Walker, Hamilton & Kearns represented the mother of a young man who had been shot in a bathroom by a California Highway Patrol officer. In May 2025, Walter “Skip” Walker and Jeffrey Walker secured a $9.2 million jury verdict in this police shooting case. Subsequently, the case settled for $10,000,000.
Jeff Walker represented the mother of man who died while incarcerated at a jail in Hollister, California.
Letting jurors see something for themselves, maybe feel something, can be more powerful than counsels’ arguments
Walker, Hamilton & Koenig attorney Walter “Skip” Walker has been selected to represent the voice of the plaintiffs’ bar at a conference on the development of a statewide training program on the police use of body cameras.
Police abuse of power case in which responding officers beat and Tased our clients’ son until he became unresponsive.
On an evening in November 2016, our 32-year-old client was struck when he ran in front of a deputy sheriff’s car while the deputy was searching for him.
In December of 2017, our 23-year-old Hispanic client was feeling depressed and suicidal. His mother and brother went to the local Police Department and told officers that he had a gun and they were afraid he was going to use it on himself.
On August 4, 2014, the attorneys at Walker, Hamilton & Koenig, LLP achieved yet another victory before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, adding to its decades of appellate success.