About Daniel Fulkerson

Daniel Fulkerson is the co-founder and managing partner of Batta Fulkerson Law Group. Originally from Boise, Idaho, he relocated to San Diego to study at San Diego State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2008. He then completed a Juris Doctor at California Western School of Law and a Master of Business Administration at San Diego State University simultaneously, finishing both degrees in two and a half years in 2011. He was admitted to the California bar in 2011 and the Idaho bar in 2022.

Before founding the firm, Fulkerson managed over 5,000 personal injury cases at another San Diego firm, achieving year-over-year growth for five consecutive years. In April 2016, he and Paul Batta launched Batta Fulkerson Law Group, which grew to 16 staff members and six attorneys within 18 months. He has now handled more than 15,000 car accident cases and recovered tens of millions of dollars for injury victims. Outside the office, Fulkerson serves on six charity boards and runs a bulldog rescue organization.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Batta Fulkerson Law Group

These results are credited to Batta Fulkerson Law Group. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$7.5 millionSettlement

A Ventura County jury awarded $10 million after a corporate van driver executed an illegal U-turn into a painter's path, leaving him needing a cervical fusion four years later; the case settled for $7.5 million when the defense's life care planner admitted on cross-examination to using ChatGPT for her cost estimates.

Ventura Superior Court (Case No. 56-2021-00551735-CU-PA-VTA) · 2025Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$10.02 millionVerdict

A painter was injured in March 2019 when an Oakwood Worldwide van made an illegal U-turn in Ventura County, and he later needed a C5-C6 cervical fusion. After a seven-day trial, a jury returned $10,024,171 following one day of deliberation in February 2025. The firm reports that the case then resolved after the verdict for $7.5 million.

Ventura County Superior Court · 2025Car AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

California Western School of Law
J.D., 2011
San Diego State University
Undergraduate, 2008

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California, admitted 2011
State Bar of Idaho, admitted 2022

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