Jeremy Jessup

San Francisco, CA25 years experienceAdmitted 2000

About Jeremy Jessup

Jeremy M. Jessup is the Managing Senior Trial Attorney at the Dolan Law Firm, PC, based in the firm's San Francisco office. He has more than 25 years of experience, including 15 years as defense counsel before joining the plaintiff-side practice at Dolan. His work covers personal injury, rideshare and Uber accidents, and elder abuse claims.

Jessup earned his Bachelor of Science in Social Science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, in 1997 and his Juris Doctor from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in 2000. He is admitted to the California State Bar (2000), the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, and Central Districts of California, the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Northern Districts of California, and the state courts of Oregon and Washington.

His professional memberships include Consumer Attorneys of California, the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, the San Mateo County Bar Association, and the Leonard M. Friedman Bar Association (Past President).

Jessup has been named to Northern California Super Lawyers (Rising Star and Super Lawyer) for multiple years and was a finalist for the CAOC Trial Attorney of the Year Award. Notable case work includes Rice v. City of Roy (civil rights), Ghezavat v. Harris (2019) 40 Cal.App.5th 555, and McGovern v. BHC Fremont Hospital, Inc. (2022) 87 Cal.App.5th 181.

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

University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
B.S. Social Science, 2000
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Undergraduate, 1997

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California, admitted 2000
State Bar of Oregon
State Bar of Washington
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Central District of California
State Bar of U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California
State Bar of U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California
Consumer Attorneys of California
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
San Mateo County Bar Association
Leonard M. Friedman Bar Association (Past President)

Awards & recognition

Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Star (multiple years)
Northern California Super Lawyers (multiple years)
CAOC Trial Attorney of the Year Award finalist

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