About Christian Oliver

Christian R. Oliver is the Managing Attorney of The Barnes Firm's San Diego office, one of the largest personal injury law firms in the nation. Admitted to practice in 2008, he previously worked at Cellino & Barnes in Manhattan, where he focused on construction accident claims and trial advocacy. After law school he declined an offer from a top corporate law firm to instead pursue his lifelong dream of representing injured individuals as a trial attorney. He represents plaintiffs in general personal injury and products liability cases in California.

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Barnes Firm Injury Attorneys

These results are credited to The Barnes Firm Injury Attorneys. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$19.45 millionVerdictTop 10 of 2000 · #6

Ross Cellino and Stephen Barnes won a $47.4 million Erie County jury verdict for a 22-year-old law student who suffered a catastrophic brain injury when two drivers played high-speed road tag on the New York State Thruway.

Erie County Supreme Court (Justice Christopher J. Burns); affirmed as modified, NY App. Div. 4th Dep't, Dec. 21, 2001 · 2000Car 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

University at Buffalo School of Law
J.D.
University at Buffalo
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California (Bar No. 313192)
State Bar of New York
The National Trial Lawyers

Awards & recognition

Litigator of the Year, American Institute of Trial Lawyers (2021)
Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2011, 2013-2017)
Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers (2012)
B.S. cum laude, University at Buffalo

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$13.5 billion · PG&E Wildfire Bankruptcy: $13.5 Billion Settlement for Northern California Fire Victims

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