Robert Bohn Jr. - San Jose, CA
Attorney at Golden State Lawyers
Personal Injury Lawyers in San Jose, CA
333 W. Santa Clara Street Suite 620 San Jose, CA 95113
- Free Consultation
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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31
Years
Experience
San Jose Personal Injury Lawyer
Updated: 07/29/2026
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury
- Auto Accidents
- Wrongful Death
- Brain Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Premises Liability
- Defective Products
- Slip and Fall
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Attorney Information
Overview
Rob grew up the son of a renowned San Jose injury lawyer, Bob Bohn, so he has been around the law his entire life. In college, Rob was a psychology major initially planning to practice as a clinical psychologist. It was there that he learned what would eventually be critical information in understanding people who have suffered trauma and studying the brain's structures and function. As he neared graduation, Rob realized he could do more good by becoming a trial lawyer. So, off to law school he went.
After earning his Juris Doctor degree from Santa Clara University School of Law in 1995, Rob took the California state bar and passed the first try, even being invited to return to grade the exam for future examinees. He then embarked on his journey helping people who needed the most help by caring for and representing people with serious life-changing injuries and families of those killed by others.
Through the years, Rob has lectured to lawyers and paralegals about brain injury, jury selection and how to handle various kinds of injury claims. He has held leadership positions in local and state trial lawyer organizations and been recognized for his excellent results and service to his clients and, more generally, to the people of California. Rob is known to preach to other lawyers, "You must be a believer in our cause. This isn't a job - it's a calling to help others", a mantra he lives and practices by.
Rob finds the practice of personal injury litigation interesting and rewarding. As a former competitive athlete and current youth sports coach (for more than 30 years now), he enjoys the competition and the strategy common in coaching sports and litigating major injury cases. Each take creativity, commitment, knowledge and grit. Each require good communication and teaching others. The thrill of victory keeps his juices going.
With this unique background, you will not find Rob plastered on billboards, screaming at you on TV, claiming (like everyone else) "we'll fight for you", standing on a truck, wielding a baseball bat or all those other silly things that lawyers who consider practicing law to be "their business" do. The best lawyers do not need to resort to such silly tactics. The best lawyers, who are recognized by their peers and judges at the best at their craft and the most ethical, do not do those things. The best lawyers who are recognized and awarded by their peers for their good work, do not do those things. The best lawyers give back by leading other trial lawyers. When looking for a truly good and effective lawyer, these are the things lawyers look for. This is Rob's history.
Golden State Lawyers is a boutique firm that cares about and knows our clients. We are not a client mill where clients never even get to know their lawyer and are seen as financial resources rather than as human beings who need meaningful and effective help. Come let Rob take care of you.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- The National Trial Lawyers, Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- 4-time finalist for Santa Clara County Trial Lawyer of the Year - Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association
- Northern California Super Lawyers®
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Judicial Edition (rated highest in abilities and ethics by legal peers and judges)
- Best Lawyers in Silicon Valley (Catastrophic Personal Injury)
- Best Law Firms in America, U.S. News & World Report
- Top Attorneys in Northern California, San Francisco Magazine
- CAOC Champions of Justice Award
- CAOC Local Trial Lawyer Association President of the Year
- Presidential Award of Merit, Consumer Attorneys of California
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®
- Avvo top peer review rating
- Certificate of Recognition from the CA State Senate
- Judge Pro Tempore Santa Clara County Superior Court
- Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association, Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist, 2015
- American Society of Legal Advocates (Top 100 Litigators in California, 2016)
- Trial Lawyers Board of Regents – Litigator Award Nominee
- Litigation Counsel of America (Trial Lawyer Honorary Society limited to less than ½ of 1% of N. America lawyers, judges and scholars)
- Lawyers of Distinction (Trial lawyer honorary society limited to top 10% of lawyers in the U.S.)
Other Sources of Feedback About Robert Bohn Jr.
Included on the 2026 Northern California Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Northern California Super Lawyers list
Education
Legal Education
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Santa Clara University School of Law,
Santa Clara,
California, 1994
J.D.
Non Legal Education
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Santa Clara University,
Santa Clara,
California, June, 1991
B.S.
Honors: cum laude
Past Positions
- Law Offices of Robert H. Bohn, Associate, 1997 - 1998
- Bohn, Bennion & Niland, Associate, 1995 - 1997
- Bohn, Bennion & Niland, Law Clerk, 1993 - 1995
- Law Offices of Robert H. Bohn, Law Clerk, 1991 - 1992
- Alexander & Bohn, Law Clerk, 1989 - 1990
Classes and Seminars
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Lecturer, California College of Trial Arts
- Lecturer, Paralegal Association of Santa Clara County
Pro Bono Activities
- Pacific Justice Foundation, Sustaining Member
Bar Admissions
- California, 1995
- Colorado, 1998
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1996
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1999
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1996
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1999
Other Affiliations
- American Association for Justice, Sustaining Member
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Board of Governors
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Sustaining Member
- Consumer Attorneys of California, President's Club
- Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association, Board Member
- Public Justice Foundation, Sustaining Member
- California Brain Injury Association
- Santa Clara County Bar Association, Trustee, Civil Practice Committee
- Santa Clara County Bar Association, Judicial Evaluation Committee, Delegate
- The Colorado Bar Association
- Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association, Past President
- American Association for Justice, Brain Injury, Motor Vehicle, and Insurance Sections
- Santa Clara County (Delegate)
- California Bar (Delegate)
- Conference of Delegates
- Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Pro Tem
- Santa Clara County Bar Association, Judicial Evaluation Committee, Board of Directors
- Santa Clara County Bar Association, Civil Practice Committee, Board of Directors
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
- State Bar of California
- State Bar of Colorado
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Advocates Club
- Santa Clara County Bar Association, Past Delegate
- Santa Clara County Bar Association, Board Member
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Contact
333 W. Santa Clara Street
Suite 620
San Jose, CA 95113
Phone Number: 408-279-4222
Email: Send a message
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