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Haapala, Thompson & Abern, LLP, provides high quality legal services in defense of public
entities, insurance carriers, individuals, and businesses in Northern California. Our founding
partners began the firm more than thirty years ago, and during that time we have developed
the litigation expertise to afford our clients comprehensive representation in a broad range of
state and federal controversies.
The firm has an extensive public entity defense practice, which includes federal civil rights
actions under Section 1983, state civil rights claims, medical negligence, FEHA and Title VII employment cases. We have successfully litigated numerous high profile cases.
The firm handles a wide variety of first and third party insurance cases, involving claims such
as products liability, premises liability, construction accidents, motor vehicle accidents,
construction defects, landlord-tenant disputes, disability access, land use, and toxic torts.
The firm has a dynamic appellate practice that affords our clients every opportunity to pursue,
or preserve, a successful case outcome. We advocate both established issues of law as well
as issues of first impression in pursuing and defending appeals and petitions for
extraordinary relief, stemming from all of our practice areas in state and federal courts.
With decades of litigation experience, our senior practitioners have the expertise to resolve
civil controversies through alternative dispute resolution. Most often this takes the form of
private mediation or arbitration; however, the flexible nature of this process allows the
practitioner and parties to structure the process to their needs.
entities, insurance carriers, individuals, and businesses in Northern California. Our founding
partners began the firm more than thirty years ago, and during that time we have developed
the litigation expertise to afford our clients comprehensive representation in a broad range of
state and federal controversies.
The firm has an extensive public entity defense practice, which includes federal civil rights
actions under Section 1983, state civil rights claims, medical negligence, FEHA and Title VII employment cases. We have successfully litigated numerous high profile cases.
The firm handles a wide variety of first and third party insurance cases, involving claims such
as products liability, premises liability, construction accidents, motor vehicle accidents,
construction defects, landlord-tenant disputes, disability access, land use, and toxic torts.
The firm has a dynamic appellate practice that affords our clients every opportunity to pursue,
or preserve, a successful case outcome. We advocate both established issues of law as well
as issues of first impression in pursuing and defending appeals and petitions for
extraordinary relief, stemming from all of our practice areas in state and federal courts.
With decades of litigation experience, our senior practitioners have the expertise to resolve
civil controversies through alternative dispute resolution. Most often this takes the form of
private mediation or arbitration; however, the flexible nature of this process allows the
practitioner and parties to structure the process to their needs.
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