William Cooper Callaham

William Cooper Callaham is a partner at Wilcoxen Callaham, LLP, a Sacramento plaintiffs' firm, where he practices personal injury and civil trial law. He was admitted to the State Bar of California on December 16, 1974, holds bar number 60728, and is an active licensee in good standing ^[1]. Born in Guam in 1948, Callaham earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from San Diego State University in 1970 and his Juris Doctor from McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific in 1974 ^[2]. His firm has operated primarily as a plaintiffs' practice from its Sacramento office for more than four decades, handling product liability, automobile and motorcycle accidents, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, medical negligence, attorney malpractice, and elder abuse cases, with recoveries including awards of up to $20 million ^[2]. Callaham is board certified in medical malpractice by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has been named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (1997), the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (2006), and the International Society of Barristers (2009), and he is a member of the American Association for Justice and Consumer Attorneys of California. He appears in the Best Lawyers listing for medical malpractice law, plaintiffs, in Sacramento ^[3], and the firm's partners are regularly invited to speak at conferences throughout the United States ^[2].

Recognition

• Best Lawyers: Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs — Best Lawyers ^[3]