Bostwick & Associates

What Bostwick & Associates does

Bostwick & Associates is a privately held, single-office personal injury and medical malpractice law firm headquartered at 50 California Street, Suite 1500, San Francisco. Founded circa 1976 by James S. Bostwick, the firm provides contingent-fee legal representation to individuals and families affected by catastrophic injuries, medical negligence, birth injuries, brain and spinal cord injuries, wrongful death, motor vehicle and truck accidents, product liability, and legal malpractice. The firm does not maintain a technology platform; its operating model is built on courtroom capability and senior trial lawyer credentials rather than proprietary software.

The firm's revenue model is contingency-based ("No Recovery, No Fee"), with free initial consultations and a take rate applied to monetary recoveries, aligning firm compensation with client outcomes. Client segments are exclusively individuals and families in California and Hawaii (with documented verdicts and settlements across at least nine U.S. states). Go-to-market relies on attorney referrals, SEO/content marketing, earned media, and organic reputation rather than paid advertising. As of February 2026, the firm operates with roughly six team members: founder James S. Bostwick, Senior Trial Attorney Kevin Thelen, Associate Attorney Justin Powers, and three paralegals (Yesenia Lambarena, Lee Chen-Weinstein, and Taylor Bostwick). The firm has historically recovered more than $1 billion for clients, including a $21 million verdict that is the largest California non-punitive verdict for a single individual and a series of record-setting med-mal settlements in multiple states.

The firm carries no external funding, parent company, or private equity sponsorship, and operates under a traditional partnership structure with the founder as the primary equity-holder and rainmaker. Its competitive position rests on talent and brand — credentialed trial lawyer rankings (former President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Inner Circle of Advocates, Lawdragon Hall of Fame) — and on a record of setting state-level verdict benchmarks. The firm does not sell software, licensing, or subscription products and has no public revenue disclosures.

Name

Bostwick & Associates

Legal name

Bostwick & Associates

Website

https://bostwickfirm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bostwick & Associates is a privately held San Francisco personal injury and medical malpractice law firm serving individual plaintiffs in catastrophic injury, birth injury, and med-mal cases across California, Hawaii, and other U.S. states on a contingency fee basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal Injury Law

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Personal injury law
• Medical malpractice litigation
• Birth injury representation
• Catastrophic injury cases
• Wrongful death claims

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Contingency Fee Legal Services: The firm operates on a contingency fee basis - clients pay no attorneys' fees unless the firm recovers money for their injuries. This aligns firm incentives with client outcomes and makes legal services accessible to injury victims.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bostwick & Associates provides plaintiff-side legal representation on a contingency fee basis ("No Recovery, No Fee") for individuals and families who have suffered serious injuries, medical malpractice, birth injuries, wrongful death, and related catastrophic harm. Its practice covers medical malpractice, birth and neonatal injury, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, stroke, truck and auto accidents, product liability, and legal malpractice cases, primarily for clients in California and Hawaii.

Product overview

Bostwick & Associates is a single-location San Francisco-based personal injury and medical malpractice law firm offering a unified suite of legal services rather than a modular software product. The firm's core offering is legal representation in personal injury cases, with specialized practice areas including Medical Malpractice, Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Wrongful Death, Truck Accidents, Legal Malpractice, Product Liability, Stroke Injuries, and Amputation Injuries. The practice operates on a contingency fee basis ('No Recovery, No Fee') and has achieved record-setting verdicts and settlements exceeding $1 billion recovered for clients. The firm does not offer a technology platform or SaaS product, but rather traditional legal services with practice area specialization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Malpractice Legal Services Plaintiff-side legal representation for victims of medical negligence, including surgical errors, misdiagnosis, medication errors, and birth injuries, with extensive knowledge of California medical malpractice laws. For individuals and families harmed by healthcare providers.
• Birth and Neonatal Injury Legal Services Legal representation for families affected by birth injuries including cerebral palsy, HIE, failure to perform timely C-sections, Erb's palsy, and neonatal injuries, with record-setting verdicts in multiple states.
• Traumatic Brain Injury Legal Services Legal representation for traumatic brain injury and hypoxic/anoxic brain injury cases resulting from accidents or medical negligence, including surgery errors and failure to monitor vitals.
• Spinal Cord Injury Legal Services Legal representation for spinal cord injury victims, helping clients recover compensation for catastrophic injuries affecting mobility and quality of life.
• Amputation Injury Legal Services Legal representation for amputation injury victims resulting from accidents or medical malpractice, helping clients recover substantial compensation.
• Wrongful Death Legal Services Legal representation for families pursuing wrongful death claims when a loved one has died due to negligence, medical malpractice, or accidents.
• Truck Accident Legal Services Legal representation for victims of truck accidents, addressing driver fatigue, tired drivers, truck rollovers, and other commercial vehicle accident causes.
• Auto Accident Legal Services Legal representation for victims of car, motorcycle, and pedestrian accidents throughout California.
• Legal Malpractice Legal Services Representation for victims of legal malpractice when attorneys have failed to meet the requisite standard of care in handling legal matters.
• Product Liability Legal Services Legal representation for victims harmed by defective products, dangerous drugs, defective tires, medical device recalls, and product liability claims.
• Stroke Injury Legal Services Legal representation for stroke victims and families dealing with stroke misdiagnosis, delayed treatment, and stroke-related medical negligence.
• Personal Injury Legal Services Comprehensive legal representation for individuals injured due to negligence, covering auto accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, and premises liability cases throughout California.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than $1 billion recovered for clients
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi LLP: California plaintiff personal injury and catastrophic injury firm with a similar record-setting verdict track record in med-mal, trucking, and wrongful death cases. Directly comparable on practice mix, contingency model, and high-value trial orientation.
• The Dolan Law Firm: San Francisco-based plaintiff personal injury firm handling catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, and elder abuse cases. Closely comparable on geography, client segment, and contingency-fee catastrophic injury focus.
• Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger: San Francisco plaintiff firm specializing in medical malpractice, personal injury, and mass tort cases. Comparable on Bay Area geography, med-mal specialization, and record-setting verdict orientation.
• Cutter Law P.C. California plaintiff firm with a strong catastrophic injury and medical malpractice practice. Comparable on practice mix, contingency-fee economics, and pursuit of record-setting verdicts in complex med-mal matters.
• Moseley Collins Law: Plaintiff personal injury and catastrophic injury firm with a long-standing record of multi-million dollar verdicts in birth injury, brain injury, and medical malpractice cases. Comparable on plaintiff-only model, contingency fees, and catastrophic injury focus.
• Greene Broillet & Wheeler: California plaintiff trial firm handling catastrophic personal injury, product liability, and business cases. Comparable on high-value plaintiff trial practice and record-setting California verdicts.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein: National plaintiff firm with strong California presence in personal injury, mass tort, and consumer cases. Comparable on contingency model, plaintiff-side catastrophic injury work, and high-value verdicts/settlements.
• Wilshire Law Firm: California plaintiff personal injury firm with a large advertising-driven intake operation. Comparable on contingency-fee personal injury and catastrophic injury focus; contrasts on scale and GTM motion.

Broad incumbents

• The Cochran Firm: Nationally recognized plaintiff personal injury firm with a broad practice across med-mal, product liability, and mass tort. Comparable on plaintiff med-mal and catastrophic injury work, but operates at a much larger scale and broader geography.
• Morgan & Morgan: Largest U.S. plaintiff personal injury firm with a national footprint and significant med-mal and catastrophic injury work. Comparable on contingency model and plaintiff med-mal focus, but at dramatically greater scale and marketing intensity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BostwickFirm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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