California's finest

Serving California for over 50 years

Oakland Personal Injury Lawyers

Workplace injuries can change your life in an instant. You deserve an attorney who knows the system and knows how to protect your rights.

With over five decades of experience representing injured workers in the San Francisco Bay Area, John E. Hill has built a reputation for dedicated advocacy and personalized service. We don’t treat clients like case numbers — we treat them like people who need real help during a difficult time.

If you’ve been injured on the job, we are prepared to take on your claim, guide you through the workers’ compensation process, and pursue the full benefits you deserve.

Area Of Practice

How Can We Help You

We handle car accident cases involving injury claims, insurance disputes, vehicle damage, and compensation for your losses.

We handle personal injury cases involving accidents, negligence, medical expenses, and compensation for your suffering.

We represent clients in workers’ compensation cases involving injuries, lost wages, medical care, and employer disputes.

We represent employees harmed by workplace harassment, retaliation, or hostile environments, pursuing compensation, policy changes, and accountability under state and federal law.

Motorcycle accidents

We advocate for injured riders, investigating visibility issues, road hazards, and insurance disputes to recover medical costs, bike repairs, and lost wages.

Wrongful death

We stand with families after a preventable death, seeking funeral costs, lost financial support, and justice from negligent drivers, employers, or companies.

Bus accidents

We handle crashes involving city, school, and charter buses, addressing multi-party liability and tough insurers to secure full compensation for serious injuries.

Boat accidents

We handle boating and watercraft injuries on lakes, rivers, and marinas, addressing operator negligence, alcohol use, and rental liability to recover your losses.

Dog bites

We pursue claims for dog bites and animal attacks, seeking medical costs, lost wages, scarring compensation, and pain and suffering under California’s strict-liability law.

We fight for clients in civil rights cases involving discrimination, police misconduct, unlawful arrests, and violations of constitutional rights.

Serious injuries

We handle personal injury cases involving accidents, negligence, medical expenses, and compensation for your suffering.

Pedestrian accidents

We represent pedestrians struck by cars, rideshare, buses, or delivery vehicles, recovering medical bills, lost income, and damages for pain and long-term disability.

We represent clients with head and brain trauma from crashes, falls, or assaults—including concussions, diffuse axonal injury, and post-concussion syndrome. We pursue compensation for neurology care, rehab, lost wages, and long-term cognitive and emotional impacts.

We represent employees in employment disputes, including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wage-and-hour violations. We fight to recover unpaid wages and overtime, penalties, and compensation for the harm you’ve suffered.

For Our Honorable Clients

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At John Hill's Offices

We Put Our Clients’ Needs First When Tragedy Strikes

With a practice almost entirely focused on helping injured individuals, we’re prepared to help you with the following types of cases:

Workers’ Compensation

Our board-certified attorneys and our entire legal team can assist you if you’ve been hurt on the job. If you don’t know where to turn after a workplace accident, we at the Law Offices of John E. Hill, P.C., are ready to help you navigate a path toward obtaining the benefits and compensation you deserve.

Personal Injury

Accidents happen — but that doesn’t mean you and your loved ones are the ones who should suffer. If you were hurt because of a dangerous product or a dangerous condition on someone’s property, injured in a car accident or a pedestrian accident, assaulted, injured by a physician’s negligence, our Oakland personal injury attorneys can provide valuable advice.

Employment Wage/Hour

Our firm strives to get workers the fair treatment they are entitled to by law.

Serving California for over 50 years

Areas of operation

We serve clients throughout California, including, but not limited to, those in the following localities: Alameda County including Alameda, Ashland, Hayward, Oakland, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, and Union City; Contra Costa County including Antioch, Bay Point, Concord, El Sobrante, Pittsburg, Richmond, and San Pablo; Kings County including Avenal, Corcoran, Hanford, and Lemoore; San Francisco; and Santa Clara County including Gilroy, Morgan Hill, and San Jose.

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