Firm Overview

California Complex Personal Injury Litigation Attorneys

At Shea & Shea, our practice emphasizes the recovery of damages on behalf of persons who have suffered severe or disabling injuries, especially those involving brain function or spinal cord damage, as the result of motor vehicle accidents, dangerous property conditions, or workplace accidents. Our lawyers also represent the surviving families of fatal accident victims in wrongful death litigation. To learn how our emphasis on the most severe injury claims has given us the experience that can make the decisive difference in your case, contact a personal injury lawyer at our office in San Jose to schedule a free consultation.

Our Attorneys

Michael M. Shea founded our firm in 1966 and for 41 years has represented injured persons and their families on complex personal injury and product liability cases. He is certified as a trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocate Forum and recognized as one of the leading plaintiff lawyers in America and California. Mr. Shea and the firm have gained an AV rating under Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system and are listed in the Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers.

Michael M. Shea, Jr., is a nationally recognized practitioner of neurolaw, which covers the resolution of personal injury claims related to severe brain and spinal cord injury. He has presented advanced litigation seminars on emerging neurolaw issues to professional audiences in California, Utah, and Washington, D.C.

Mark B. O'Connor joined our firm in 2001 after 15 years of practice with a prominent civil litigation firm, where he developed valuable experience with complex personal injury litigation from the insurance defense perspective. Today, his practice emphasizes complex brain and spinal cord injury cases on behalf of our injured clients, and he is also primarily responsible for the firm's successful appellate practice.

Nicole N. Hancock, concentrates on a wide range of personal injury liability and damages issues that arise in auto accidents, industrial accidents, medical malpractice, premises liability, and unsafe products claims.

Each of our lawyers is highly committed to prompt and attentive client service. In the complex injury cases we handle, many clients and their families rely on us to help them get diagnostic tests, treatment, or therapeutic services that their own insurers resist covering.

We represent clients from all over California, and we also try complex brain injury cases originating in other states such as Nevada, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. We accept cases on a contingent fee basis, and we advance the often substantial expenses involved in proving your claims at our own risk. In other words, we only collect attorneys' fees and recover our expenses when we successfully recover money for you, either through settlement or at trial.

For a free consultation about your legal alternatives in a personal injury or wrongful death case, contact an experienced California neurolaw attorney at Shea & Shea.