Jeffrey Walker is a partner at Walker, Hamilton & Kearns and a Bay Area native. While attending Tamalpais High School, Jeff became enthralled with theater and production. Following his passion, he studied theater at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut before moving on to work in off-off-broadway, regional, and off-broadway theaters in Boston, Cape Cod and New York City. While living in Boston, Jeff spent most of his free time playing rugby with Mystic River Rugby Club.

After about a decade making theater, Jeff’s passion began to wane and he spent a year teaching English in rural Thailand before turning to the law. He attended the University of San Francisco School of Law where he graduated cum laude with a focus on international and comparative law. 

Jeff uses the skills and concepts honed over his theatrical career to tell his client’s stories to juries. He started as a law clerk at WHK in 2016 and on graduation from law school became a lawyer for the firm. Since then, he has tried multiple cases to jury verdict, argued in the California Court of Appeals, and settled numerous cases for six and seven figures. He has been published twice in Plaintiff Magazine and has delivered lectures for plaintiff’s attorney organizations, including San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (where he is the co-chair of the New Lawyers Division) and Western Trial Lawyers Association.

Jeff is also a member of the Bar Association of San Francisco and sits on the board of Lawyer Friends of Wine. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star" for two years running.

When he’s not in the office, Jeff enjoys being outdoors camping, skiing, or just walking his yorkie, Yorik, around the neighborhood. Jeff lives in San Francisco with his wife, Louisa, and their infant son, Roland.

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury
• Dangerous Condition of Public Property
• Wrongful Death
• Product Liability

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of California

Education

• University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California; J.D., Cum Laude, 2020

Honors: Member, National Appellate Advocacy Competition team member.

Honors: Awarded certificate for the study of International and Comparative Law with Honors

• Trinity College, Hartford, CT; B.A., 2008, Major: Theater and Dance

Honors and Awards

• Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) Award in European Union Law
• Selected for inclusion in Northern California Super Lawyers “Rising Stars," 2023 – present 

Professional Associations and Memberships

• San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Member
• Consumer Attorneys of California
• Bar Association of San Francisco