John D. Winer is recognized State-wide by his colleagues as an outstanding litigation and trial attorney.
He has obtained record setting verdicts and settlements over the last 22 years, often in cases in which his client's economic survival and ability to overcome serious trauma and the death of a loved one were at stake.
Mr. Winer is frequently asked to lecture to other attorneys in his areas of specialty and emphasis including wrongful death, serious personal injury, psychological injury, employment litigation, psychotherapist malpractice, healthcare provider sexual abuse, workplace sexual harassment, elder abuse, traumatic brain injury and catastrophic injury cases. See Practice Areas page for complete list.
In 1994, he spoke on a program with Johnnie Cochran on "Protecting the Young and Oppressed, the Mentally Ill and Incapacitated".
Mr. Winer has received many awards for his contribution to the trial bar including four California Trial Lawyer Association Presidential
Awards of Merit and one California Trial Lawyer Association Outstanding Achievement Award. See Awards and Honors page.
Mr. Winer has received the Martindale-Hubbell AV rating which "is a public confirmation of the status [he]
has achieved as a highly respected, ethical member of the bar. It signifies that [his] legal abilities
are of the very highest standard and that [his] professional ethics and conduct are above question," John Agel, Vice President, Ratings, Martindale-Hubbell.
The College of Master Advocates and Barristers: Mr. Winer has been awarded membership as Senior Counsel member of The College of Master Advocates and Barristers--"which status is conferred consistent with the Common Law Tradition of Honoring Skill and Experience as a Trial Lawyer as well as a demonstrated commitment to promoting Excellence in the Art of Trial Advocacy.
Mr. Winer has appeared on multiple television and radio programs and a number of his cases have received wide media attention. See In The News page.
Mr. Winer has been recognized as a leader in the San Francisco and State-wide trial bar. He was a Vice President of the Consumer Attorneys of California, the largest
plaintiffs' attorney State-wide organization in the country, for six years and he is the immediate past President of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers
Association, a leading plaintiff attorney organization in San Francisco.
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