Howard Rome Martin & Ridley LLP

Howard Rome Martin & Ridley LLP is a firm whose principals have been in active practice in San Mateo County for over 35 years. It carries the highest legal ability rating in Martindale-Hubbell. We are centrally located on the San Francisco Peninsula halfway between San Francisco and San Jose. We are located approximately 30 minutes away from the courthouses in those cities, and serve the greater Bay Area, including Monterey, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sonoma, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo and San Francisco Counties.

The firm has extensive experience in insurance defense litigation, professional negligence, public entity defense, product liability claims, workers' compensation subrogation, landslide and subsidence claims, construction defect litigation, defense of section 1983 civil rights and police excessive force cases and employment litigation. In addition, we have experience in a wide range of environmental litigation, including asbestos, various chemicals associated with the electronics and dry-cleaning industries, as well as petroleum contamination.