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Pete Clancy

Pete started Clancy & Diaz with his wife, Precilla Diaz, in 2007. Prior to this, Pete worked at Bullivant Houser Bailey in San Francisco and Las Vegas, practicing insurance coverage and commercial litigation. After leaving Bullivant, Pete went to work at Wolfsburg, Reese, Colvig & Firstman in Oakland where he practiced complex commercial litigation.

Pete Clancy is recognized among his peers as an outstanding and hard-working personal injury attorney. It is quite common to find him at the office working after everyone else has gone home, and he is proud to say that he has known the late-night custodians at every building where he has worked as a lawyer. This hard work has been rewarded by membership in very exclusive professional organizations and by public recognition.

Pete's family has been practicing law (without skipping a generation) for more than 100 years in California and Illinois. Family legend is that the first Clancy to become an attorney was a man who had to defend himself against a court-martial charge in the Civil War (for stealing an officer's horse). That ancestor won and he was acquitted, starting a family tradition.

Outside of the office, Pete is a father, husband, a voracious reader, an avid ultramarathon runner and a Cub Scout den leader.

Publications & Professional Associations

• Member, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, Consumer Attorneys of California
• Member, Bar Association of San Francisco
• Member, State Bar of California
• Member, State Bar of Nevada
• Member, Nevada Lawyer Editorial Board 2007-2010
• Nevada Editor of the Western Water Law and Policy Reporter (2004)
• "Is the Grass Really Greener on The Other Side? An Introduction to Property Boundary Disputes" California Land Use Reporter (June 2005)
• "Getting Medical Treatment Without Health Insurance - Doctor's Liens" March 2010
• Lawyers in the Library 2007-2010

Honors & Distinctions

SuperLawyers Northern California Rising Star (2010, 2011, & 2012)

In 2010, 2011, and 2012 Pete was recognized as a Rising Star in the area of personal injury among Northern California personal injury lawyers. Only 2.5% of the attorneys in a given jurisdiction are given this award; even fewer receive the distinction for more than one year. The selections for this esteemed list are made by the research team at Super Lawyers, which is a service of the Thomson Reuters. Each year, the research team at Super Lawyers undertakes a rigorous, multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area and a good-standing and disciplinary check.

Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Life Member)

The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is recognized as one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts, awards and settlements. The organization was founded in 1993 and there are approximately 3000 members located throughout the country. Less than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members. Forum membership acknowledges excellence in advocacy, and provides members with a national network of experienced colleagues for professional referral and information exchange in major cases. Members must have acted as principal counsel in at least one case in which their client has received a verdict, award or settlement in the amount of one million dollars or more.

The National Trial Lawyers Association: Top 40 Under 40

The National Trial Lawyers Association: Top 40 under 40 is by invitation only and is extended exclusively to those individuals who exemplify superior qualifications, trial results, and leadership as a young lawyer under the age of 40. Selection is based on a thorough multi-phase process, which includes peer nominations combined with third-party research. The result is a credible, comprehensive and impressive list of young attorneys chosen to represent their state. The Top 40 under 40 is restricted to only 40 attorneys per state per year and each attorney must be under the age of 40 as of January 1, 2012. Attorneys must also specialize in the areas of civil plaintiff or criminal defense law. Each candidate must also be in good standing with the state licensing board and must never have been subject to disciplinary action.

Admissions

• State Bar of California
• State Bar of Nevada
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
• United States District Court for the Northern District of California
• United States District Court for the Central District of California
• United States District Court for the Southern District of California

Education

Pete earned his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, in San Francisco. UC Hastings College of the Law was founded in 1878 as the first law department of the University of California, and today is one of the top-rated law schools in the United States. Its alumni span the globe and are among the most respected lawyers, judges and business leaders today. Before that, Pete earned his Bachelor's degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Pete worked full-time during both his law school and undergraduate days.

Precilla Diaz

Contact pdiaz@injuryoakland.com Precilla Diaz.

Oktober M. Miller

SENIOR ASSOCIATE – LITIGATION

CONTACT:
Phone: 510-251-8868
Fax: 510-768-7203
Email: omm@injuryoakland.com

PRACTICES:
Personal Injury

BACKGROUND:
Oktober was born in Saigon, Vietnam and grew up in Berkeley. He began his legal career in 1999 in San Francisco at the firm of Berry, Appleman and Leiden as a member of the adjustment of status team obtaining green cards for foreign employees of such prominent companies as Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and Pixar. In 2005 he moved into the field of medical malpractice litigation as a law clerk for the San Francisco firm of Allan Lerch and Associates, where he was responsible for all matters involving civil discovery.

Oktober went on to obtain his law degree and certification in mediation from John F. Kennedy University. In 2009, Oktober joined Miller & Ngo as a general practitioner working with a diverse group of clients in various areas of the law including immigration, personal injury, family law, contracts, landlord-tenant, as well as other areas.

In 2010, Oktober went to work in San Francisco’s Financial District for the litigation firm Taxman Wakeford where he practiced in the areas of personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice, judgment and collections, and criminal defense.

In 2011, Oktober returned to Miller Washington & Kim as a senior litigation associate-contract attorney. He continues to reside in the East Bay with his wife, a native of Dresden, Germany, and their two children. As a member of a multinational family Oktober has a particular interest in international and EU law. He has traveled extensively in Central America, Cuba, Europe and Southeast Asia.

ADMITTED IN:

• California

EDUCATION:

• J.D., John F. Kennedy University
• B.A., Certification in Mediation Studies , John F. Kennedy University

MEMBERSHIPS:

• San Francisco BAR Association
• Alameda County BAR Association
• Vietnamese American BAR Association of Northern California

We help people injured in car accidents, bus accidents, truck accidents, dog attacks, pedestrians struck by cars, and other injured people throughout the Bay Area, including: Albany, Alameda, Alamo, American Canyon, Antioch, Berkeley, Campbell, Castro Valley, Clayton, Concord, Cupertino, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Lafayette, Livermore, Los Altos, Martinez, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, Napa, Newark, Oakland, Orinda, Piedmont, Pinole, Pittsburgh, Pleasant Hill, Pleasanton, San Francisco, San Jose, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, San Mateo, San Rafael, San Ramon, Santa Clara, Saratoga, South San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Union City, Walnut Creek. We have represented clients injured on city streets as well as highways 1, 4, 5, 80, 101, 238, 280, 580, 680, 780, 880 and 980.

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