- About Us
About Your San Diego Car Accident Lawyers
Ray Padilla founded Ray Padilla Law, APC in 2016 with a simple belief: your attorney should help you, not just sign you up and forget about you. A graduate of Arizona State University and admitted to the California Bar in 2012, Ray has dedicated over 14 years to representing injury victims throughout San Diego County and Southern California.
What sets Ray Padilla apart from the billboard lawyers is his commitment to keeping a manageable caseload. While other firms try to sign hundreds of clients, Ray focuses on giving each person the attention their case deserves. His clients have his cell phone number and text him directly with questions. This hands-on approach leads to better communication, stronger case preparation, and faster resolutions.
The results speak for themselves. Ray has recovered millions for his clients, including a $1.5 million settlement for a red-light intersection crash in El Centro, $885,000 for a victim hit by an uninsured drunk driver in San Diego, and $500,000 for a motorcyclist struck by a vehicle. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star (2018, 2019), received the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 distinction, and earned the Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services.
Ray is bilingual in English and Spanish and is available 24/7 to take your call. He offers free consultations and works on a contingency fee basis, which means you pay nothing unless he wins your case. When you work with Ray Padilla Law, you get an attorney who fights for you like family.
- Super Lawyers’ 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022
- San Diego Rising Star Award Recipient
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- Our Approach
Our Approach: Focused, Honest, Results-Driven
Our Mission
To provide injured San Diego residents with the personal attention and aggressive representation they deserve. We keep our caseload manageable because we believe quality matters more than quantity. When you hire Ray Padilla Law, you get an attorney who knows your name, answers your calls, and fights for every dollar you are owed.
Our Vision
To change how people think about personal injury lawyers. We are not here to sign you up and pass you off to a paralegal. We are here to guide you through one of the most difficult times of your life, keep you informed every step of the way, and deliver results that help you move forward.
Our Value
Honesty comes first. We will never take your case just to make a quick settlement. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you and point you to someone who can help. We answer calls 24/7, communicate in English and Spanish, and never charge a fee unless we win. Your recovery is our priority.
- Law Firm
Personal Injury Law Firm
We are a Personal Injury Law Firm Dedicated to the Pursuit of Justice.
Our clients are good people, regular hard working people who desperately need the help of a personal injury law firm to fight for them. Our job is simple, fight for our clients to get them compensation for the harms that they have suffered. That is it. There is only one other profession in the world that we know of (professional athletes) where like in personal injury law, there are a lot of extremely well paid people on the other side whose sole job and purpose is to make sure we don’t succeed at getting yo compensation for your injuries. Our personal injury law firm thrives on that.
Defendants (insurance companies) hire extremely skilled, aggressive and expensive lawyers, doctors and paid experts to make it as difficult as possible for victims of personal injury accidents to get fair justice for their injuries. Ray spent years working in prestigious firms handling a multitude of Personal Injury and Employment law cases helping thousands of working class individuals recover compensation for their losses. Allow our personal injury law firm to fight for you as well.
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