About Law Office Of Daniel H. Rose · San Francisco
The Law Office of Daniel H. Rose is a San Francisco personal injury and wrongful death law firm founded and led by attorney Daniel Howard Rose (California State Bar #115237, admitted 1984). Based at One Sansome Street in San Francisco's Financial District, the firm represents individuals and families throughout the Bay Area, Silicon Valley, and Central Valley in cases involving bicycles, pedestrians, motorcycles, cars, trucks, drunk drivers, premises liability, brain injury, and wrongful death. Daniel Rose is a former partner with Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, has secured over $100 million in compensation for clients, and is consistently named a Northern California Super Lawyer. The firm also operates Daniel Rose Mediation Services (mediatorsfbay.com), handling civil mediations in person and via Zoom throughout California.
Daniel H. Rose launched his solo plaintiff-side personal injury practice in San Francisco after years as a partner at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, one of the nation's premier complex-litigation firms. Admitted to the California State Bar in 1984 and to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California the same year, Mr. Rose focuses exclusively on representing injured victims and bereaved families — never insurance companies. The firm is best known as one of the leading Bay Area practices for bicycle, pedestrian, and motorcycle accident cases, but it also handles car, truck, and drunk-driver collisions, wrongful death, premises liability, brain injury, construction accidents, animal attacks, product liability, and certain insurance bad-faith disputes. Notable reported results include a $5 million recovery for a client hit by a truck that ran a red light and a $2 million recovery for a client struck by a vehicle making an unsafe left turn; total recoveries exceed $100 million. Mr. Rose holds an Avvo 'Superb' rating, has been named to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 (2016), received the Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award (2015), and has been a Northern California Super Lawyer every year from 2019 through 2025. He also serves as a Mandatory Settlement Conference Officer with the San Francisco Superior Court and is a panel mediator with National Arbitration & Mediation (NAM). The firm sponsors Bay Area bicycle coalitions and Walk San Francisco, and provides several hours per week of free legal advice to community members. All personal injury matters are handled on contingency, and the firm offers a free initial phone consultation with the senior attorney seven days a week.
- In business
- Daniel H. Rose admitted to the California State Bar in 1984; the firm has operated continuously for 40+ years. Solo firm practice established after his partnership at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP.
- Owner
- Daniel Howard Rose (founder, owner, and principal attorney)
- Serves
- San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, and Central Valley for personal injury cases; statewide California for mediation services (in-person and via Zoom).
- Rating
- 5.0-style aggregate inferred from multiple quoted Google and Yelp reviews on the firm's site and third-party profiles; 'utmost trust and highest ratings' per the firm. Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award (2015); Avvo 'Superb'; Northern California Super Lawyers every year 2019–2025.
Law Office of Daniel H. Rose — San Francisco Personal Injury Firm
The Law Office of Daniel H. Rose is a San Francisco personal injury and wrongful death firm representing injured individuals and bereaved families against individuals, corporations, insurance carriers, and government entities. The firm operates from the Financial District at One Sansome Street and offers a free phone consultation with the senior attorney seven days a week, including evenings. Every personal injury case is handled on contingency, so clients pay no fees or expenses unless the firm recovers compensation. Daniel Rose has been named a Northern California Super Lawyer every year from 2019 through 2025, holds an Avvo 'Superb' rating, was named to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 (2016), and received the Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award (2015).
- Office address: 1 Sansome St., Suite 1400, San Francisco, CA 94104
- Phone: (415) 946-8900
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: danroselaw.com
- Free initial phone consultation; contingency fee for injury cases
Practice Areas
The firm focuses exclusively on personal injury and wrongful death claims. Its deepest specialty is on-road injury cases — bicycles, pedestrians, motorcycles, cars, trucks, and drunk drivers — but the practice also covers premises liability, brain and catastrophic injury, construction accidents, animal bites, product liability, medical malpractice, and insurance bad-faith disputes. The firm has secured tens of millions of dollars in settlements for clients and frequently resolves cases in less than one-third of the industry-standard time.
- Personal Injury
- Car Accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Pedestrian Accidents
- Bicycle Accidents
- Truck Accidents
- Drunk Driving Accidents
- Wrongful Death
- Brain & Catastrophic Injury
- Premises Liability / Dangerous Property Conditions
- Construction Accidents
- Animal & Dog Bites
- Slip and Fall
- Product Liability
- Medical Malpractice
- Insurance Claims & Bad Faith
Bicycle Accident Attorney — Bay Area Specialty
Mr. Rose is widely recognized as one of the leading Bay Area bicycle accident lawyers. The firm represents injured cyclists against negligent motorists and is familiar with the California Vehicle Code and local traffic rules protecting cyclists' same rights as motorists. The firm supports and sponsors several local bicycle coalitions; its members have been riding Bay Area roads since 1980. Recoverable damages include past and future medical and rehabilitation costs, lost earnings and earning potential, pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress, loss of financial support, property damage, incidental expenses, and punitive damages where appropriate; uninsured-motorist coverage may apply even in hit-and-run cases.
- Common driver errors: blind-spot lane changes, right hooks, sideswipes, dooring, DUI, stop-sign running, unsafe driveway pulls
- Damages include medical costs, lost wages, pain & suffering, emotional distress, property damage, punitive damages
- Free consultation, contingency fee, top accident-reconstruction and medical experts retained
Pedestrian Accident Lawyer
The firm represents Bay Area pedestrians and joggers injured by motor vehicles, including those hit in crosswalks, sideswiped by vehicles, struck in parking lots, hit while exiting buses or cars, or killed by at-fault drivers. Many of these crashes involve impaired or distracted drivers. The firm also pursues claims for injuries caused by defective or dangerous sidewalks and parking-lot conditions, where negligent property owners, municipalities, or third parties can be held liable. The firm states it is a major supporter of Walk San Francisco's advocacy for safer Bay Area streets.
- Crosswalk strikes, sideswipes, parking-lot incidents
- Distracted and impaired-driving cases
- Defective sidewalk / dangerous condition cases against property owners and municipalities
- Sponsor and supporter of Walk San Francisco
Motorcycle, Car, Truck, and Drunk-Driving Accident Cases
The firm represents motorcyclists, drivers, passengers, and families involved in car, commercial truck, and DUI collisions. It has obtained notable recoveries including $5 million for a client struck by a truck running a red light and $2 million for a client hit by a vehicle making an unsafe left turn. Insurance-policy issues — including underinsured and uninsured motorist coverage, multiple-policy limits, hospital liens, and stacking claims — are a recurring focus.
- $5M truck-run-red-light recovery
- $2M unsafe-left-turn recovery
- Experience with UIM / UM coverage, hit-and-run, multiple-policy limits
- Truck and 18-wheeler cases on Northern California highways
Wrongful Death and Catastrophic Injury
When a family member dies as a result of another's conduct or a dangerous condition, the firm prosecutes wrongful-death claims with what it describes as a wealth of experience and compassion. It likewise handles catastrophic and traumatic brain injury cases arising from auto, bicycle, pedestrian, motorcycle, premises, and product-related incidents, taking cases against individuals, corporations, and government entities.
- Wrongful death litigation
- Traumatic brain injury
- Catastrophic injury
- Cases against large and powerful insurance companies, corporations, and governmental entities
Mediation Services (mediatorsfbay.com)
Beyond litigation, Daniel Rose runs Daniel Rose Mediation Services, providing mediator services for civil claims throughout California in person and remotely via Zoom. He serves as a Mandatory Settlement Conference Officer with the San Francisco Superior Court and is a panel member of National Arbitration & Mediation (NAM), and previously mediated for the Bar Association of San Francisco's Early Settlement Program. He brings four decades of litigation experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants, including prior defense work for insurers, businesses, banks, and individuals in insurance, commercial, real estate, IP, and personal injury matters. As In-House Counsel at Bank of America he helped implement the bank's ADR program. Mediation is billed hourly; mediation is the firm's only non-contingency service.
- In-person and Zoom mediations across California
- Mandatory Settlement Conference Officer, San Francisco Superior Court
- Panel Mediator, National Arbitration & Mediation (NAM)
- Former BASF Early Settlement Program Mediator
- Four decades litigation experience, plaintiff and defense
About Daniel Rose — Background and Credentials
Daniel Howard Rose earned his B.A. in Economics magna cum laude from the University of Colorado at Boulder (1980) as a Phi Beta Kappa member on the Chancellor's Honor Roll and Dean's List. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1984, where he served on the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly. After clerking as a judicial extern for the Honorable Thelton E. Henderson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, he served as in-house counsel at Bank of America helping to launch the bank's ADR program, then joined Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP where he became a partner in 2007. He has since founded his own plaintiff-side practice. He is admitted to the California State Bar (since 1984, Bar #115237) and to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (since 1984).
- B.A. Economics, magna cum laude, University of Colorado Boulder (1980); Phi Beta Kappa
- J.D., UC Hastings College of the Law (1984); Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly member
- Judicial Extern, Hon. Thelton E. Henderson, U.S.D.C. N.D. Cal.
- Former In-House Counsel, Bank of America (ADR program)
- Former Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP (2007)
Recognition and Professional Memberships
Mr. Rose has been a Northern California Super Lawyer every year from 2019 through 2025 and was named to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 (Civil Plaintiff, California, 2016). He holds an Avvo 'Superb' rating and received the Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award in 2015. He is a member of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Consumer Attorneys of California, the American Bar Association, the Bar Association of San Francisco, and the State Bar of California.
- Northern California Super Lawyers — 2019–2025
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers (Civil Plaintiff, California) — 2016
- Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award — 2015
- Avvo 'Superb' rating
- Member: SFTLA, CAOC, ABA, BASF, State Bar of California
Fees, Consultation, and Community Support
All personal injury matters are accepted on contingency, meaning clients pay no legal fees or expenses unless the firm recovers money through settlement or verdict. Mediation services are billed hourly. The firm offers a free, no-obligation initial phone consultation with the senior attorney — not a paralegal — and the senior attorney is reachable by phone seven days a week, including evenings and weekends. Mr. Rose reports serving members of the LGBTQ community since the firm's inception (per his Horizons Foundation PAC listing) and provides six-to-eight hours per week of free legal advice in his fields of expertise. The firm sponsors and supports Bay Area bicycle coalitions and Walk San Francisco, and Mr. Rose is also an educator, lecturer, and writer on bicycle law and safety.
- Contingency fees for personal injury; hourly for mediation
- Free no-obligation phone consultation with senior attorney, 7 days/week
- Community: 6–8 hours/week of free legal advice
- Sponsors Bay Area bicycle coalitions and Walk San Francisco
- Educator, lecturer, and writer on bicycle law and safety