Lisa A. Villasenor
Senior Attorney
(Of Counsel)
Lisa is a highly skilled litigator, negotiator, and top trial lawyer, with a long and successful background litigating personal injury and wrongful death cases through trial.
With an undefeated record in trial and arbitration for her clients, Lisa has a 100% win rate in 12 trials to verdict – including a wrongful death case, a toxic-mold case on behalf of a homeowner, and many auto accident cases. Lisa has been practicing law for over 30 years.
Lisa is a formidable adversary. Her recent case results include:
$4.9 Million for a seriously injured motorist
$4.5 Million for a woman in her 60s who sustained a surgical brain injury after being struck by a vehicle while crossing in the crosswalk
$1.75 Million for a migrant farmworker in her 60’s struck and killed by an agricultural vehicle
$1.5 Million for a 73-year-old retired man who sustained a surgical femur fracture and post-surgical complications after tripping and falling on a box left in the entryway of a market
$1.5 Million for a pedestrian in his late 70’s who sustained head and knee injuries when he was struck by a car while in a crosswalk
$998,000 for a father and son injured by a negligent tow truck driver
Lisa joined The Hassell Law Group in 2014 as a Senior Attorney and has practiced law for the past 36 years.
In the last three years, several of Lisa’s case results were ranked among the highest in California by the national lawsuit results ranking site Top Verdict:
- Top 10 Personal Injury Settlements in California (2024)
- Top 10 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements in California (2022)
- Top 10 Truck Accident Settlements in California (2022)
- Top 20 Personal Injury Settlements in California (2022)
- Top 20 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements in California (2022)
- Top 20 Pedestrian Accident Settlements in California (2020)
- Top 50 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements in California (2020)
- Top 50 Truck Accident Settlements in California (2023)
Lisa has worked extensively on both sides of personal injury cases, as plaintiff’s counsel and also as defense counsel. Before joining our firm, she practiced personal injury, asbestos, and pharmaceutical litigation at some of the top law firms in San Francisco. She was a defense attorney at a top San Francisco law firm, Manning, Marder, et al., and was a partner at Prestholt, Kleeger, Fidone & Villasenor.
Her extensive litigation experience includes personal injury, truck accidents, premises liability, wrongful death, construction accidents, government-entity liability, toxic torts, and insurance bad faith. After the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Lisa worked extensively on bad-faith litigation against 20th Century Insurance Company.
Lisa is a highly distinguished member of the Queen’s Bench Bar Association, which promotes equality for women.
Lisa is committed to making our streets safer. Lisa has zealously represented many bicyclists, pedestrians, and dog bite/dog attack victims in her career.
Lisa received her Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) from Cal State University, Long Beach, and her law degree (J.D.) from Loyola Law School. During her school years, she worked in her father’s insurance brokerage gaining significant insight into insurance issues and the insurance industry.
Lisa is a highly distinguished member of The San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.
In her spare time, Lisa loves to golf. She is an avid golfer and a member of many local women’s golf organizations.