Practice Areas

Personal Injury

  • Automobile Accident
  • Uninsured Motorist
  • Underinsured Motorist
  • Slip and Fall
  • Pedestrian accident
  • Dog bite

Workers' Compensation

  • Work injury
  • Repetitive Motion Injury
  • Cumulative Trauma
  • Specific Work Injury
  • Occupational Diseases
  • Falls from Height

The People’s Law Firm

      The PEOPLE’S LAW FIRM, it’s lawyers and staffs are dedicated to providing the best possible legal representation and technology for the people of the Bay Area and surrounding communities. Led by attorney Robert M. Pave, the lawyer of The PEOPLE’S LAW FIRM has over 35 years of experience resolving injury cases of all types—by trial or by settlements—always to the advantage of our clients. This includes Workers’ Compensation claims and accident claims of all types.

      We never charge for evaluating your case. Your first interview is always free, friendly, confidential and without any obligation by you. Undocumented persons have the same rights to compensation for injuries, as do citizens of the United States, and you can be certain that we are 100% on your side. We will always do our best to assure that you obtain all remedies available under the law. Our friendly, multi-lingual staff speaks Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin and Cantonese.

      In personal injury cases, such as automobile accidents, you will pay us nothing unless and until we recover the money you have coming to you; and then, our fees are less than many (or most) lawyers’ fees. Come to the law firm where your case is the center of our full attention: The PEOPLE’S LAW FIRM, where you are like family to us.

In addition to workplace accidents and illness, our expertise in accident cases includes but is not limited to:

  • Bicycle Accidents (often caused by negligent car drivers)
  • Car Accidents (including Uber, Lyft, and rideshare cars)
  • Motorcycle accidents
  • Common Carrier Accidents (injuries to passengers on buses, trains, taxis, and limousines)
  • Trucking Accidents (including truck vs. car accidents)
  • Pedestrian Accidents (including accidents due to negligent car, taxi, and bus drivers)
  • Dangerous and Defective Products (Products Liability Law)
  • Hazardous Roadways
  • Public Transportation Accidents (injuries to passengers on MUNI, BART, and other public transit)
  • Premises Liability (“Slip and Fall” cases)
  • Wrongful Death

We also are knowledgeable in and handle:

  • Elder Abuse
  • Premises Liability
  • Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Insurance Arbitrations Criminal law and victims’ rights
  • Employment issues

Personal Injury

      Vehicle accidents are an ongoing reality of life in an urban city. Every year people in California are involved in accidents involving an auto, motorcycle, truck, train, bicycle or as a pedestrian. These accidents can cause personal injury, severe injuries or death. If your injury was the result of another person or entity’s negligence or recklessness, you may be entitled to compensation to help you cover your expenses so you can focus on making a quick, smooth, and full recovery If you have sustaied an injury from an auto accident, you should consider hiring an auto injury lawyer at the People's Law Firm to represent you. A strong California auto accident lawyer can make a significant difference in yielding the maximum compensation for your injury.

Workers' Compensation

      At the People's Law Firm our proficient workers compensation lawyers recognize that filing claims can be confusing and tricky. For various reasons, many injured employees don’t file for occupational damages. Those who do file frequently settle for a much lower compensation than they deserve. Because it is imperative you understand your rights, our qualified work accident lawyers will assist you with getting paid for your time off work, medical bills, and any other expenses incurred from an occupational injury. You require a workers compensation lawyer that has your best interests in mind. Our work injury advocates have successfully dealt with these types of claims cases. We are zealous about the rights of injured employees, and we have made it our mission to secure compensation for people fighting against huge corporations. We have represented countless cases since our firm began, and we have received a considerable number of positive verdicts.

Robert M. Pave, ESQ

      Now in his 47th year of law practice, Robert Pave has honed his expertise in the one forum where results are absolutely vital: jury trials… where his clients’ compensation for injuries, his clients’ livelihood and his clients’ very freedom, have been at stake. Mr. Pave has successfully tried 64 injury cases to juries throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, and has completed another 12 jury trials in Southern California. In this process, Mr. Pave has obtained and honed his considerable knowledge of Anatomy, Orthopedics, Neurology, Psychiatry/ Psychology, Brain and Spinal Injury, Accident Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Mechanisms of Injury and associated areas about which expert witnesses regularly testify.


      Robert Pave has a sterling history of an intensive and successful law practice since 1972, both from the Applicants’/Plaintiff’s perspective, and from the Defense perspective, where Mr. Pave has represented clients in insurance claims of all sorts, including Workers’ Compensation and Injury claims arising from accidents—including motor vehicle, homeowners and product liability claims. Mr. Pave utilizes his deep experience and broad knowledge to help each client in the most effective manner: getting results when and where they count the most… his bottom line in every case. Mr. Pave has represented clients in various legal cases, such as white collar and street crimes, divorce, contracts, U.S. Customs cases, business cases and wrongful death cases. Mr. Pave has been recognized and voted by his peers to be featured in Best Lawyers in Northern California/Super Lawyers.

      Passionate about the law, Mr. Pave is a compassionate and caring lawyer who is totally dedicated to achieving the best possible outcome for each and every client. Moreover, Mr. Pave is a zealous advocate who is your voice and your trusted representative when the chips are down. He will aggressively fight for, defend and protect you and your interests when they count the most: in the legal arena. Mr. Pave has successfully settled over 1,000 claims and lawsuits.

      “When I take on a client’s case, I always have my client’s bottom line foremost in my mind: how can I best achieve my client’s goals? I mentally prepare to try each case at every stage through which it takes me, but I never lose sight of bringing about a swift and satisfactory settlement if that should become a possibility.”

James Kim, ESQ

       Is an experiences workers' compensation attorney, having practiced almost exclusively in the field since graduating from UC Hastings School of Law. For most of this time, Mr. Kim represented employers and insurance companies in all facets of workers' compensation. This experience allowed him to develop a deep understanding of the intracacies of the insurances companies' approach to handling the claims of injured workers, allowing him to help those same workers best navigate their claims and obtain all of the benefits they are entitled to under California law.


      

      

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Contact Us

Northern CA

2114 Senter Rd, Suite 11A, San Jose, CA 95112
Phone: (408) 642-5962
Fax: (408) 495-3100


Southern CA

879 W. 190th St., Suite 400, Gardena, CA 90248
Phone: (424) 375-8537
Fax: (408) 495-3100