About Robert May
Robert May is the founding attorney of The May Firm, a California personal injury law firm. He has successfully handled thousands of personal injury cases and secured more than $25 million in verdicts and settlements.
May grew up in a blue-collar family on the Central Coast of California, the oldest of five siblings. He was the first member of his family to receive a college degree. As a teenager, he was the victim of a violent personal injury and had to navigate the legal system as a plaintiff, an experience that influenced his commitment to helping others.
He earned his Bachelor's degree from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California, and his Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law.
He is admitted to the State Bar of California and several federal district courts.
Notable case results
Lucia Mar Unified School District agreed to pay $10 million in May 2022 to settle negligence claims brought on behalf of a nine-year-old special-needs girl who was repeatedly sexually abused by a school bus driver in 2017, a driver the district had hired despite a prior peeping conviction he concealed on his application.
Aggregate $25M+ in verdicts and settlements across thousands of cases
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
