Kimberly Wong

Kimberly Wong is a partner and litigation manager at Coopers LLP in San Francisco where she litigates and manages personal injury cases involving negligence, premises liability, wrongful death, products liability, and industrial injuries. Kimberly is a frequent lecturer and author of published articles on various topics related to personal injury litigation. She has been selected by her peers to the Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Star list each year from 2012 to 2017 and the Northern California Super Lawyer list from 2018 to the present. She has had several settlements featured in The Recorder's annual report of "California's Million-Dollar Settlements." Kimberly has served in various leadership roles within the Consumer Attorneys of California, including as an officer, a board member, Chair of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, and Chair of the Women's Caucus.

Articles written by this author:

Looking beyond the driver’s seat to find liability in motor vehicle accident cases

Ownership of the vehicle can be a crucial question

Kimberly Wong

2013 October

The liability of a parent company to a subsidiary’s injured worker

When suits may be filed under the direct liability theory of negligent undertaking

Kimberly Wong

2012 October

Staffing agency employees injured on the job: A double-edged sword

Consider a two-part attack on the WC exclusive-remedy defense in a dual- or multiple-employer situation

William Veen
Kimberly Wong

2010 July

Protecting employees working abroad for federal contractors

Civil claims under the Defense Base Act involve issues not typically present in California workers-comp cases

Kimberly Wong

2011 June

The 5 exceptions to the workers’ compensation exclusive remedy

Rules that every PI attorney must know to avoid inadequate compensation to injured workers

Kimberly Wong

2014 October

Construction site injuries: Strategies for defeating the Privette defense

Defense counsel will present Privette as a complete defense against civil liability. It is not.

Kimberly Wong

2015 October

Discovery can be key to PI/workers’ comp “crossover” cases

Cooperation between the PI and workers’ comp attorneys is key to maximizing the client’s recovery, and the PI attorney often needs to play the lead role in discovery

Kimberly Wong

2016 October