Bill Bender - San Diego, CA
Attorney at Bender Kurlander Hernandez & Campbell
Personal Injury Litigation and Trial Lawyers in San Diego, CA
501 West Broadway #1500 San Diego, CA 92101
- Free Consultation
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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33
Years
Experience
San Diego Personal Injury Litigation and Trial Lawyer
Updated: 03/02/2026
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury Litigation and Trial
- Wrongful Death
- Premises Liability
- Construction Site Injuries
- Traumatic Burn injuries
- Products Liability
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Serious Injury Auto Accidents
- Motorcycle, Scooter & Bicycle cases
- Rideshare-Uber, Lyft, Door Dash
- Class Actions
Attorney Information
Overview
Bill Bender is the managing partner of Bender & Gritz. Mr. Bender handles significant personal injury, products liability, construction site injuries, wrongful death and maritime cases for the firm. He has been involved in many high profile cases in California and Arizona and has obtained several settlements and verdicts in excess of a million dollars by virtue of his aggressive reasoned representation of his clients.
He is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of the State of California and the Southern and Central United States District Courts. He is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, The Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, The Consumer Attorneys of California, The Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice, The San Diego County Bar, The State Bar of California and he has served as an Arbitrator for the San Diego Superior Court in the areas of personal injury and wrongful death. Bill Bender has also been selected to the 2015 - 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers® list.
Paralegal:
Claudia Fuentes - claudia@bendergritz.com
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Member, The Consumer Attorneys of San Diego
- Member, The Consumer Attorneys of California
- Super Lawyers – 2015 to present
- AVVO – 10.0 Superb Rating
- Top Attorneys in San Diego-New York Times & Los Angeles Magazine
- America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators
- Best of the Best-Top 10
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Other Sources of Feedback About Bill Bender
Included on the 2026 San Diego Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2024 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2023 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2022 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2021 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2020 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2019 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2018 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2017 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2016 San Diego Super Lawyers list
- 2015 San Diego Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
- Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California, 1992
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Non Legal Education
- San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 1989
Current Employment Position(s)
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Principal
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Managing partner
Published Works
Articles
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Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury from Start to Finish, National Business Institute 2015
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Auto Injury Litigation: The Ultimate Guide, National Business Institute 2019
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1994
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1993
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2002
- Supreme Court of California, 1993
Other Affiliations
- The Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- American Association for Justice (Member)
- San Diego County Bar Association (Member)
- The State Bar of California (Member)
- Consumer Attorneys of California (Member)
- Consumer Attorneys of San Diego
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Contact
501 West Broadway
#1500
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: 619-833-2957
Fax: 855-515-0221
Email: Send a message
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