FREE CONSULTATION 888-504-0157 ESPAÑOL Home About Attorneys Practice Areas Results News Blog Contact William L. Veen Founder & Principal, 1975 Location: Phone: (888) 504-0157 Fax: 415-771-5845 Email: Email me Download Bio William L. Veen oversees the operation of The Veen Firm and focuses his energy on mediations and trials of complex cases. He founded The Veen Firm, P.C. in 1975 and developed the firm from a one-man operation to a firm with over 30 members today. Mr. Veen has represented injured workers and consumers in recovering damages arising from industrial accidents, construction accidents, elevator accidents, motorcycle accidents, defective products, professional liability, and auto and truck accidents. Mr. Veen was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He served as Lieutenant for the United States Coast Guard Reserve as a Legal Specialist. He was awarded the Coast Guard Achievement Medal and represented parties in numerous court martial and Investigative Board procedures. He left the Coast Guard in 1972 with the rank of Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. In his free time, he enjoys motorcycling, skiing, scuba diving, and hiking. Areas of Practice Construction Accidents Workplace Injuries Personal Injury Accidents Dangerous Property Defective Products Bar Admissions California, 1969 Hawaii, 1971 Education University of Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan J.D. - 1968 Michigan State University B.A. - 1965 Published Works “Fair” Warning: How to Traverse a Products Liability Pitfall, November 01, 2013 Looking Beyond the Driver’s Seat to Find Liability in Motor Vehicle Accident Cases, October 01, 2013 Course and Scope of Employment, May 01, 2013 iPad Apps: Getting Your iPad to Help with Voir Dire, February 01, 2013 Sophisticated Users Have Rights, Too, November 01, 2012 Don’t Let a Remains-Mishandling Case Haunt You, August 01, 2010 Staffing Agency Employees Injured on the Job: A Double-Edged Sword, July 01, 2010 Classes/Seminars CAOC Don Galine Travel Seminar, Mylomalacia, Disc Fracture, And Other Puzzling Orthopedic Spinal Disability Causation Issues, November 2018 CAOC Hawaii Seminar, “Thematically Trying Voir Dire, Opening Statement and Closing Argument,” Speaker, November 2017 CAOC Annual Convention, “Masters in Trial,” Speaker, November 2017 Western Trial Lawyers Association Winter Conference, "Bad Faith Remedies In Failure to Defend Cases," Presenter, 2017 CAOC Hawaii Seminar, “Accident Reconstruction in Bicycle Injury Cases,” Speaker, December 2015. Consumer Attorneys of California, Frequent Lecturer San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Frequent Lecturer Honors and Awards Selected to Northern California Super Lawyers List, 2003-present – Top 5% of attorneys, as voted by peers Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyers, 2006-present Selected to The Best Lawyers in America – US News & World Report, 2006-2019 – Selected by his peers in the field of Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs Rated AV-Preeminent for Ethical Standards & Ability-Martindale-Hubbell, 2014 “Lawyer of the Year”, The Best Lawyers in America-US News & World Report, 2014 -Selected by his peers in the field of Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, San Francisco Verdict honored in California’s Top Verdicts of 2011, The Recorder-Chris Corbo v. New United Motor Nominated for San Francisco Trial Lawyers-Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2011 Largest injury verdict in Marin County history, 2010, Travis v. Bison Builders, Inc. Winner, San Francisco Trial Lawyers-Lifetime Achievement Award, 2008 Winner, San Francisco Trial Lawyers-Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2003 Coast Guard Achievement Medal Professional Associations and Memberships American Association for Justice, Member American Board of Trial Advocates, Member Bar Association of San Francisco, Member – Lawyer Referral and Information Service California Applicants’ Attorneys Association, Member Consumer Attorneys of California, Member Melvin M. Belli Society, Member San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, President, 1994 San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Member Past Employment Positions United States Coast Guard Reserve, Legal Specialist, 1972 Pro Bono Activities Food From the Bar, San Francisco and Marin Food Banks, Active Volunteer Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association, Business Member SF Bicycle Coalition Volunteer – Bike to Work Day & Winterfest Practice Areas Construction Accidents Workplace Injuries Accidents Dangerous Property Defective Products Food Safety News Elinor Leary joins distinguished judges and seasoned trial lawyers as invited faculty for BASF’s “Women in Trial Training” Read more Eight Veen attorneys selected for inclusion to the list of 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers Read more The Veen Firm Congratulates Marian Wright Edelman and honors her commitment to the fight for social justice. 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