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Douglas S. Saeltzer

Douglas Saeltzer

Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger

650 California Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108

San Francisco

California (CA)

T: 415-981-7210

F: 415-391-6965

Visit: www.walkuplawoffice.com

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Industry Groups: Amerdican Board Of Trial Advocates, Consumer Attorneys Of California, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association

Practice Areas

Personal Injury Plaintiff: General

Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice

Insurance Coverage

Selected To

• Northern California Super Lawyers 2011
• Northern California Super Lawyers 2010

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Douglas S. Saeltzer is a member of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger, a San Francisco-based law firm dedicated to representing injured plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death cases in California and elsewhere. Douglas specializes in handling large personal injury cases involving defective products, construction-related accidents, nursing home abuse and neglect, medical malpractice, brain injuries, wrongful death, and a variety of other causes, issues and damages. Since joining Walkup in 1998, Douglas has obtained more than $50 million in jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of the firm’s clients.

Douglas is a graduate of University of California Hastings College of the Law, where he was a member of the Constitutional Law Quarterly. He continues to teach and lecture extensively on topics related to his practice and is a faculty member both at Hastings and with the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Douglas has received several professional honors during his career, including the 2011 Trial Lawyer of the Year award from the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, inclusions in The Best Lawyers in America publication and an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell. In 2010, Douglas was elected to membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates.

_{*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell peer review ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.}

About Douglas Saeltzer

Law School: University of California Hastings College of the Law

Admitted: 1994, California

Professional Webpage: www.walkuplawoffice.com/CM/WhoWeAre/WhoWeAreDouglasSaeltzer....

Honors and Awards:

Meritorious Service Medal, United States Army

Bar/Professional Activity:

Member, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
Member, Consumer Attorneys of California
Member, American Association for Justice

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy
Assistant Professor, Personal Injury Litigation, University of California, Hastings College of the Law

Verdicts and Settlements:

Smock v. State of California (Caltrans) and Driver Dangerous Condition of Public Property; Vehicular Negligence $288,000 Jury Verdict
Bradley v. Les Driving & Traffic School Vehicular Negligence $355,000 Jury Verdict
O'Brien v Wheatley Auto Accident $431,569 Jury Verdict
Worker v. Construction Company Construction Site Negligence $750,000 Settlement
Pedestrian v. Delivery Company Vehicular Negligence $925,000 Settlement
Student v. School District Government Liability $1,000,000 Settlement
Patient v. Doctor and Hospital Medical Negligence $1,000,000 Settlement
Driver v. Truck Company and Vehicle Manufacturer Vehicular Negligence/Products Liability $1,030,000 Settlement
Patient v. HMO Medical Negligence $1,100,000 Settlement
Marquez v. Transportes Azteca De Oro Bus Accident/Wrongful Death $1,100,000 Settlement
Pedestrian v. Driver and Owner of Vehicle Vehicular Negligence/Negligent Entrustment $1,500,000 Settlement
Decedent's Family v. Delivery Company, Roadway, and Estate of Negligent Driver Wrongful death, Trucking negligence, Dangerous roadway, and vehicular negligence $1,900,000 Settlement
Confidential v. Confidential Products Liability $2,000,000 Settlement
Brock v. Bonifacio, et. al. Vehicular Negligence/Products Liability $2,800,000 Jury Verdict
LaRocca v. Diablo Contractors, Inc., et. al. Construction Negligence/Vehicular Negligence/Dangerous Condition of Public Property $3,050,000 Settlement
Pedestrian v. Product Manufacturer and Negligent Driver Product Liability and Vehicular Negligence $4,331,250 Settlement
Child v HMO Birth Injury $4,750,000 Settlement
Worker v. Property Management Company Construction Site Negligence $6,000,000 Settlement
Liou v. State of California Dangerous Condition of Public Property $12,200,000 Jury Verdict

Representative Clients:

Smock v State of California (2006) 138 Cal.App.4th 883

Educational Background:

University of California at Los Angeles
Law Journal: Constitutional Law Quarterly

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