Anthony L. Label 10YEARSAWARDED

Anthony L. Label

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Awarded Practice Areas
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
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Anthony L. Label
Anthony L. Label
San Francisco, CA
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The Veen Firm LLP

3 Best Lawyers awards

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Biography

Anthony L. Label represents individuals who have suffered personal injuries that have life-changing, career-changing, life-ending, or career-ending impact. His clients include victims of traumatic brain injury, spinal cord trauma, nerve damage, and severe orthopedic injuries arising from construction site accidents, industrial accidents, dangerous premises, auto accidents, wrongful death, governmental or public entity liability, and professional negligence. Mr. Label has prosecuted numerous cases with multimillion-dollar resolutions.

Mr. Label is an author and speaker to attorneys and health care professionals on topics related to serious injury trial practice. During law school, Mr. Label served as a judicial extern for two judges in the United States District Court: the Honorable Ronald M. Whyte (1997) and the Honorable Maria Elena James (1998). Prior to joining the Veen Firm in 2003, Mr. Label practiced law as a commercial litigator for a large national law firm headquartered in San Francisco, and practiced in a plaintiff class action firm.

Mr. Label was born in San Francisco, California, and is a fourth-generation San Francisco area native.

Works at
The Veen Firm LLP

3 Best Lawyers awards

Visit Firm Profile
The Veen Firm LLP logo

Locations

San Francisco, California
888-504-0157
20 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

Education

  • University of California - Santa Barbara, B.A. - Psychology, graduated 1994
  • University of California Hastings College of the Law, J.D., graduated 1999

Bar Admissions

  • California, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1999

Court Admissions

  • California State Courts and Courts of Appeal

Affiliations

  • San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association - Past President
  • San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association - Board of Directors
  • American Association for Justice - Active Member
  • Bar Association of San Francisco - Member – Lawyer Referral & Information Service
  • Consumer Attorneys of California - Board of Governors

Client Testimonials

Anthony Label and Andje Medina of The Veen Firm were fantastic!

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Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2020 - Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs, San Francisco (2020)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027 for work in:
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
  • Consumer Protection Law
  • Civil Rights Law
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Awards:
  • Distinguished LRIS Panel Member Award, BASF, Lawyer Referral and Information Service, 2012 – For Outstanding Representation of Injured Plaintiffs and Litigation Expertise Resulting in the Highest Settlement Award in LRIS History.
  • Selected to Rising Stars List, 2011 – Top 2.5% under age 40 as voted by peers.
  • Marin County Jury Verdict listed in The Recorder “California’s Top Verdicts of 2011” – Torres v. Fleming.
  • Selected by peers to The Best Lawyers in America – US News & World Report, 2015-2026
  • BASF Lawyer of the Year Finalist 2017
  • Top 100: 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers
  • Northern California Super Lawyers List, 2012-2026– Top 5% of attorneys, as voted by peers.

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Case History

Cases
  • Personal Injury: Catastrophic Bicycle Accident (Whitehead V. City of Oakland)
After securing a unanimous California Supreme Court decision invalidating the city's liability waiver, the case resolved for $7,000,000.00. Highest Settlement against city of Oakland for bad road.
  • Class Action: Defective Roof and AC Units in Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Vans
In a nationwide class action alleging defective roof and air conditioning units in Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans, the matter resolved for a $10,000,000.00 settlement.
  • Premises Liability: Slip-and-Fall Resulting in Lumbar Injury (Torres v. Fleming)
A case involving a poorly maintained property in Marin County, the jury returned a verdict of $1,070,891.00.
  • Admiralty and Wrongful Death: Fatal Recreational Watercraft Accident
After years of hard-fought litigation, which included securing a major published Ninth Circuit opinion preserving the grieving family's right to pursue state-court claims against third-party defendants, the matter resolved for a confidential settlement.

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