Scott Righthand is the principal of the Law Office of Scott Righthand, a San Francisco personal injury law firm exclusively representing plaintiffs. He did his undergraduate work at University of Colorado, Boulder and graduated from UC Hastings in San Francisco in 1979 becoming a member of the California Bar in that year.
From 1979-1982 he was an associate at Furth, Fahrner and Wong, an antitrust/administrative law firm in San Francisco. From 1982-1992 he was employed as an associate and then partner at Bostwick & Tehin, a Plaintiff’s personal injury firm in San Francisco.
In 1992 Mr. Righthand founded the Law Office of Scott Righthand, P.C., which proudly continues to only represent accident victims in serious or catastrophic accidents. Mr. Righthand and his team litigate injury cases of nearly every type, including products liability cases. He has litigated and tried products cases, accident cases, malpractice cases and catastrophic injury cases of all types in most jurisdictions throughout the state. He was selected for inclusion in the list of Northern California Super Lawyers® for 2007-2017. He was named as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America in 2009 and has been chosen for the distinguished group of The Best Lawyers in America for 2009-2018. He has been included in the Martindale Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers for more than 25 years. Most recently he was inducted into the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
The following summarize his list of achievements including appellate cases.
Awards & Honors
The Best Lawyers in America, 2009-2018
Northern California Super Lawyers, 2007-2017
Fellow - Litigation Counsel of America, 2009 –present
Nominee for Street Fighter of the Year Award - Consumer Attorneys of California, 2009
Nominee for Consumer Attorney of the Year Award - Consumer Attorneys of California, 2009
Listed in the Bar Association Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 1982-2017
AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Rated Superb by Avvo Professional & Bar Association Memberships
Organizations
Member Abota
San Francisco Bar Association
Member, Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, 1979-1989
State Bar of California
Consumer Attorneys of California
The American Association for Justice
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
Reported Cases
McDaniel vs. Sunset Manor Co. (1990) 220 C.A. 3d 1
Evan F. v. Hughson United Methodist Church (1992) 8 C.A.4th 828
Randi W. v. Muroc Joint Unified School District (1997) 14 Cal. 4th 1066
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