Oliver Vallejo holds people responsible for the harms they cause. He fights for victims of negligence, recklessness, and callousness. He handles all types of injury cases, including:
- car crash
- bicycle crash
- slip-and-fall
- dangerous stairway
- defective product
- wrongful death
- dangerous property
- premises liability
- negligent security
- governmental negligence
- dangerous roads
- assault-and-battery
Oliver also fights for victims of wildfires and other disasters. For his career, Oliver has helped recover over $50 million for his clients.
Oliver has practiced law for over 20 years. From 1998 to 2001, he worked as a Federal Public Defender, where he represented clients charged with federal crimes. His cases included three published decisions:
- United States v. Poocha, 259 F.3d 1077 (9th Cir. 2001)
- United States v. Taylor, 258 F.3d 1065 (9th Cir. 2001)
- United States v. Coutchavlis, 260 F.3d 1149 (9th Cir. 2001)
As a public defender, Oliver also fought to help free hundreds of Southeast Asian and Cuban immigrants from indefinite detention in jail. From 2001-2011, Oliver worked at a San Francisco injury law firm, where he had success against large entities, such as Caltrans, Ford, and Purex.
Admissions: Oliver is admitted to practice in California.
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, J.D., 1998
American University
Washington, D.C., B.A., 1993
- California, 1998
- U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1998
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2009
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Past
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Board of Governors
- Bar Association of San Francisco
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
- Selected by California Super Lawyers magazine as a “Super Lawyer” in personal injury litigation. Only 5% of practicing attorneys in the state are selected each year.
- Five-star rating on Yelp
Current
- San Francisco Vikings Soccer Club
- Holy Name School
Past
- Lafayette Elementary School, PTA Board member
- Lafayette Elementary School, School Site Council member
- Lands End Preschool Executive Board
- Volunteers In Parole
- “The Privette deposition,” Plaintiff, October 2020
- “The bomb in your backyard,” Plaintiff, March 2017
- “Sophisticated users have rights, too,” Plaintiff, November 2012
- “Civil success through OSHA: Suarez v. Pacific Northstar Mechanical creates a new tort duty,” Plaintiff, March 2011
- “Products liability: Beating the component parts defense,” Plaintiff, December 2009
- “Trial documents you can write in advance,” Plaintiff, June 2009
- “Successor-liability options in a product-liability case,”
- “Parts unknown,” San Francisco Daily Journal, February 2008
- “Often-Overlooked Tort Liability Theories In Workers’ Compensation Cases,” Consumer Attorneys of California, 2006
- “Assumption Of The Risk And Recreational Premises Liability,” Consumer Attorneys of California & Western Trial Lawyers Association, 2005
- “Whom to Sue in a Products Liability Action When the Original Manufacturer is Not Available,” Western Trial Lawyers Association, 2002