William C. Callaham

Mr. Callaham has 37 years’ experience as a trial lawyer and has tried approximately 150 civil jury trials to conclusion.  He has handled a variety of cases throughout California and also in Washington, Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nevada and Montana.  He has a balanced career of 18 years practicing as a defense attorney (defending major corporations, insurance companies, physicians and other individuals), as well as 18 years on the plaintiffs’ side exclusively representing injury victims and their families in a variety of personal injury, wrongful death and catastrophic loss litigation.
 
Mr. Callaham has been selected by his peers to membership in numerous exclusive trial bar organizations including a Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) since 1984. As an ABOTA member he has served as Sacramento Chapter President, a long time National Board Member and was the 2008 National President of ABOTA.  Mr. Callaham is also a Fellow in the International Acadameny of Trial Lawyers  (membership is limited to 500 members under the age of  70  in the United States), a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. He is the only lawyer in Sacramento County to be a member of all three of these elite organizations.
 
Additionally, Mr. Callaham is listed in Best Lawyers in America and also has been selected each year since 2005 as a Northern California Super Lawyer.  He has received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell for the past 30 years, which is the highest rating given by this peer review rating service.  He has been certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy since 1993.
 
Education:
Mr. Callaham graduated from San Diego State University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1970) and receive his J.D. degree from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (1974).  He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1974.

 

Practice Areas:

Civil Trial Practice
Legal, Medical and Other Professional Malpractice
Insurance Bad Faith
Products Liability

Wrongful Death
Personal Injury Litigation