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7 Joost Avenue, Suite 201 San Francisco, CA 94131 (415) 334-4111 dawn@hasselllawgroup.com  
 

  Dawn L. Hassell, Esq.

Ms. Hassell founded the law firm in 1999, specializing in personal injuries and accidents, employment law, insurance claims and elder abuse and neglect cases.  In 2007 she was nominated by opposing counsel as a Northern California Super Lawyer. Leading the firm’s litigation practice, Ms. Hassell has a 100% trial success rate. At 34, Ms. Hassell was one of the youngest members to have been elected to the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Trial Lawyer's Association, and has continued to serve on that board since 2002. She has been nominated for the 2008 Street Fighter Of The Year Award by the Consumer Attorneys of California. Also in 2008, Ms. Hassell was a nominee and finalist for the prestigious San Francisco Trial Lawyer's Association's Civil Justice Award for her work on behalf of a little boy & his family who lost their mother in a tragic car accident. She has lectured on bicycles and the law at Stanford Law School, NASA Ames Research Center, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition and Peninsula Bicycle Coalition. She has published several articles on trials, an article on a difficult wrongful death case she resolved, and an article on elder abuse. She is scheduled to lecture as a panelist on civil discovery in litigation for the Continuing Education of the Bar. She has moderated an MCLE panel on women owned law firms, and spoken on numerous other panels for the Trial Lawyer's Association. Prior to her career in law, she served as business director and manager in the corporate sector. Ms. Hassell obtained her Juris Doctorate degree from the prestigious University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She is a Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude undergraduate, finishing in the top 1% of her class, and majored in pre-law.
 
 
  Richard P. Brown, Esq. (Of Counsel)

Mr. Brown is a lawyer with the Hassell Law Group and a member of the California Bar. A graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Mr. Brown has been with the firm since 2003. He assisted 4 clients in a Sonoma County trial in 2007 and obtained favorable judgments for them all. He has also assisted Ms. Hassell in trials, with trial preparation, post trial motions and has experience handling all phases of litigation, including traditional and complex personal injury cases. He is involved in mediations, all aspects of claims investigations, and advocates for clients in all aspects of litigation.
 
 
  Grace Ho, Esq.

Grace is a lawyer with The Hassell Law Group and a member of the California Bar. Grace did her undergraduate work at Yale University, an Ivy League school. She then graduated from University of San Francisco School of the Law. She has been with the law firm since 2005. She assisted two clients in trials in 2007 in San Francisco and in 2008 in Placer county and obtained favorable judgments in both cases. She has assisted multiple clients in obtaining favorable judgments since then. Her primary role at the firm is working directly with clients on their cases, dealing with insurance companies to resolve cases for clients, working on cases in litigation, as well legal research and writing on liability and damages issues.   

Ms. Ho is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin.
 
 
  Kathryn Tanner

Kathryn is a graduate of University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She has been with the firm since January 2006. She will become an associate attorney with the law firm once she is admitted to the California Bar. She is currently pending bar passage. She assists in every aspect of the law firm's practice, dealing with clients, dealing with insurance companies, researching legal issues, working on discovery and on cases involved in litigation.
 
 
  Maple Lay

Maple Lay is a Law Student intern who currently attends University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She attended University of California at Berkeley as an undergraduate. Maple assists the law firm's attorneys with every aspect of client matters.

Ms. Lay is fluent in Spanish.
 
 
  Edward Ahn

Edward Ahn is a Law Student intern who currently attends University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He attended the prestigious Brown University as an undergraduate, an Ivy League school. Edward assists the law firm's attorneys with every aspect of client matters.

Mr. Ahn is conversant in Korean.