James F. Tierney III | Redlands Personal Injury Lawyer

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About James

James F. Tierney, III received his J.D. degree from Citrus Belt School of Law in 1984.

He began his practice as an associate with a major Inland Empire insurance defense firm. In 1990 he became a partner in the firm of Stanfield & Warner. During this time, Mr. Tierney’s practice was mainly dedicated to insurance defense, public entity, and police civil liability for the County of San Bernardino. In 1996, Mr. Tierney’s firm merged with a leading Orange County defense firm and he became managing partner of their Inland Empire office. In 2000 he decided to change sides and began representing plaintiffs’ after spending over 20 years representing defendants in personal injury cases.

Mr. Tierney’s current practice is the representation of a wide variety of plaintiffs in personal injury cases. He is an active member of the Consumer Attorneys of California, the American Association for Justice, the San Bernardino County Bar Association, the California Bar Association, and the Joseph P. Campbell Inns of Court. He is a member of The American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an honor bestowed on very few trial attorneys nationwide. He has volunteered as a Judge Pro Tem and has also worked as an Appellate Court Mediator at the Fourth District Court of Appeals in Riverside.

Mr. Tierney has been a resident of the Inland Empire for over 40 years, having grown up in the High Desert and then living and raising his family in the Highland/Redlands and San Bernardino area for the past 25 years.

Mr. Tierney is AV® Preeminent™ rated by Martindale-Hubbell. This is the preeminent rating, achievable only after admission to the bar for at least ten years, indicating the highest level of legal ability and ethics.
 
Mr. Tierney has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for 2020. Mr. Tierney has also been selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer for Personal Injury from 2012 to the present.

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Experience

Partner

Dolen, Tucker, Tierney & Abraham

Present

Redlands, CA

Admission

Verified California

1984

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • State Bar of California Member
    1984 - Present
  • San Bernardino County Bar Association | Member
  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America | Member
  • American Inns of Court | Member
  • American Board of Trial Advocates | Member
  • Consumer Attorneys of California
Honors / Awards
  • Super Lawyers Southern California Super Lawyers
    2012 - Present
  • The Best Lawyers in America The Best Lawyers in America
    2020
  • Top 100 trial lawyers in California The National Trial Lawyers
    2012
  • AV® Preeminent™ | Martindale-Hubbell

Dolen, Tucker, Tierney & Abraham Highlights

Accident & Injury, Wrongful Death, Products Liability, Slip & Fall Accident, Car Accident, Bankruptcy, Estate Planning and Probate

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