About Michael Chaloupka

Michael Chaloupka, Esq. is a Personal Injury Attorney at Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc., born and raised in San Luis Obispo with deep roots on California's Central Coast. He has practiced exclusively at the firm since beginning his legal career, representing hundreds of injured individuals and families in personal injury litigation.

Chaloupka is an active member of multiple professional organizations, including the Fresno County Bar Association, the San Luis Obispo County Bar Association, the Central Coast Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, Consumer Attorneys of California, and Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles.

He earned his Juris Doctorate from Santa Barbara College of Law and his undergraduate degree in Business and Finance from Cal Poly SLO. He is admitted to the State Bar of California and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc.

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

$21.5 millionSettlement

David Long tripped on two inches of exposed trolley track left by construction grinding crews at the 12th and Imperial MTS station and suffered a spinal cord injury that left him quadriplegic; the case settled for $21.5 million.

San Diego County Superior Court, Central Justice Center · 2015Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$13.28 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2009 · #18

A Tulare County jury awarded $13,284,363 to a nineteen-year-old Farmersville woman who suffered permanent traumatic brain injury and hemiparesis when a multi-vehicle chain-reaction crash sent an oncoming car into her lane.

Tulare County Superior Court (Visalia, CA) · 2009Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$1.59 millionVerdict

A San Luis Obispo County jury awarded $6,709,300 to the family of Tricia Rittger, a KSBY sales manager who was struck and killed by an SUV while crossing Shell Beach Road to reach The Cliffs Resort, after the firm proved the resort had violated its own parking policy and a city-issued operating permit.

San Luis Obispo County Superior Court · 2014Wrongful 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

Santa Barbara College of Law
B.S. in Business / Finance
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Fresno County Bar Association
San Luis Obispo County Bar Association
Central Coast Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
Consumer Attorneys of California
Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles

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