Allison Lawrence
Allison Lawrence is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Her practice focuses primarily on complex, high value, multi-party personal injury matters. Ms. Lawrence routinely represents Fortune 500 companies, as well as small businesses and individual policyholders. Over the course of her career, Ms. Lawrence has saved her clients over $100 million through skilled negotiations, law and motion work and trial work. Ms. Lawrence has extensive litigation experience defending clients in both civil and criminal California state courts at all stages of the proceedings.
Ms. Lawrence has successfully argued thousands of cases in jury and bench trials, evidentiary hearings, depositions, law and motion hearings and settlement negotiations. She has obtained favorable results on behalf of her clients and has tried multiple cases to verdict with successful outcomes. Ms. Lawrence is an aggressive and relentless advocate for her clients and is known for employing creative and unique strategies to obtain the best results possible. Ms. Lawrence oversees a team of skilled lawyers who she actively collaborates with to support every client’s needs from the inception of a case until resolution.
Ms. Lawrence obtained her J.D. from Golden Gate University, School of Law. During her time at Golden Gate University, Ms. Lawrence interned with Prisoner Legal Services, where she assisted inmates in five different San Francisco County jail facilities. During her time with Prisoner Legal Services, she advocated for fair treatment of incarcerated individuals of all demographics. She obtained a dual B.A. in Philosophy and Sociology from University of San Diego.
In her free time, Ms. Lawrence enjoys spending time with her family, friends and her dog, Tango. She also enjoys travel, music, and cheering on her San Francisco 49ers.
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