Steven A. Kronenberg

Notable Recoveries

$12,500,000

Motor Vehicle Collision

Settlement — work vehicle crash alleging failure to train employees.

$10,000,000

Nationwide Class Action Settlement

Kronenberg and Label secure class action resolution involving Mercedes Sprinter van leaks.

$8,500,000

Industrial Accident

Settlement — catwalk fall resulting in paraplegia; suit alleged failure to warn.

$8,400,000

Product Liability

Settlement — wrongful death case alleging defective truck tire.

$7,000,000

Bicycle Crash, Dangerous Road (Whitehead v. City of Oakland)

Highest Settlement against city of Oakland for bad road

Supreme Court Win

Dangerous Roadway Liability

Whitehead v. City of Oakland (CA Supreme Court) — Established that a public entity cannot use a private release to avoid liability for a dangerous roadway.

$6,750,000

Wrongful Death

Settlement — bicyclist fatality involving trucking company and alleged GPS defect.

$6,500,000

Bicycle Crash, Dangerous Road (VanSchoote v. City of Oakland)

Second Highest Settlement against city of Oakland — cyclist injury suit alleging hazardous bike lane design.

Practice Areas

• Construction Accidents
• Workplace Injuries
• Personal Injury Accidents
• Dangerous Property
• Defective Products
• Labor and Employment
• Auto crashes
• Bicycle crashes
• Motorcycle crashes
• Trucking crashes

Bar Admissions

• California, 2001

Education

• Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Juris Doctor – 2001
• Honors: Dean’s List, 1999, 2000, 2001
• Honors: Distinguished Class Performance: Trial Advocacy II, Administrative Law

Published Works

• Gagging on Gig-Economy Food Delivery, Plaintiff Magazine, July, 2017
• Tip of the iceberg: tip skimming is an underreported problem, Plaintiff Magazine, June, 2016
• Food Safety: Records Help Identify Target Defendants and Trigger Insurance Coverage, Plaintiff Magazine, August, 2015
• Food Processing – A Dangerous Place To Work The machinery used to process food products may present products liability opportunities in addition to the WC remedy, August 01, 2014
• Food Law – “Natural” Food and Artificial Injustice, Plaintiff Magazine, August 01, 2013
• Food Allergy Risk Management: More Customers, Less Liability, Journal of Foodservice Business Research, March 7, 2012

Classes & Seminars

• Interviewed in U.S. News & World Report, “Supplier: No listeria in product before going to Blue Bell,” September 22, 2016
• Quoted in Larry Olmsted’s New York Times Bestseller, Real Food Fake Food, published July 2016
• Panelist, Food Safety: Top Risks and How Do You Protect Your Restaurant?, Golden Gate Restaurant Association Industry Conference, April 12, 2016
• There’s WHAT In My Corn Flakes?! A Food Law Update, Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), December 2, 2015
• Speaker, Food Law Update, SFTLA Tahoe Ski and CLE Seminar, January 2015
• Interviewed in Bloomberg Businessweek, “Rotten Tomatoes: Farmers Pay the Price for a False Food-Safety Warning,” September 29, 2014

Honors & Awards

• Selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers List – Top 5% of attorneys, as voted by peers
• AV Preeminent – Martindale Hubbell
• Avvo: 10
• Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers

Associations & Memberships

• Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association, Member
• American Association for Justice, Member
• Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), Board of Governors at Large for the Northern District, Legislative Committee, Past Member
• San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Past Member
• California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), Past Member