Welcome!
For over 30 years, the Law Offices of J. Michael Vallee have been committed to obtaining justice and the maximum recovery possible for our clients. We represent victims of serious personal injury or death. We also represent those that have been cheated or ripped off financially, either by fraud or scam. If you or a loved one has been hurt or cheated, we’re happy to meet or speak with you for a free consultation. We have obtained millions of dollars in settlement and verdicts for our clients. Our practice is limited to representing individuals and small businesses. We have earned a strong reputation for standing up to big businesses and insurance companies and fighting for what is right. If you have been the victim of a serious injury, death in the family, or have been cheated, we invite you to contact us.
- Serious personal injuries or death from an accident
- Real Estate and Mortgage Fraud
- Injury from any defective product, including drugs and household items
- Auto Fraud , including sale or lease of any vehicle, motor home or motorcylce
- Motorcycle or Bicycle accidents
- Lemon Law
- Denial of Insurance Benefits
- Elder Abuse, physical or financial
- Slip and Fall
- Medical or other Malpractice
- Brain Injuries
- Other types of Fraud cases
Contact us for a free consultation or send us a brief note about your case. We’re here to help you, not the insurance companies!
FAQ
What about attorney fees and costs?
We take most cases on a contingency basis. Simply put, we only get paid if we win the case. Then, we take either a percentage of the money we get for you, or we get the bad guys to pay our fees separately from your money. In addition to attorney fees, there are usually some litigation costs necessary to bring a legal claim or case. These costs are usually minimal at the start of a case but can become higher as a case progresses. On many cases, we even advance these costs as well.
Meeting Times and Places
When and where can we meet? We have offices in San Diego and Solana Beach, California. We can make convenient arrangements to come to your home or a local office near your home.
Do you work with other law firms?
We work with other law firms in three different ways:
- As a consultant to help prepare the case for trial
- As co-counsel and lead counsel at trial; or
- On straight referral, paying a referral fee per the California (or other state’s) Rules of Professional Conduct.
What types of cases do we accept?
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Winning Results
Mortgage fraud: A mortgage broker gets together with our client’s husband and forges her name on loan documents. The husband takes the money and loses it. The family home is foreclosed upon. Confidential settlement: six figures
Wrongful death: A woman has a seizure while driving and kills a 43 year-old bicyclist who leaves a widow and two young children. A jury trial results in a verdict of $1,000,000 to care for a wife and kids
Consumer fraud: Man buys a car on eBay that is advertised as having 70,000 miles on it. A Carfax reveals that the car actually has 170,000 miles on it. In a lawsuit for fraud, all of the man’s money is recovered plus penalties and attorney fees.
Product liability: A folding chair collapses under a 42 year-old office worker reinjuring her lower back. We filed a lawsuit which removes a dangerous chair from the market and results in a settlement to the woman in the amount of $550,000.
Brain injury: A 51-year-old woman is sideswiped in an automobile collision. She begins to experience fuzziness and memory loss. There is no loss of consciousness. We settle the case for a confidential six-figure sum.
Wrongful death: A shipyard worker climbs down from a crane and suffers a massive heart attack. He’s a heavy smoker and is overweight. His Kaiser Dr. fails to order a treadmill test in his last examination before the death. We arbitrate the case and obtain a six-figure verdict.