# WHK: Walker, Hamilton Kearns Generated by Yoast SEO v28.2, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Home](https://whk-law.com/) - [Types of Cases](https://whk-law.com/types-of-cases-landing/) - [Meet Our Team](https://whk-law.com/meet-our-team/) - [News \& Resources](https://whk.compile-studio.com/news-resources/) - [About](https://whk.compile-studio.com/about/) ## Posts - [Skip Walker, Jeff Walker and Clarissa Kearns Honored as 2026 SFTLA Trial Lawyers of the Year for Gold v\. California Highway Patrol](https://whk-law.com/skip-walker-jeff-walker-and-clarissa-kearns-honored-as-2026-sftla-trial-lawyers-of-the-year-for-gold-v-california-highway-patrol/): The firm is proud to announce Skip, Jeff and Clarissa won the 2026 SFTLA Trial Lawyer of the Year Award\. - [Skip Walker, Jeff Walker and Clarissa Kearns Named Finalists for 2026 SFTLA Trial Lawyer of the Year for Gold v\. California Highway Patrol](https://whk-law.com/skip-walker-jeff-walker-and-clarissa-kearns-named-finalists-for-2026-sftla-trial-lawyer-of-the-year/): The firm is proud to announce Skip, Jeff and Clarissa were named finalists for the 2026 SFTLA Trial Lawyer of the Year\. - [Thank You, SFTLA Where Would We Be Without You](https://whk-law.com/thank-you-sftla-where-would-we-be-without-you/): In the Winter 2025 edition of The Trial Lawyer magazine, Walter “Skip” Walker wrote a feature celebrating the history of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association’s 75th anniversary\. - [Selling the Sizzle](https://whk-law.com/selling-the-sizzle/): Letting jurors see something for themselves, maybe feel something, can be more powerful than counsels’ arguments - [Skip Walker and Jeff Walker Named Finalists for 2025 Marin County Trial Lawyer of the Year](https://whk-law.com/skip-walker-and-jeff-walker-named-finalists-for-2025-marin-county-trial-lawyer-of-the-year/): The firm is proud to announce Skip and Jeff were named finalists for the 2025 Marin County Trial Lawyer of the Year\. ## Cases - [Settlement for Police Shooting \- Gold v\. CHP](https://whk-law.com/case/settlement-for-police-shooting/): 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\. - [Settlement in Low\-Speed Auto Accident](https://whk-law.com/case/settlement-in-low-speed-auto-accident/): Clarissa Kearns settled a low\-speed auto accident case for $1\.1 million\. - [Internationally known photographer suffered extensive injuries caused from brake failure after her E\-Bike was serviced by a local bicycle shop](https://whk-law.com/case/settlement-for-e-bike-brake-failure/): Clarissa Kearns and Skip Walker obtained more than $2,400,000 for our client in a defective bicycle case in which the brakes failed while she was riding downhill in Berkeley\. - [Settlement with Online Lodging Company](https://whk-law.com/case/settlement-with-online-lodging-company/): $250,000 was obtained for our client injured in a vacation rental home\. - [Rideshare Vehicle Collides with Pedestrian](https://whk-law.com/case/rideshare-vehicle-collides-with-pedestrian/): Jeff Walker and Skip Walker obtained $800,000 for a client run down by a rideshare vehicle while he was standing in the middle of a San Francisco street after a late night of holiday partying\. ## Types of Cases - [Elder Law \& Nursing Home Abuse](https://whk-law.com/types-of-cases/elder-law-nursing-home-abuse/) - [Government Liability](https://whk-law.com/types-of-cases/government-liability/) - [Defective Machinery](https://whk-law.com/types-of-cases/product-liability/defective-machinery/) - [Dangerous Condition of Private Property](https://whk-law.com/types-of-cases/premises-liability/dangerous-condition-of-private-property/) - [Premises Liability](https://whk-law.com/types-of-cases/premises-liability/) ## Attorneys - [Marshall Kleiber](https://whk-law.com/attorney/marshall-kleiber-2/) - [Jeffrey Walker](https://whk-law.com/attorney/jeffrey-walker/): Jeffrey Walker was born and raised in the Bay Area\. He is a proud Tamalpais High School Red Tailed Hawk\. He studied theater and dance at Trinity College in Hartford Connecticut, where he captained the rugby team\. - [Walter Walker](https://whk-law.com/attorney/walter-walker/): Skip Walker has had 75 jury trials and tried over 100 cases in various forums\. His landmark trials have included those involving the Alpine Meadows Avalanche, the World Airways Jetliner crash into Boston Harbor, the largest personal injury verdict in Plumas County, and the “Great Cow Case” of San Mateo County\. - [Clarissa E\. Kearns](https://whk-law.com/attorney/clarissa-kearns/): Clarissa was valedictorian of her high school class before attending Wellesley College, where she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin American Studies and Spanish\. - [Timothy M\. Hamilton](https://whk-law.com/attorney/timothy-hamilton/): Tim Hamilton is a seasoned and experienced trial lawyer specializing in grievous personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, hazardous conditions of public property, medical malpractice and unjust employment practices\. ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://whk-law.com/category/uncategorized/) ## Tags - [Accidents](https://whk-law.com/tag/accidents/) - [Vehicle Accidents](https://whk-law.com/tag/vehicle-accidents/) - [Car Versus Pedestrian Accidents](https://whk-law.com/tag/car-versus-pedestrian-accidents/) - [Government Liability](https://whk-law.com/tag/government-liability/) - [Police Misconduct and Police Brutality](https://whk-law.com/tag/police-misconduct-and-police-brutality/) ## Categories - [Sidebar](https://whk-law.com/layout_category/sidebar/) ## Type - [module](https://whk-law.com/layout_type/module/) - [section](https://whk-law.com/layout_type/section/) - [row](https://whk-law.com/layout_type/row/) ## Module Width - [regular](https://whk-law.com/module_width/regular/) - [fullwidth](https://whk-law.com/module_width/fullwidth/) ## Scope - [global](https://whk-law.com/scope/global/) - [not\_global](https://whk-law.com/scope/not_global/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://whk-law.com/sitemap_index.xml)