Dawn Hassell

Dawn Leigh Hassell is the managing attorney of The Hassell Law Group, a personal injury firm headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Pinole and the Aptos/Santa Cruz area. She was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1998 and holds an active license ^[1]. Her practice focuses on personal injury matters, including car, truck, motorcycle, and pedestrian accidents, premises liability, and catastrophic injury cases ^[2].

Hassell has practiced personal injury law for more than 26 years and reports an undefeated record in trial and arbitration ^[2]. Her case results include a confidential settlement exceeding $12.5 million for a woman injured in a head-on collision caused by a commercial truck driver, a $5 million settlement arising from a fatal head-on crash, a $4.9 million settlement for a farmworker injured in a commercial truck accident, a $4.67 million court judgment for a motorcyclist struck by a wrong-way driver, and a $4.5 million settlement for a pedestrian who suffered a brain injury after being hit in a crosswalk ^[2].

She earned her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and completed her undergraduate studies at Binghamton University (SUNY), graduating summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and in the top one percent of her class ^[2].

Hassell has been named a Super Lawyer in personal injury law from 2014 through 2025 ^[3], is a member of The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 ^[4], and has been included in Best Lawyers for 2025-2026 ^[5]. She is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, whose membership is limited to attorneys with verdicts and settlements exceeding $2 million ^[6], and San Francisco Magazine has listed her among the Top Women Attorneys in Northern California for eleven consecutive years (2014-2024) ^[7]. Her settlements have been ranked among the largest personal injury results in California by TopVerdict.com in multiple categories and years ^[2].

She served as a member of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association from 2002 to 2012 ^[2]. She is also a sustaining member of Walk San Francisco, a pedestrian safety advocacy organization, and the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.

Recognition

• Super Lawyers — Super Lawyers (2025) ^[2]
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers — The National Trial Lawyers ^[2]
• Best Lawyers — Best Lawyers (2026) ^[2]
• Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum — Million Dollar Advocates Forum ^[2]
• Top Women Attorneys in Northern California — San Francisco Magazine (2024) ^[2]