Best HIE Lawyers in California (2026)

The HIE lawyers in California we'd call first, drawn from every city list we've published there and the firms whose own work shows these cases.

Sources checked November 9, 2026

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Of the 7 firms that show hie work on our 5 city lists in California, Walkup Personal Injury Lawyers scores highest on malpractice focus, published results, client reviews and experience, followed by Heimberg Barr, LLP and Bostwick & Associates. Each firm keeps its best score from the cities it serves; open a city for its full list.

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Walkup Personal Injury Lawyers
4.9167 Google reviewsRated 4.9 out of 5 on Google from 167 reviews
Best for: Birth injury and diagnostic delays
A failure to treat a stroke led to the $38 million jury verdict Walkup Personal Injury Lawyers publishes.
On our list for San Francisco.
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We order firms by how much of their work is medical malpractice, the results they publish, what their clients say, their experience, their standing with the regulator and the recognition they have earned, all from public records and the firms' own sites. How lists are made
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Heimberg Barr, LLP
4.04 Google reviewsRated 4.0 out of 5 on Google from 4 reviews
Best for: Delivery delays and fetal monitoring
In its published birth-injury results, Heimberg Barr, LLP describes missed fetal distress and delayed cesarean delivery, along with improper monitoring of fetal monitor strips. These concern delivery-room care.
On our list for Los Angeles.
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We order firms by how much of their work is medical malpractice, the results they publish, what their clients say, their experience, their standing with the regulator and the recognition they have earned, all from public records and the firms' own sites. How lists are made
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Bostwick & Associates
4.25 Google reviewsRated 4.2 out of 5 on Google from 5 reviews
Best for: Birth and neonatal injury claims
Medical malpractice is Bostwick & Associates' practice. Among the cases its site lists are HIE and birth injury, along with neonatal injury.
On our list for Los Angeles.
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We order firms by how much of their work is medical malpractice, the results they publish, what their clients say, their experience, their standing with the regulator and the recognition they have earned, all from public records and the firms' own sites. How lists are made
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Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel
4.581 Google reviewsRated 4.5 out of 5 on Google from 81 reviews
Best for: Families seeking Spanish-language support
Along with Spanish-language support, Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel lists HIE and birth injuries within its medical malpractice practice. For medical malpractice, the firm's site reports a $460 million verdict.
On our list for Los Angeles.
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We order firms by how much of their work is medical malpractice, the results they publish, what their clients say, their experience, their standing with the regulator and the recognition they have earned, all from public records and the firms' own sites. How lists are made
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Morgan & Morgan
4.82,147 Google reviewsRated 4.8 out of 5 on Google from 2147 reviews
Best for: Delayed cesarean delivery claims
In a published delivery-delay result from Morgan & Morgan, a Hillsborough County jury awarded $37.8 million in 2007 after a delayed cesarean delivery left Brendan Dixon with severe brain injury.
On our list for Los Angeles.
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We order firms by how much of their work is medical malpractice, the results they publish, what their clients say, their experience, their standing with the regulator and the recognition they have earned, all from public records and the firms' own sites. How lists are made

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Photos: Los Angeles, Gnaphron, CC BY-SA 2.0; San Diego, Dirk Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0; Sacramento, Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

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