Mike Danko
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Redwood City, California
Practice Areas:
Personal injury,
Animal bites,
Aviation accidents - plaintiff,
Brain injury,
Construction accident,
Medical devices,
Motor vehicle defects,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Sexual abuse - plaintiff,
Toxic mold,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
Education Qualification:
University of Virginia School of Law
Practice Areas:
Personal injury,
Animal bites,
Aviation accidents - plaintiff,
Brain injury,
Construction accident,
Medical devices,
Motor vehicle defects,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Sexual abuse - plaintiff,
Toxic mold,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
333 Twin Dolphin Drive Suite 145Redwood City, California, 94065
First Admitted: 1983, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.dankolaw.com/our-team/mike-danko/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Member, Leaders Forum, American Association for Justice, 2025
- California
- Member, Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association
- Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association
- Western Trial Lawyers Association, 2025
- Member, American Association for Justice, 2025
- Board of Governors, Consumer Attorneys of California
- Member, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 2025
- Member, Santa Clara County Bar Association, 2020
- Member, Lawyer Pilots Bar Association, 2025
- Member, San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, 2020
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- $36 Million Confidential Settlement in Case Involving Northern California fire., 2024
- $20 Million Confidential Settlement for victims of Helicopter Crash, 2024
- $5 Million Settlement for Injuries Sustained in Laboratory Accident, 2024
- $1.6 billion in settlements for survivors of Camp, North Bay, and Butte Wildfires, 2024
- $52 Million Confidential Settlement for Wrongful Death, 2023
- $2.75 million settlement for parents of adult woman killed in air ambulance crash, 2022
- $10.4 million settlement for family of man killed in car crash, 2020
- Court of Appeal opinion upholding $9.5 million jury verdict for family of cyclist killed due to dangerous road condition, 2019
- $1.4 million settlement against US Air Force for neglignet failure to rescue aerobatic pilot after airshow crash, 2018
- $10 million jury verdict for the widow of a pilot killed in a helicopter crash
- $9.75 million settlement for a family injured in a Hawaiian tour helicopter crash on the island of Kauai
- $9.5 million jury verdict for dangerous crosswalk design
- $14.9 million jury verdict against an aircraft engine manufacturer for injuries a passenger sustained in the crash landing of a single-engine aircraft
- $2.2 million court judgment against a state for a bicyclist who fell after hitting an obstruction in the road
- $2.6 million settlement for a policy holder whose insurance company wrongfully refused to pay $225,000 in medical bills
- $50 million court judgment against a candy manufacturer for the wrongful death of child
- $11 million settlement for insurance bad faith
- $20 million settlement for a pedestrian injured by a utility explosion
- $2.9 million jury verdict against an overhaul facility for a pilot injured in helicopter crash
- $1.55 million settlement for woman injured in a plane crash at Lake Tahoe
- $13.4 million jury verdict for family of pilot killed in light plane crash
- $32.5 million settlement - foreign airline disaster
- $10 million court judgment against a large developer for the breach of a promise to deposit $400,000 into purchase escrow
- $9.8 million jury verdict against a snow resort for a woman injured in a snowboarding accident
Videos:
- California Trial Attorney of the Year Nomination - Burdett v. Teledyne Continental Motors, California Trial Attorney of the Year Finalist, Consumer Attorneys Of California, 2009
Representative Clients:
- Confidential v. Boeing ($32.5 million settlement for plane crash victims)
- Andreini v US Air Force ($1.4 million settlement for failure to rescue after airshow crash)
- Goble v. Estate of Pike ($10 million)
- Dunn v. State ($2.2 million)
- Vine v. Bear Valley ($9.8 million)
- Insurance Bad Faith ($2.6 million)
- Denevi v. Swenson ($10 million)
- Young v. Standard Aero ($2.9 million)
- Utility explosion ($20 million)
- Chandler v. State of California ($9.5 million)
- Burdett v. Teledyne Continental Motors ($14.9 million)
- Jing-Li v. Sheng ($50 million)
- Helicopter accident ($9.75 million)
- Gottlieb v. Khalaf ($13.4 million)
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Licensed Helicopter Pilot, 2025
- Licensed Airplane Pilot, 2025
- Licensed Jet Pilot, 2025
Honors/Awards:
- Top 10 Aviation Trial Attorney, National Aviation Trial Attorneys, 2025
- “Top 100” Super Lawyers in Northern California, Thomson Reuters, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022 and 2023
- Northern California Super Lawyer since 2004
- Northern California’s “Top 100” Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters
- Selected as one of the 100 Top Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2025
- Named by Lawdragon one of nation's leading 500 Consumer Lawyers based on a combination of in-depth independent research, journalistic interviews, and client and peer nominations from around the country. The Lawdragon team spends several months determining which attorneys will be included on their lists. In addition to canvassing the plaintiff’s bar, the research team at Lawdragon also identifes those who have achieved a high degree of excellence in other practice areas, from corporate employment law to financial law.Final selections are made based on a variety of factors, including number of victories, value of settlements and verdicts, standing in the legal community, and reputation with clients., Leading 500 Consumer Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023
- Named one of the Best Lawyers in America by US News and World Reports, Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, 2024
- Presented with the "George Corey Trial Lawyer of the Year Award" by the San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, Trial Lawyer of the Year, San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, 2017
- Honored by the California Trial Lawyers Association, 2009 Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist, The Consumer Attorneys of California
Educational Background:
- Dartmouth College, Magna Cum Laude, A.B., 1980
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Speaker, Hiding in Plain Sight - The Crosswalk Case, Western Trial Lawyers Association, 2018
- How Solvent Defendants Seek to Avoid Paying What They Owe Their Victims Through The Use of Chapter 11, Presenter, Bankruptcy As A Preferred Forum For Resolution of Mass Torts, Western Trial Lawyers Association, Plaintiffs Personal Injury, 2020
Industry Groups:
- Those injured due to the wrongful conduct of others
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