Best California Personal Injury & Car Accident Attorneys

The professional and personal care that everyone in your firm has extended to our family has been beyond compare.-M. and S.

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For nearly 40 years, we have earned an undisputed track record of success by obtaining recoveries in more than 99% of our cases for a total of $850 million for accident victims and their families from insurance companies and corporate defendants. GJEL Accident Attorneys has extensive experience with all types of serious injury cases, including wrongful death and insurance claims and disputes.

Auto Accidents
We're experts in accident reconstruction & help our clients medical, vehicle repair and replacement, rental car and other bills from day one.
Bicycle Accidents
We’ve successfully handled hundreds of bicycle accident cases with a success rate of over 99%, and we routinely resolve our cases more quickly and more successfully than less-experienced bicycle accident lawyers.
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS
We will get your bike fixed and back to its original condition. We will NOT let the insurance company nickel-and-dime you. We fight the bias against motorcyclists every day–and win.
PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS
We have successfully resolved hundreds of pedestrian accident cases and obtained well over $25 million in verdicts and settlements for our clients who were injured as pedestrians.

Meet our Attorneys

As partner Andy Gillin is fond of saying, “We love fighting for the little guy.” We all began our careers in public service, and while the cases have gotten larger and more complex along the way, that hasn’t changed our firm’s focus. We're still proud of our community involvement over 40 years later. The one-on-one relationships with our clients are truly important for every member of our firm, and we maintain friendships with our clients long after we’ve won their cases. We invite you to get to know each of our attorneys better by visiting their profiles.

Andrew R. Gillin
Andy Gillin received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and his law degree from the University of Chicago.
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Ralph L. Jacobson
Ralph Jacobson received his law degree from Stanford University in 1969. His concentration has been in personal injury and employment litigation for over 30 years.
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Luke Ellis
Luke Ellis was named Lawyer of the Year for 2014-Personal Injury, by Best Lawyers of America and was selected as one of the ‘Lions of Litigation’ by Berkeley Law (Boalt Hall), University of California.
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Jim Larsen
Jim Larsen received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1982, and his law degree from the University of Oregon in 1986.
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Kristin M. Lucey
Kristin Lucey received her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Redlands in 1992 and her law degree from the University of California, Davis, School of Law in 1996.
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Bill Dullea
William Dullea received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Oregon in 1971 and his law degree from the University of Santa Clara, School of Law in 1975.
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GJEL’s blog is led by GJEL attorney Jim Larsen and Jason Arango, and jointly maintained by our community outreach team. We focus on issues of road safety for drivers, passengers, riders, cyclists and pedestrians, as well as important issues related to the legal community.