San Diego CA 92101- 8583
University of San Diego School of Law (1976)
English
Unknown Status
Medical Malpractice Personal Injury
John Steiner - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of John Steiner
 1600 Sacramento Inn Way Suite 214 Sacramento CA 95815-3461
(916) 883-1529
Chapman University
English, Farsi, Persian
United States District Court (USDC) for the Eastern District of California (Federal) Bar
Unknown Status
Animal & Dog Law Asbestos & Mesothelioma Civil Rights
James Bergener - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Sweet James Accident Lawyers
 4220 Von Karman Avenue Suite 200 Newport Beach CA 92660
(949) 644-1000
English, Spanish
California Bar
Active License
Animal & Dog Law Elder Law Health Care Law
Mr. Jeremy Keith Hanson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Jeremy K. Hanson
 7344 Magnolia Ave, Suite 235 Riverside CA 92504
(951) 688-0006
California St Univ
California Bar
Unknown Status
Animal & Dog Law Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Louis Samuel Abronson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Abronson Law Offices
 332 N. Second St. San Jose CA 95112
(408) 687-9155
U.C. Davis
Bar #203737
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Civil Rights Consumer Law
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