Geoffrey Hickey

San Jose, CA24 years experienceAdmitted 2001

About Geoffrey Hickey

Geoffrey Hickey is a Senior Trial Attorney at Jacoby & Meyers, focused exclusively on serious injury and wrongful death cases for injured plaintiffs. He has recovered tens of millions of dollars for his clients.

Hickey earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Akron School of Law in 2001 on full academic scholarship and his Bachelor of Arts in History from The Ohio State University in 1997, with a U.S. military history concentration. He is admitted to the State Bars of California, Ohio, Oregon, and Washington, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Central Districts of California and the Northern District of Ohio, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

A Cleveland, Ohio native, Hickey joined Jacoby & Meyers in March 2026. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star (2010-2014) and Super Lawyer (2018-2025), on the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 for Ohio (2013), and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and American Board of Trial Advocates.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Jacoby & Meyers Accident & Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to Jacoby & Meyers Accident & Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$6.68 millionVerdict

An 11-day jury trial in Los Angeles ended with a $6.68 million verdict for a 56-year-old customer who slipped on a single grape in the condiments aisle of an El Monte Food4Less, sustaining serious spinal injuries.

Los Angeles County Superior Court (Case No. 19STCV05580) · 2024Slip & FallRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Ohio State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Ohio, admitted 2001
State Bar of California
State Bar of Oregon
State Bar of Washington
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Central District of California
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
State Bar of U.S. Supreme Court
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
American Board of Trial Advocates

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers Rising Star (2010-2014)
Super Lawyers (2018-2025)
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (Ohio, 2013)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other San Jose firms

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$52 Million for One Survivor in Verdict Against Union School District Over Teacher Abuse
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$20.58 million · Published Appellate Win Kept Memory-Care Elder-Abuse Case Before a Jury, Which Later Returned $20.58 Million
Alexander Law Group
Alexander Law Group
$29.4 million · Retired Officer Wins $79.8 Million After Defective Ethicon Stapler Causes Permanent Colostomy
GJEL Accident Attorneys
GJEL Accident Attorneys
$111.7 million · GJEL Secures $111.7 Million for Patients Who Underwent Needless Heart Surgery at Redding Medical Center

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