Hulburt Law Firm represents people and families in Carlsbad after serious accidents, catastrophic injuries, and wrongful death. We handle complex cases involving crashes on I-5, Palomar Airport Road, El Camino Real, and Carlsbad Boulevard, as well as unsafe property, defective products, dangerous roads, and corporate or government negligence.
Clients work directly with attorneys Conor and Leslie Hulburt. Our firm limits the number of cases it accepts and our attorneys have recovered more than $150 million in verdicts and settlements for injured people and families.
555 West Beech Street, Suite 206
San Diego, CA 92101
Monday – Friday
9 am – 5 pm

Hulburt Law Firm represents people and families in serious injury and wrongful death cases. We focus on complex claims requiring careful investigation, expert analysis, and preparation for trial.
We handle serious crashes caused by distracted, impaired, speeding, or otherwise negligent drivers. We investigate vehicle data, video, roadway conditions, and all available insurance coverage.
Motorcyclists can suffer catastrophic injuries when drivers turn across their path, change lanes without looking, or fail to yield. We investigate both driver negligence and unsafe roadway conditions.
Carlsbad’s coastal roads, intersections, bike lanes, and growing e-bike use create serious risks for riders. Important evidence may include video, vehicle data, signal timing, and roadway design.
Pedestrian crashes often occur when drivers fail to yield or keep a proper lookout. We examine visibility, lighting, driver conduct, and roadway conditions.
Property owners and businesses may be responsible for injuries caused by unsafe walkways, stairs, lighting, security, or maintenance. These cases often turn on whether the danger was known or should have been discovered.
California generally holds dog owners strictly liable for bites occurring in public or while the injured person is lawfully on private property. We document scarring, nerve damage, and psychological harm.
Truck crashes may involve unsafe driving, poor training, inadequate maintenance, or improperly loaded cargo. We preserve electronic logs, vehicle data, inspection records, and company documents.
We handle claims involving public transit, school, charter, tour, and shuttle buses. Responsibility may extend to the driver, operator, maintenance contractor, or public agency.
Boating injuries may result from operator negligence, excessive speed, intoxication, inadequate safety equipment, or mechanical failure. We investigate every person, business, and product that may be responsible.
Workers and bystanders may have claims against contractors, property owners, equipment manufacturers, and other third parties. These claims may provide compensation beyond workers’ compensation benefits.
Aviation cases may involve pilot error, poor maintenance, defective components, operator negligence, or unsafe airport conditions. These claims often involve multiple defendants and complex regulations.
When negligence causes a death, surviving family members may seek compensation for their financial and personal losses. We investigate the incident while guiding the family through the legal process.
Brain injuries can cause lasting cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and physical changes. Symptoms may be serious even when initial imaging appears normal.
Serious spine and spinal cord injuries can affect mobility, employment, independence, and future medical needs. Expert analysis may be needed to establish the full impact.
Severe burns may result from fires, explosions, electrical hazards, chemicals, defective products, or unsafe property. We document treatment, scarring, rehabilitation, and future care.
Defective tires, roofs, seats, airbags, seatbelts, and other components can cause or worsen catastrophic injuries. Preserving and inspecting the vehicle is often critical.
Manufacturers and sellers may be responsible for injuries caused by unsafe products. Claims may involve defective design, manufacturing errors, inadequate warnings, or failure to recall a known hazard.
Unsafe intersections, signals, sight lines, pavement, barriers, or warnings can contribute to serious crashes. Claims against public entities require early investigation and may have a six-month claim deadline.
Attorneys Conor Hulburt and Leslie Hulburt represent people and families in Carlsbad facing catastrophic injury and wrongful death. By accepting a limited number of serious cases, they remain directly involved in the investigation, preparation, and presentation of each claim.
Conor has recovered more than $150 million for clients and served as lead trial counsel in a $28.16 million verdict against Caltrans. His practice focuses on uncovering what happened, identifying every responsible party, and presenting the client’s story clearly and persuasively.
Leslie brings extensive experience in mediations, arbitrations, trials, and appeals. Her background in journalism and education strengthens her ability to uncover the truth, explain complex evidence, and communicate a client’s experience with clarity and impact.

Our attorneys have achieved life-changing results for personal injury victims in Carlsbad and the Greater San Diego area. Every case is different, and past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Jury verdict against Caltrans for a 13-year-old boy who suffered a catastrophic brain injury after he was struck by a vehicle while using a dangerous crosswalk.
A sudden tire failure caused an SUV to fishtail and crash into a tree on the side of a San Diego County highway, killing a beloved husband and father.
A massive, improperly installed gate collapsed on a subcontracted worker who was asked by the general contractor to paint it, causing his tragic death.
A genetic testing corporation rushed a product to market, causing an oversight that changed a family's life.
A concrete block wall wasn't properly supported and fell on a construction worker in El Cajon, killing him.
An event producer’s negligence led to a participant’s death in a vehicle collision.
Call us or complete our contact form to tell us what happened. We will review the circumstances of the incident, your injuries, and the parties who may be responsible. There is no charge for the consultation, and you pay no legal fees unless we recover compensation for you.
Once retained, we move quickly to preserve evidence, obtain records, interview witnesses, and identify every responsible party and source of insurance. When needed, we work with experts in medicine, accident reconstruction, roadway design, product safety, and other specialized fields.
We document the full impact of the injury, including medical expenses, future care, lost earnings, physical limitations, and the ways the injury has changed your life. Every case is prepared with trial in mind so we can negotiate from a position of strength and take the case to a jury when the responsible parties refuse to provide fair compensation.
Certain injury claims in Carlsbad present recurring issues involving bicycle and e-bike traffic, injuries to children and teenagers, and crashes caused by visitors or rental-car drivers. Each can raise distinct questions about fault, insurance coverage, evidence, and filing deadlines.
Carlsbad has substantial bicycle and e-bike traffic along Carlsbad Boulevard, neighborhood streets, school routes, and major intersections. The city has adopted local e-bike safety rules, including minimum-age and helmet requirements, but serious collisions continue to occur.
When a rider is injured, we investigate the driver’s conduct, visibility, nearby video, vehicle data, signal timing, roadway design, and the bicycle or e-bike itself. Responsibility may extend to a negligent driver, public entity, property owner, or product manufacturer.
Learn more about California e-bike laws, California bicycle helmet laws, what to do after a bicycle accident, and our bicycle accident practice.
Children and teenagers may suffer serious injuries in pedestrian and e-bike crashes, around pools and playgrounds, during organized activities, or because of unsafe property. The long-term effects of a brain injury, orthopedic injury, scarring, or psychological trauma may not be fully apparent while a child is still developing.
Claims involving minors require careful evaluation of future medical, educational, and support needs. Settlements generally require court approval, and short deadlines may still apply when the City of Carlsbad, a school district, or another public entity may be responsible.
Learn more about pedestrian accidents involving children, children and traumatic brain injury, and attractive nuisance claims in California.
Carlsbad attracts substantial visitor traffic to its beaches, resorts, LEGOLAND, and other destinations. Drivers who are unfamiliar with local roads may make unsafe turns, stop unexpectedly, miss traffic signals, or have difficulty navigating freeway interchanges and busy coastal streets.
When an out-of-state or rental-car driver causes a serious crash, compensation may be available through the driver’s personal auto policy, rental coverage, an employer’s policy, or the injured person’s uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage. The rental company may also be responsible when its own negligence contributed to the collision.
We identify every potentially applicable insurance policy and investigate whether the driver, rental company, employer, or another party bears responsibility.
Serious injury cases require careful investigation, direct attorney involvement, and preparation for trial. Hulburt Law Firm represents Carlsbad clients in complex cases involving catastrophic injury and wrongful death.
We limit the number of cases we accept so each client receives focused attention, clear communication, and a strategy tailored to the facts of the case.
Clients trust Hulburt Law Firm for a strong track record of securing meaningful results in personal injury and catastrophic injury cases.
We handle complex claims involving corporations, manufacturers, contractors, insurance companies, and public entities.
Clients work directly with Conor and Leslie and receive clear guidance throughout their case.
We document the full medical, financial, and personal impact of an injury to pursue all available compensation.
Most California personal injury lawsuits must be filed within two years of the injury. Important exceptions and shorter deadlines may apply, particularly when a public entity is involved, so the applicable deadline should be evaluated promptly.
Learn more about the statute of limitations for personal injury claims.
A written government claim relating to personal injury or death generally must be presented within six months after the claim accrues. This may apply when an injury involves a dangerous street or sidewalk, government vehicle, public transit system, school, or other public property.
Identifying the correct public entity is critical. Learn more about claims against government entities in California and our work involving dangerous roadway conditions.
Carlsbad generally requires e-bike riders to be at least 12 years old. Class 3 riders must be at least 16. Riders under 18 and all Class 3 riders must wear properly fitted helmets, and passengers may be carried only on an e-bike designed and equipped for them.
A minor’s e-bike may also be impounded when a violation creates an immediate or substantial public-safety risk. Learn more about California and Carlsbad e-bike laws.
A child’s injury claim must account for effects that may not become clear until the child grows older, including future treatment, educational needs, reduced independence, and lost earning capacity. Appropriate medical, educational, vocational, and economic experts may be needed.
A minor’s settlement generally requires court approval. Filing deadlines can also differ for children, although short government-claim deadlines may still apply when a city, school district, or other public entity is involved.
Not wearing a helmet does not automatically prevent an injured cyclist from recovering compensation. An insurance company may argue that the lack of a helmet contributed to a head injury, but the effect on the claim depends on the rider’s age, the type of bicycle or e-bike, the injuries involved, and the available medical evidence.
The driver or other party who caused the collision may still be responsible. See our guide to California bicycle helmet laws.
An out-of-state driver can still be held responsible for a collision that occurred in California. Compensation will usually begin with the driver’s automobile liability coverage.
When a rental vehicle is involved, additional coverage may be available through the driver’s personal insurance, coverage purchased from the rental company, a credit-card benefit, an employer’s policy, or your own uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage. The rental company is not automatically liable simply because it owns the vehicle, but it may be responsible for its own negligence or under another applicable legal theory.
Carlsbad ZIP codes are generally assigned to the San Diego Superior Court’s North County Division at 325 South Melrose Drive in Vista. The proper filing location ultimately depends on the incident, the defendants, the type of claim, and any exceptions under the court’s local rules.
You can find current information about the North County courthouse on the San Diego Superior Court website.
Depending on the circumstances, compensation may include past and future medical expenses, rehabilitation and attendant care, lost income, reduced earning capacity, pain, emotional distress, physical limitations, and loss of enjoyment of life.
The damages in a wrongful death case may include funeral expenses, lost financial support, household services, and the loss of the decedent’s love, companionship, comfort, care, assistance, protection, affection, society, and moral support.
Learn more about compensation available to personal injury victims.
Hulburt Law Firm handles personal injury and wrongful death cases on a contingency-fee basis. You do not pay an hourly fee or upfront retainer. The attorney’s fee is an agreed percentage of the recovery, and no attorney’s fee is charged if there is no recovery.
Our firm also advances the costs needed to investigate and litigate the case. Those costs are reimbursed from a recovery, but the client is not required to repay them if there is no recovery. Read our complete explanation of personal injury contingency fees and case costs.
Contact an attorney as soon as reasonably possible after a serious injury. Surveillance video may be overwritten, vehicles and defective products may be repaired or destroyed, roadway conditions may change, and witnesses can become more difficult to locate.
Early investigation is especially important when a government entity may be responsible because the government-claim deadline is generally only six months.

Hulburt Law Firm represents seriously injured people and families throughout Carlsbad, North County, and communities across San Diego County.
Simply fill out the form or call 619.821.0500 to receive a free case review. We’ll evaluate what happened, your injuries, and potential defendants to determine how we can best help you.