Andje Medina

Andje M. Medina is a partner and trial attorney at Altair Law in San Francisco. She focuses on catastrophic personal injury cases that cause death or life changing consequences. Her clients include victims of mild and severe traumatic brain injury, spinal cord trauma, nerve damage, fractures, and severe orthopedic injuries arising from construction accidents, industrial accidents, dangerous premises, auto accidents, wrongful death, governmental or public entity liability, and professional negligence.

Andje is passionate about the rights of injured individuals. She has a deep appreciation for her role as a counselor and advocate, and she understands that she is assisting people coping with major losses and life changes. Andje is experienced in every aspect of the litigation process from case evaluation through trial. Her career started with a large civil defense firm in San Francisco, which arms her with a unique perspective and insight into the evaluation process conducted by insurance companies and private businesses. She then moved on to a preeminent San Francisco plaintiffs firm where she was elevated to lead one of the firm's trial teams before leaving to open her own firm. She was named Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2019 by the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. She was also named a Top 40 under 40 Attorney in California in 2017 by the Daily Journal and was a finalist for the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Trial Lawyer of the Year Award in 2017. She was included on the Best Lawyers in America lists from 2015-2018. She has been included on the list of Rising Stars by Northern California Super Lawyers every year since 2012 and is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell. In 2012, she received the Distinguished LRIS Panel Member Award, for the largest recovery in the history of the Bar Association of San Francisco's Lawyer Referral Service Program. In 2011, she obtained a verdict that was included in 'California Top Verdicts of 2011.' Andje serves on the Board of Governors at large for the California Consumers Attorneys Association and Board of Directors for the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. She is a frequent author and lecturer throughout California.

Honors & Awards

Trial Lawyer of the Year, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 2019 Top 30 Plaintiffs Lawyers, Daily Journal, 2019 Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, 2019 Northern California Rising Stars List, Super Lawyers, 2019 Top Northern California Female Lawyers List, Super Lawyers, 2019 National Law Journal's Plaintiff's Trial Lawyers Trailblazers, 2019 Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, 2018 Northern California Rising Stars List, Super Lawyers, 2018 Top Northern California Female Lawyers List, Super Lawyers, 2018 Rated AV-Preeminent for Ethical Standards & Ability, Martindale-Hubbell, 2018 Top 40 under 40 Attorneys in California, Daily Journal, 2017 Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, 2017 Northern California Rising Stars List, Super Lawyers, 2017 Top Northern California Female Lawyers List, Super Lawyers, 2017 Rated AV-Preeminent for Ethical Standards & Ability, Martindale-Hubbell, 2017 Finalist for Trial Lawyer of the Year, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 2017 Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, 2016 Rated AV-Preeminent for Ethical Standards & Ability, Martindale-Hubbell, 2016 Northern California Rising Stars List, Super Lawyers, 2016 Top Northern California Female Lawyers List, Super Lawyers, 2016 Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, 2015 Rated AV-Preeminent for Ethical Standards & Ability, Martindale-Hubbell, 2015 Northern California Rising Stars List, Super Lawyers, 2015 Top Northern California Female Lawyers List, Super Lawyers, 2015 Rated AV-Preeminent for Ethical Standards & Ability, Martindale-Hubbell, 2014 Northern California Rising Stars List, Super Lawyers, 2014 Top Northern California Female Lawyers List, Super Lawyers, 2014 Northern California Rising Stars List, Super Lawyers, 2013 Top Northern California Female Lawyers List, Super Lawyers, 2013 Distinguished Public Service Award, BASF, Lawyer Referral & Information Services, 2012 Top Northern California Female Lawyers List, Super Lawyers, 2012 Northern California Rising Stars List, Super Lawyers, 2012 The Recorder 'California's Top Verdicts of 2011' - Torres v. Fleming, 2011 National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys Top 10 Under 40 in California Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 under 40, The National Trial Lawyers Avvo Superb Rating

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

- Consumer Attorneys of California, Board of Governors - San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors - San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Education Committee Co-Chair - New Leaders Council, Fellow - Bar Association of San Francisco, Member - Lawyer Referral & Information Service, Panel Member - American Association for Justice, Member - American Bar Association, Member