James Bostwick
Founder | Bostwick & Associates
James Bostwick is a medical malpractice, birth injury and brain injury trial lawyer and founder of Bostwick & Associates in San Francisco, California. Admitted in California and Hawaii.
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Suite 115
San Francisco, California 94129
James S. Bostwick is the founder of Bostwick & Associates in San Francisco, California, where he represents people with birth injuries, brain injuries and other catastrophic harm, with a concentration in medical malpractice. He has tried cases for more than 40 years and has handled matters in courts in several other states, including Hawaii, Colorado, Nevada, Washington and Arizona.
Bostwick is certified in medical malpractice by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. He is a past president of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates and the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is admitted in California and Hawaii. California trial lawyers honored him with a Presidential Award of Merit for a record $21 million verdict, and his firm credits him with a $14 million settlement in a 2018 neonatal brain injury case.
He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1983, was named a Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year in 2012, and has received the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also in the Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Certified in Medical Malpractice, American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys
- Admitted to the State Bar of California
- Admitted to the Hawaii State Bar
Practice Areas
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Past President)
- The Inner Circle of Advocates
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys
- The Best Lawyers in America (1983-present)
- Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year (2012)
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Lifetime Achievement Award
- Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame
- Presidential Award of Merit, California trial lawyers
- Super Lawyers (2004-present)
- Super Lawyers Top 100, Northern California (2004-2008, 2012)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
- $21 Million Verdict: Record verdict for which he received the California trial lawyers' Presidential Award of Merit.
- $14 Million Settlement: Neonatal brain injury settlement in 2018, credited to Bostwick and the firm.
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