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News
- Anthony Label Elected 2017 San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association President
- Congratulations to Our SFTLA Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalists
- Craig Peters and Steven Kronenberg Quoted in Food Dive Discussing Issues with the Gig Economy
- Daily Journal Profiles The Veen Firm’s Growth and Creative Approach to Trying Cases
- Elinor Leary and Andje Medina Featured in Best Lawyers® Women of Influence
- Elinor Leary Appointed to the Justice & Diversity Center Board of Directors
- Food Quality & Safety Interviews Steven Kronenberg on the New Food Safety Initiatives in China
- Four Veen Attorneys Present at the 2017 Western Trial Lawyers Association Winter Conference
- Ghost Ship Fire Master Complaint Filed: The Veen Firm Represents Victim’s Mother
- In The News
  - “I’m Sorry,” Legally Speaking: Cliff Smoot Authors Ask the Expert Article
  - A New View with Google Earth: Alexandra Hamilton Authors Article for Trial Magazine
  - ABC10 Reports on The Veen Firm’s Lawsuit Against the Sacramento River Cats
  - Alexandra Hamilton Ask the Expert Nov 2018
  - Alexandra Hamilton, Elinor Leary, Andje Medina and Selected to Top Women 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers; Elinor Leary Selected Amongst the Top 50 Women
  - Alexandra Hamilton: Motion to Strike Supplemental Expert Disclosure Article
  - Anthony Label and Steven Kronenberg Obtain $10 Million Potential Value Nationwide Class Action Settlement in Mercedes Benz Sprinter Van Leaky Roof AC Units
  - Anthony Label Discusses Liability in Trucking Accident Lawsuits in Organized Labor’s Ask the Expert Column
  - Anthony Label Named Marin Trial Lawyers Association’s 2019 Trial Lawyer of the Year
  - Anthony Label Selected to 2016 Northern California Super Lawyers Top 100 List
  - Appeal-Democrat Reports on The Veen Firm’s Lawsuit Regarding Tank Explosion
  - Ask The Expert February 2019
  - Attorneys Attending the San Francisco Trial Lawyers’ 42nd Annual Judges Dinner Dance
  - Avoid Being Burned by a Burning Limits Policy by Alexandra Hamilton
  - Branch Falls From Dangerously Pruned Tree, Paralyzing Woman: The Veen Firm File Claim Against City and County of San Francisco
  - CAOC-Backed SB 33 Signed to Prevent Another Wells Fargo-Sized Scandal
  - Cliff Smoot Named “Outstanding New Lawyer” by SFTLA New Lawyer Division
  - Clifton Smoot July 2019 Ask The Expert Column
  - Confidential Mediation Briefs: David L. Winnett Authors Article in Plaintiff Magazine
  - Congratulations to Our MTLA Trial Attorney of the Year Finalists – Craig Peters and David L. Winnett
  - Craig M. Peters and David L. Winnett Obtain $2.92 Million Settlement for Faulty Aerial Lift That Killed Tree Trimmer
  - Craig Peters Elected 2017 CAOC Vice President 4; Steven Kronenberg, Anthony Label, Elinor Leary and Andje Medina Elected to Board of Governors
  - Craig Peters, Steven Kronenberg, Elinor Leary and Andje Medina Elected to CAOC Board of Governors
  - Daily Journal Top Boutiques
  - David L. Winnett Discusses Workers’ Compensation in Organized Labor’s Ask the Expert Article
  - David L. Winnett Invited to Serve on the Board of Directors for the Marin School of the Arts Foundation
  - David L. Winnett Speaks at Marin County Bar Association’s CLE Event
  - David Winnett – Ask The Expert May 2018
  - Eight Veen attorneys selected for inclusion to the list of 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers
  - Elinor Leary and Alexandra A. Hamilton Submit Government Claim on Behalf of Victim Sexually Assaulted by Inmate
  - Elinor Leary and David L. Winnett File Suit on Behalf of Laborer Grievously Injured at the Moscone Center Project
  - Elinor Leary Appointed to the 2018 Justice & Diversity Center’s Board Executive Committee
  - Elinor Leary Appointed to the 2018 Justice & Diversity Center’s Board of Directors
  - Elinor Leary has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 for her work on behalf of plaintiffs in the areas of Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation.
  - Elinor Leary Leads Workshop for USF School of Law’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic
  - Elinor Leary Selected as Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers
  - Elinor Leary Selected by Consumer Attorneys of America as Recipient of the 2018 Presidential Award of Merit
  - Four Veen Attorneys Present at 2016 CAOC Hawaii Travel Seminar
  - Four Veen Attorneys to Present at 55th Annual CAOC Convention in San Francisco
  - Four Veen Attorneys to Present at CAOC’s 56th Annual CAOC Convention
  - Gagging on Gig-Economy Food Delivery: Steven Kronenberg Authors Article in Plaintiff Magazine
  - General Contractor’s Cost-Cutting Crane Assembly Causes Foot Crush and Toe Amputations
  - I Heard Backyard Pool Filters Can Explode. Is That True? | Anthony Label Answers in Ask The Expert Article
  - Internet Investigations for Effective Discovery: Alexandra Hamilton Authors Article in California Lawyer
  - Kim Wong Organized Labor Article June 2019
  - KTVU Reports on Lawsuit Filed Against UC Board of Regents by Attorney Elinor Leary
  - Labor 411: Ask The Expert | Alexandra Hamilton (November 2016)
  - Labor 411: Ask The Expert | David Winnett (September 2016)
  - Labor 411: Ask The Expert | Steven Kronenberg (July 2016)
  - Lawsuit Filed: “Strikeout” Sign Falls on Man’s Head, Resulting in Injuries
  - Lawsuit Filed: Bicyclist Suffers Coma After Hitting Large Pothole
  - Lawsuit Filed: Construction Worker Crushed and Killed by Steamroller
  - Lawsuit Filed: Truck Driver Killed by Defective Garbage Truck
  - Managing Workers’ Compensation Liens in 3rd Party Actions
  - Multiple Veen Firm Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Best Lawyers List for 2017
  - No Second String: Elinor Leary Authors Article in Plaintiff Magazine
  - Protecting Immigrants from Fraud: Steven Kronenberg Authors Daily Journal Article
  - Proving Damages in a Brain Injury Case When a Plaintiff Returns to Work
  - Safety in the Workplace: Amazon Under Fire for Exposing Warehouse Employees to Unnecessary Risks
  - Six Attorneys on Northern California Super Lawyers List and Four Attorneys on Rising Stars List for 2016
  - Small Property Owners Institute Speaking Engagement: Duties as Landlords and Property Owners
  - Steve Kronenberg Discusses Workers’ Compensation Claims in Organized Labor’s Ask The Expert Column
  - Steve Kronenberg Interviewed by MarketWatch
  - Steven Kronenberg Ask The Expert May 2019
  - Steven Kronenberg Discusses the Recent Chipotle Outbreak in The Motley Fool Article
  - Super Lawyers Recognizes All Twelve Attorneys for 2017 Northern California List; Four Attorneys Named to Top Women’s List & Four Attorneys Named to Top 100 List
  - The Best Lawyers in America 2018 Lists Seven Attorneys from The Veen Firm
  - The Best Lawyers in America 2019 Lists Four Attorneys from The Veen Firm
  - The Best Lawyers in America 2020 Lists Four Attorneys from The Veen Firm
  - The Best Lawyers in America© 2017 Lists Six Attorneys from The Veen Firm
  - The Bizarre World of Hospital Liens Under Parnell, Howell and Dameron: Alexandra Hamilton Authors Plaintiff Magazine Article
  - The Daily Californian Profiles Lawsuit Filed Against UC Board of Regents
  - The Defense Physical Exam is Not an Interrogation: Attorney Clifton Smoot Authors Plaintiff Magazine Article
  - The Recorder Recognizes Two Cases on Top Verdicts and Settlements of 2016
  - The Veen Firm Adds Attorney Annie Wu to Bolster Its Personal Injury Practice
  - The Veen Firm Adds Attorney Cliff Smoot
  - The Veen Firm Case Featured in San Francisco Chronicle’s Northern California Verdicts Section
  - The Veen Firm Congratulates Marian Wright Edelman and Honors Her Commitment to The Fight For Social Justice
  - The Veen Firm Files Lawsuit for Man Severely Injured by Dog Attack
  - The Veen Firm Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Forklift Operator Who Was Severely Injured, Requiring Amputation of Foot
  - The Veen Firm Files Lawsuit: Uber Driver Under Influence and Distracted by Phone Crashes and Injures 3; Uber App Also Alleged to Be a Defective Product
  - The Veen Firm Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department for the Death of Four People
  - The Veen Firm Named Among Daily Journal’s 2017 Top Boutique Law Firms
  - The Veen Firm Named Best Personal Injury Law Firm In San Francisco By The Recorder
  - The Veen Firm Proudly Sponsors San Francisco Bike Coalition’s Bike to Work Day 2018
  - The Veen Firm Proudly Sponsors the San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association Judges Night
  - The Veen Firm Ranked on the 2017 “Best Law Firms” List by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®
  - The Veen Firm Ranked on the 2018 “Best Law Firms” List by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®
  - The Veen Firm Ranked on the 2019 “Best Law Firms” List by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®
  - The Veen Firm Ranked on the 2020 “Best Law Firms” List by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®
  - The Veen Firm Selected to 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
  - The Veen Firm Sponsors CAOC’s Diversity Mixer
  - The Veen Firm Sponsors SFTLA’s Women Referring Women Event
  - The Veen Firm Trial Team Leaders Included in Best Lawyers® Business Edition
  - The Veen Firm’s Case Featured in TopVerdict.com’s Top 50 Settlements in California
  - Three Veen Attorneys Present at 2017 CAOC Hawaii Travel Seminar
  - Tip of the Iceberg: Tip Skimming is an Underreported Problem by Steven Kronenberg
  - Trial Magazine Features The Veen Firm’s 1.3M Verdict in Wright v. State of California; Case Sets Precedent for CA Employees
  - Truck Driver Suffers Severe Injuries: The Veen Firm Files Lawsuit Against Farmington Fresh Sales
  - U.S. News & World Report Turns to Steven Kronenberg to Discuss Blue Bell Listeria Recall
  - What Is Salmonella, Anyway? Attorney Steven Kronenberg Featured in Extra Crispy Article
  - What to Do if You’ve Been Seriously Injured at Work: Alexandra Hamilton Authors Organized Labor’s Ask the Expert Article
  - William L. Veen Named as a Recipient of the CAOC 2018 Robert E. Cartwright, Sr. Award
- Keep Calm and Resist: Anthony Label Authors President’s Message in SFTLA’s Trial Lawyer Magazine
- Kevin Lancaster Honored with SFTLA’s Lifetime Achievement Award
- KTVU Interviews Steven Kronenberg Regarding Legal Liability Issues in Recent Thanksgiving Meal Tragedy
- KTVU Interviews Steven Kronenberg Weighs on Legal Liability Issues in Recent Thanksgiving Meal Tragedy
- Labor 411: Ask The Expert | Anthony Label (March 2017)
- Lawsuit Filed Against New American Homes, Inc. After Worker Suffers Severe Injuries from Fall at Dangerous Construction Site
- Lawsuit Filed: Liftgate Falls on Employee’s Foot, Resulting in Multiple Fractures
- New Year, New Laws in California: Anthony Label Authors Article in Labor 411
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- Publications
  - “Criminal” Torts – Maximizing Your Client’s Recovery Through Effective Use of Victim Restitution
  - “Fair” Warning: How to Traverse a Products Liability Pitfall
  - 9-9-8: It’s The Combination
  - A Question of Too Many Plaintiff’s Experts
  - A Warning About Your Failure to Warn Case
  - Ask the Expert – May 2017
  - Avoid being burned by a burning limits policy
  - Avoiding the Voidable: Ensuring Contingency Fees and Fee-Sharing Agreements are Enforceable
  - Beating Comparative Fault in the Trial of a Bicycle Case: Le Moullac v. Daylight Foods
  - Construction Site Injuries: Strategies for Defeating the Privette Defense
  - Course and Scope of Employment
  - Debunking Myths about Plaintiff Attorneys and the Practice of Personal Injury Law
  - Defense Apologies At Trial
  - Discovery Can Be Key to PI/Workers’ Compensation “Crossover” Cases
  - Do Not Get Tripped Up in Your Next Fall Case
  - Don’t Let a Remains-Mishandling Case Haunt You
  - Don’t Let Defendants “Sargon” Your Experts
  - Email Alerts
  - Food Allergy Risk Management: More Customers, Less Liability
  - Food Law – “Natural” Food and Artificial Injustice
  - Food Processing – A Dangerous Place To Work
  - Food Safety: Records Help Identify Target Defendants
  - Future Medical Costs Post-Corenbaum
  - iPad Apps: Getting Your iPad to Help with Voir Dire
  - Legal Malpractice: Proving the Case-Within-A-Case
  - Let Your Case Speak For Itself Make the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur work for you
  - Looking Beyond the Driver’s Seat to Find Liability in Motor Vehicle Accident Cases
  - Love and Marriage – Marital Privileges in Civil Lawsuits
  - Making Sense of the Senseless – Gun Safety Regulations
  - Motor Vehicle v. Domestic Animal
  - My husband was injured at work when he was climbing a fixed ladder that accessed the roof of the building he was working on. Workers compensation doesn’t cover all of the issues we are dealing with because of his injury. Help?
  - Preventing defendant from muddying the waters at trial
  - Products Liability: The Manufacturer’s Insurer as a Defendant
  - Protecting Employees Working Abroad for Federal Government Contractors
  - Protecting Immigrant Clients
  - Putting the Best Face on Your Client – “Warts and All”
  - Sanctions – To Ask or Not to Ask: That is the Question
  - Sophisticated Users Have Rights, Too
  - Sports and Recreation Cases: Hope Springs Eternal
  - Staffing Agency Employees Injured on the Job: A Double-Edged Sword
  - The 5 Exceptions to the Workers’ Compensation
  - The Bunkhouse Rule
  - The Liability of a Parent Company to a Subsidiary of an Injured Worker
  - Tip of the Iceberg: Tip Skimming is an Underreported Problem
  - To Cross or Not to Cross?
  - To Sub In or Not to Sub In
  - Waging War in the Courtroom and at Appeal
  - When Workers’ Comp is Not the Exclusive Remedy
  - Workers’ Comp Subrogation: Don’t Allow Your Client To Be Extorted
- San Francisco Examiner and SF Gate Report on The Veen Firm’s Lawsuit Against the City and County of San Francisco for Negligent Pruning
- Steven Kronenberg Interviewed by Food Quality & Safety Regarding the Internet of Things
- Steven Kronenberg Provides Tips on Preventing Pathogen Outbreaks in Pizza Today Article
- Steven Kronenberg Quoted in Sonoma County Gazette Discussing the Mexicali Rose Rule for Restaurant Liability
- Sub Rosa on Your Side: Clifton Smoot Authors Article in Plaintiff Magazine
- The Bomb in Your Backyard: Anthony Label Co-Authors Article in Plaintiff Magazine
- The Bomb in Your Backyard: Anthony Label Co-Authors Plaintiff Magazine Article
- The Veen Firm Attorneys Present at SFTLA’s Ski Seminar
- The Veen Firm Files Complaint Against Whole Foods, Potrero Homeowners Association, and R. I. & 17TH, LLC for Hazardous Alarm System that Impaired a Man’s Hearing
- The Veen Firm Files Lawsuit Against City and County of San Francisco, After Woman Left Paralyzed by Falling Branch
- The Veen Firm Files Lawsuit: Maintenance Throws Air Conditioner Fan & Motor Off Rooftop, Severely Injuring Resident
- The Veen Firm Files Lawsuit: Untrained & Unlicensed Security Guard Brutally Attacks Patron at Sacramento Bar
- The Veen Firm Hosts UC Hastings’ Three-Part Seminar Series: How to Start and Build a Successful Firm
- The Veen Firm Named to San Francisco Business Times Top Law Firms List in the Greater Bay Area
- The Veen Firm Proudly Sponsors San Francisco Bike Coalition’s Bike-to-Work Day
- The Veen Firm Supports San Francisco Bike Coalition’s Annual Bike-to-Work Day
- When Sorry Isn’t Enough: Clifton Smoot Analyzes Courtroom Apologies for the Advocate
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- AC Transit Bus Hits Pedestrian
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- Algae Left on Stairs and Lack of Handrail Caused Fall
- Anthony Morales v. FMS Projects, Inc.; and Amber Flooring, Inc.
- ATV Handlebar Defect Causes Injuries to Riders
- Automatic Gate Lacked Adequate Warnings
- Bad faith claim settles for $11,000,000 after insurer refused to defend the plaintiffs’ claims
- Balcony Railing Gives Way on Second Story
- Bicyclist Sideswiped and Run Over on State Route 1
- Big Rig Truck Rear-Ender Results in Back Injuries
- Boy Killed When Winch Cable Snapped
- Broken Ladder Causes Spinal Injuries to Teamster
- Bus Driver Injured by Semi-Truck Accident
- Car Wash Exit Was Negligently Designed
- Careless Cement Truck Driver Runs Into Construction Worker
- Caterer Suddenly Acclerates in Reverse, Trapping Employee and Almost Severing Her Arm
- Code Violations at Apartment Building
- Dangerous Condition at Rice Mill Causes Serious Injury to Miller
- Dangerous Scaffolding Construction Results in Three Story Fall
- Defective Asphalt Paver Crushes Worker
- Defective Design and Inspection of Shoring and Formwork Causes Catastrophic Construction Collapse
- Defective Trailer Stand Results in Amputation
- Defectively Installed Guardrail Causes Catastrophic Injuries to Electrician
- Delivery Driver Loses Control, Crashing into Two Pedestrians
- Distracted Elevator Operator Collides with Welder
- Driver Catastrophically Injured By Defective Auto Seatback
- Driver Seriously Injured in Highway Accident
- Electric Flatbed Truck Had Insufficient Warnings
- Elevator Constructor Repeatedly Injured Due to Hazardous Job Site
- Employer Failed to Provide Restraint System to Roofer
- Experienced Underground Foreman/Heavy Equipment Operator Loses Foot in Conveyor Belt Injury
- Fall From Museum Guard Rail Causes Lifelong Injuries to Child
- Falling Sign Severely Injures Mom in Presence of Children
- Faulty elevator causes injury to SF tenant in wheelchair
- Female Employee Suffers Stroke due to Escalating Stress of Corporate Employer’s Illegal Behavior
- Firefighter Killed by Caterpillar Rollover – Dangerous Design of Operator Compartment
- Forklift Accident Leaves Man with Spine Injuries
- General Contractor’s Use of Unsafe Ladder Causes Fall and Broken Leg
- IT Manager Injured in Head-On Collision
- Jury Finds Delivery Truck Driver Solely Responsible for San Francisco Bicyclist’s Death
- Laborer Electrocuted While Working on Malibu Remodel
- Ladder in Highway Causes Catastrophic Car Accident
- Lineman Becomes Quadriplegic Due to Unsafe Work Environment
- Long term SF tenant fraudulently coerced into leaving home
- Loose Police Dog Bites Neighbor
- Man Intentionally Assaulted, Killed by Bartender
- Meth User Kills Passenger in Motor Vehicle Accident
- Missing Barricades Lead to a Fall Down an Elevator Shaft
- Motor Vehicle Accident Results in One Fatality and Severely Injures Two More
- Motorcycle Accident Results in Amputation
- Motorcyclist T-Boned by Van and Sustains Neck Injuries
- Negligent Design of Wood-Chipper Results in Traumatic Amputation
- Negligent Security Results in Gunshot Wounds and Serious Injuries
- Nets Should Have Been Installed on ATV, Teenager Injured
- Parking Garage Hazards Permanently Impair Patron
- Passenger Claimed Head-On Crash Caused Neck Injury
- Pedestrian Seriously Injured by Truck Driver
- Photographer Injured in Auditorium While in Course of Employment
- Plumber Hit by Pump Hose, Claims Negligence
- Police Inspector Injured by Three Separate Rear-Ender Accidents
- Pool Filter Explodes and Kills a Man, Manufacturer Tries to Cover Up Evidence
- Pool Filter Explodes, Leaving Man Permanently Brain Damaged
- Poor Lighting and No Handrail Causes Stairway Fall
- Poor Lighting Causes Stairway Fall
- Poorly Secured Curtain Wall Causes Serious Injury to Glazier
- Propane Company’s Failure to Locate Leak Causes Gas Explosion and Severe Burn Injuries
- Property Manager’s Removal of Safety Sign Leads to Painter’s Crushing Injury in Elevator Shaft
- Rear-end Collision Causes Dissection of Carotid Artery
- Sewage leak resulting in SJ tenant with disability slipping on stairs
- Spa Treatment Device Shatters and Injures Esthetician
- Start-Up Fraudulently Misleads Investors
- Tenant Suffers Spinal Injury Due to House Fire
- Tree Trimmer Suffers Fatal Fall from Faulty Aerial Lift Device
- Woman Contracts Incurable STD After Partner Withholds Diagnosis of HSV-1; Sets Precedent for Liability in Future Cases
- Woman Left with Permanent Spinal Injuries after Personal Trainer Instructs Her to Use Balance Trainer Incorrectly
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