About Alison Baird

Alison Baird is a Trial Attorney at the Dolan Law Firm, PC, working out of the firm's San Francisco office. She has litigated complex personal injury cases for more than 20 years, representing clients from initial consultation through trial. Her practice covers catastrophic injury, premises liability, vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, governmental liability, and products liability matters.

Baird has participated in over 20 jury trials and 15 binding arbitrations, with notable cases involving catastrophic injuries, product defects, and vehicle accidents.

Before joining Dolan, she worked at Greenberg & Panish, where she consistently achieved favorable results for plaintiffs, including multiple verdicts and settlements in excess of $1 million, litigating each case from initial sign-up through all phases of discovery, settlement, and trial preparation.

Baird earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Irvine, additional undergraduate work in Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her Juris Doctor from Southwestern Law School.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Dolan Law Firm, PC Personal Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to Dolan Law Firm, PC Personal Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$36 millionSettlement

Chris Dolan represented the surviving Tran family and reached a $36 million settlement with Alameda County after an off-duty deputy who had failed his psychological exam shot Maria and Benison Tran in their Dublin home.

Alameda County, CA · 2026Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$18.5 millionVerdict

An Alameda County jury awarded $18,574,222 to Juanita Cerrato, who suffered a traumatic brain injury after she swerved to avoid a tractor-trailer left blocking her lane on a Fresno highway near midnight.

Alameda County Superior Court, CA (Fresno crash) · 2025Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$17.2 millionVerdict

A Sacramento County jury awarded $17,220,807 to Lethesia Guzman, whose car stalled on the Yolo Causeway before a Morning Star tomato truck set off the chain-reaction crash that killed her fiance and left her with catastrophic injuries.

Sacramento County Superior Court, CA · 2024Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$3.26 millionVerdict

A federal jury found that a City of Roy, Washington police officer used excessive force when he shot two unarmed men riding an off-road vehicle during a 2019 snowstorm, awarding $3.26 million.

U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington (Tacoma) · 2021Civil RightsRead the full story →
Settlement

Christopher Dolan secured a confidential settlement from Uber in what is widely described as the first wrongful-death suit filed against the company over a driver's conduct, after a New Year's Eve 2013 crosswalk collision in San Francisco killed a 6-year-old girl.

San Francisco Superior Court, CA · 2015Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Southwestern Law School
B.A.
University of California, Irvine (also coursework at UC Santa Barbara, Economics)
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California

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