Kirk Bernard
Mission
For me, representing the rights of victims is more than a career - - it's a personal mission. My father, Saul Bernard, started his practice in the 1930s and tried hundreds of cases representing all types of clients, regardless of status or standing. His only criteria for taking a case was whether he could help someone who had been wronged. During his 40 years as a counselor-at-law it was his motto that in the practice of law, the objective was to make a difference.
Biography
Kirk Bernard has been a civil litigator for nearly 30 years, having been first admitted to the bar in 1981, specializing in personal injury cases and representing the right of accident victims on a contingency basis. Mr. Bernard has obtained over $100,000,000 in settlements and verdicts for his clients.
- Record $27 Million Jury Award for a City of San Francisco Municipal Railway truck crash that killed a 4-year-old girl and injured others.
- $7,900,000.00 Settlement, Auto vs. Auto Accident. Defendant driver fell asleep at the wheel and hit Plaintiff, resulting in quadriplegia.
- $4,400,000 settlement, Confidential Case Information, inclusive of lifetime annuity. Automobile accident involving a defective seat belt. The plaintiff, a minor, was a passenger in an automobile operated by his parents. The vehicle was involved in a head-on collision, resulting in traumatic brain injury to the plaintiff.
- $3,000,000.00 Settlement, pedestrian accident involving 74 year women struck by company truck. Plaintiff sustained legs injuries that included below the knee amputation of one leg and severe injuries to her other leg necessitating multiple surgeries
Kirk B. Bernard owns and operates two law firms, in Seattle, Washington and Los Angeles, California. Throughout the duration of his career, Mr. Bernard has participated in other notable cases such as Meisner v. State of Washington, et al., a motorcycle lawsuit involving poor signage in a highway construction zone with catastrophic injuries. A settlement of $5.5 Million dollars was negotiated two weeks before trial was scheduled to commence; Nelli and Wages v. Wah Kue Café, a commercial business alcohol liability case with drinking in both cars, $1.5 Million dollar settlement; Bargas v. Houlihan's, another commercial establishment alcohol liability case with the bartender who served the driver as the plaintiff, case settled for $725,000. Mr. Bernard was also involved in representing the victims who sustained serious injuries due to the prescription of the drug Baycol and was able to successfully resolve their claims. In the product liability case against Sultzer, he was able to negotiate claims of the injured victims in the Sultzer hip prosthesis litigation.