Joseph Bradley
Bradley Drendel & Jeanney
Joseph Bradley is a car accidents, trucking accidents and product liability trial lawyer with Bradley Drendel & Jeanney in Reno, Nevada. Admitted in Nevada; J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (1983).
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Suite 2000
Reno, Nevada 89509
Joseph S. Bradley is a personal injury attorney with Bradley Drendel & Jeanney in Reno, Nevada. He has practiced in Northern Nevada since 1983, representing only injured people in cases involving car, motorcycle, bicycle and trucking crashes, aviation and boating accidents, defective products, negligent security, premises liability and dog bites.
The firm credits Bradley with a $10.5 million settlement for a man who suffered multiple amputations in an aviation disaster, a $4 million jury verdict for a man burned by a defective commercial pressure cooker after a $50,000 pretrial offer, and a $3.75 million recovery for a motorcyclist struck by a turning semi-truck. He has argued before the Nevada Supreme Court on multiple occasions and has written and lectured on uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage.
A Nevada native, Bradley earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 1978 and his law degree from McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific in 1983. He is an associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates, has twice chaired the University of Nevada, Reno Foundation Board of Trustees and received the university’s President’s Medal.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Admitted, Nevada, 1983
- Admitted, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, 1983
- J.D., McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, 1983
- B.A., Economics, University of Nevada, Reno, 1978
Practice Areas
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Associate, 2012 to present)
- State Bar of Nevada (Member, 1983 to present)
- Washoe County Bar Association
- Nevada Justice Association (Member, 1983 to present)
- Nevada Trial Lawyers Association
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- YMCA of the Sierra (Corporate Board of Directors)
- E.L. Cord Foundation (Trustee)
- University of Nevada, Reno Foundation (Board of Trustees, two terms as Chairman)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100
- America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators
- University of Nevada, Reno President's Medal
- $10.5 Million Settlement: Obtained for a 50-year-old man who suffered near-fatal injuries and multiple amputations in an aviation disaster.
- $4 Million Jury Verdict: Won for a 56-year-old man badly burned by a defective commercial high-pressure cooker; the defense had offered $50,000 before trial.
- $3.75 Million Recovery: Obtained for a 52-year-old motorcyclist seriously injured when a semi-tractor-trailer turned in front of him.
- $1 Million Jury Verdict: Won for a 45-year-old woman who slipped and fell at a car dealership; the firm describes it as the highest slip-and-fall verdict in Washoe County.
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