Gilliland & Burgess is a high-powered personal injury law firm with verdicts and settlements exceeding 14 million since 2010. It's lawyers have verdicts or settlements in excess of $1,000,000 in each of the four largest counties in the State of California (Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and San Francisco). Their cases include:

  • 12 million dollar settlement against recycling company
  • 2.2 million dollar civil rights verdict to San Diego State student for assault
  • 1.75 million dollar automobile accident settlement in San Francisco
  • 1.7 million dollar jury verdict for false imprisonment and emotional distress
  • 2.25 settlement against water district for contaminated drinking water Participation in the 4.85 billion dollar VIOXX class action
  • $450,000 against school district for wrongful death
  • $400,000 settlement against county jail for wrongful death
  • $400,000 settlement against insurance company for bad faith
  • $250,000 settlement for motorcyclist that collided with another automobile

Contact a Senior Trial Lawyer
about your case NOW!

Gilliland & Burgess has a unique system allowing you to contact a Senior Trial Attorney directly and confidentially about your case. Your case is important to us. So we are not going to make you tell your personal story to an answering service, staff member, secretary, paralegal or even a young lawyer. By clicking on the button below, you will be e-mailing directly and confidentially with a Senior Trial Attorney at Gilliland & Burgess who will provide a free case evaluation.

To e-mail a Senior Trial Attorney,

Press Coverage: Gilliland & Burgess cases have been covered across the nation and around the world by news agencies including the Wall Street Journal, CNN, MSNBC, Good Morning America, Fox News, New York Post, Boston Globe, Reuters, BBC, London Guardian, Clarin (Buenos Aires), Turkish Daily News, Dan Tri (Viet Nam and Blick (Switzerland).


Contact an Attorney Now About Your Case

Gilliland and  Burgess have been practicing San Diego injury attorneys for over 20 years.  They are life-time members in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, “top 1% of personal injury attorneys in the United States.”  Insurance companies are tighter than ever with their money.  To get the settlement you deserve, you need to have lawyers on your side that have a proven track record of obtaining large verdicts and settlements.

CONTINGENCY FEES:

Gilliland & Burgess offers its clients contingency fees.  This allows anyone to be able to afford top-notch legal representation without paying hundreds of dollars an hour for attorney time.

COSTS OF CASE PAID BY US:

Personal injury cases are not cheap.  They can cost thousands of dollars in out of pocket expenses such as filing fees, costs of deposition transcripts and court reporters, jury fees and the hourly fees of expert witnesses like doctors and crash reconstruction experts you will need to prove your case.  Gilliland & Burgess pays all these costs so you do not have to pay anything out of your pocket for your case.  We take the risk with you to show we believe in your case.

NO RECOVERY, NO FEES OR COSTS:

If there is no recovery in a case, we are not entitled to any attorney fees or recovery of the costs we paid for your case. It shows that we are going to take cases that we believe in and will show that by telling our clients, NO RECOVERY, NO FEES OR COSTS!

OUR OFFICE LOCATION:

Gilliland & Burgess is located in downtown San Diego at the landmark Westin Emerald Plaza.  The offices are next door to the San Diego Hall of Justice and kitty-corner to the brand new federal courthouse.

The Westin Emerald Plaza, 402 West Broadway, San Diego, California 92101.

Our Practice Areas