Dawn Hassell

Dawn L. Hassell is a San Francisco personal injury attorney with over 26 years of experience and an undefeated record in trial and arbitration. She earned her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and her undergraduate degree from Binghamton University (SUNY), graduating Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Admitted to the California Bar in 1998, she founded The Hassell Law Group in 1999. Dawn has been named a Northern California Super Lawyer every year from 2014 through 2025, placing her in the top 5% of attorneys in personal injury law. She is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, and has been recognized by Best Lawyers (2025-2026), the National Association of Distinguished Counsel (2023-2025), and Attorney at Law Magazine. Top Verdict has ranked her results among California's highest in personal injury, wrongful death, truck accidents, pedestrian accidents, and premises liability categories across multiple years. She served on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association from 2002 to 2012. Her notable case results include a $12.5 million settlement for a truck collision victim, a $5 million result for a fatal head-on crash, $4.9 million 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 $4.6 million settlement for a physician who suffered an impalement injury in a trip and fall.