Richard Schoenberger
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About Richard Schoenberger
Richard H. Schoenberger is a Senior Trial Counsel and named partner at Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger (Walkup Personal Injury Lawyers) in San Francisco, with nearly 40 years of experience. He joined the firm in August 1987, became a partner in 1995, and was named partner in 2005. Throughout his career, he has obtained more than 30 eight-figure settlements and verdicts.
Schoenberger earned his Bachelor's degree from Santa Clara University in 1982 and his Juris Doctor from UC Hastings College of the Law.
He was inducted into the California Lawyers Association Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame in August 2024 and has been named Best Lawyers' "Lawyer of the Year" in 2016, 2019, 2022, 2024, and 2026. He has been continuously selected to Super Lawyers Northern California and has been named to the Lawdragon Top 500 Lawyers in America (2020-2022). He received the Don E. Bailey Award in December 2022.
His professional memberships include the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the American College of Trial Lawyers (former Northern California State Committee Chair), the International Society of Barristers (Foundation Board member), the American Board of Trial Advocates (former San Francisco Chapter President), and the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (Board Member).
Recent notable case results include a $26.3 million Yamaha verdict, a $24.5 million medical malpractice settlement, and a $16.1 million Sonoma County verdict.
Proven verdicts and settlements
An Orange County jury found Yamaha's YXZ1000R side-by-side defectively designed and awarded $26.3 million to Justin Van Tussenbrook, a Utah man paralyzed when the vehicle's rollover protection structure collapsed at low speed.
A San Mateo County jury in 2010 awarded $12.2 million to the family of a 17-year-old girl struck in an unsignalized marked crosswalk on El Camino Real in Millbrae in March 2006. She was left in a coma with severe brain damage. The jury put 50 percent of fault on Caltrans, 30 percent on the driver and 20 percent on the girl. Caltrans was ordered to pay $8 million.
A hoist operator was carrying a co-worker to the roof of a San Mateo library job in December 2005 when the hoist ran out of control and he fell about 50 feet, losing his dominant right arm above the elbow. A San Francisco jury found the Swedish manufacturer, Alimak Hek AB, liable for a design defect and failure to warn, and valued his damages at $8,328,591. It assigned 57 percent of fault to Alimak, 33 percent to his employer, Sheedy Inc., and 10 percent to him. The Recorder reported he would recover $4,747,296.80 from Alimak, while Jury Verdict Alert put Alimak's share at $5,515,732.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.