Matt has been practicing law in San Francisco since 1986 and has represented over a thousand clients. His client list includes many of the best businesses and business people in the greater Bay Area. He has formally represented and informally advised small businesses, seriously injured persons, restaurant owners, property owners/brokers, general and subcontractors, high net worth individuals/trusts, and property managers involving a wide range of issues, and claims resolved through various and unique forums for conflict resolution. In 2006, after 20 years of litigation and transactional work, Matt began to focus a portion of his practice as a mediator, consistently helping others settle their disputes. Matt Wertheim has extensive jury and court trial experience and is well versed in trial strategy in the event he is unable to resolve a matter to his client's satisfaction pre-trial.  

His philosophy is to give his clients personal attention and to explain the process along the way so that the client's experience is a positive one and that the particular legal issues do not negatively impact the client's life. Matt's experience over the past decades with difficult  insurance companies, claims adjustors, and opposing counsel in both simple and complex situations lets his clients rest assured that they will receive a well conceived legal strategy and the most cost-effective way of achieving the best possible result for that client's personal and unique set of circumstances. Sometimes that strategy leads to litigation, and other times to negotiated resolutions - often a combination of both. Always, the client's financial situation and the costs/benefits of filing motions, hiring experts, consultants, etc. is always discussed with the client. Matt's clients are intimately involved in the process (unless of course the client wants or prefers a more "hands off" relationship and is only interested in the "end result").

Mr. Wertheim received his BA degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1982. He received his JD law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1985. Mr. Wertheim was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1986, admitted to the United States District Court, Northern District of California in 1986, admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1997, and the United States District Court, Eastern District in 2006.  Mr. Wertheim is a member of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, a founding member of The Lawyers Club of San Francisco American Inns of Court, and a longstanding member of the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC).

Matt is an accomplished attorney receiving the highest possible rating from the Bay Area Legal Community - an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He is a trusted advisor who works tirelessly to get his clients the best possible result.

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