Beverly Hills Personal Injury Lawyer
A personal-injury matter in Beverly Hills is a California civil claim about a specific event — a crash, a fall, a dog attack, or another injury — and about the records, deadlines, and courthouse that go with that event. The useful first questions are practical: which agency has a record, whether a public entity may have to receive a claim, and, if a lawsuit is later filed, which district of the Los Angeles Superior Court is the correct filing location.
Saeedian Law Group’s headquarters is in the city. The published office is 9100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500W, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. The firm also publishes offices in Encino and Rancho Cucamonga. Consultations can be scheduled from any of those locations; this page does not describe a second, unlisted Beverly Hills office.
A claim against the City is not a police report
If a City vehicle, a City employee, or a dangerous condition of public property may be involved, a written claim generally must be presented to the City before a lawsuit for money damages. The City’s claim form directs filers to the City Clerk’s Office, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Room 290, Beverly Hills, CA 90210-4917. The form, citing Government Code section 911.2, states that claims for death, injury to a person, or personal property must be filed not later than six months after the occurrence, and that claims for real-property damage must be filed not later than one year. The form must be signed.
A Beverly Hills Police Department report, a records request, or a conversation with an insurer is not that claim. The City Clerk’s channel also does not present a claim against the County, the State, or another entity. Accrual, late-claim relief, and the time to sue after a claim is rejected or deemed rejected, including section 945.6, depend on the facts and should be reviewed with counsel.
Many private injury lawsuits are instead subject to the two-year period in Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1. Time spent gathering records or negotiating does not automatically extend either clock.
An injury lawsuit is filed in the district where the incident arose
Los Angeles Superior Court Local Rule 2.3(a)(1)(A) requires every unlimited “Personal Injury Action,” as that rule defines it, to be filed in the judicial district where the incident arose. The rule tells filers to use the court’s filing court locator to identify the courthouse. The West District, which includes Beverly Hills, lists sessions at the Santa Monica Courthouse, 1725 Main Street, and at the Beverly Hills Courthouse, 9355 Burton Way, among other West District locations. The locator — not the building nearest the incident, and not the firm’s Wilshire office — controls the filing courthouse. Confirm the assignment for the incident address before filing.
Do not assume that every injury case in the county is still filed at a single downtown “PI hub.” A court notice effective January 8, 2024, moved new Central District personal-injury filings at that time to Independent Calendar departments at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse; that change does not replace Rule 2.3’s district-of-the-incident rule for a West District event.
Who may have the record
After the scene is safe, identify the investigating agency before you pay for a report. A collision on a city street is often a Beverly Hills Police Department file. A crash on a freeway or other CHP-patrolled route is often a California Highway Patrol file, requested through the CHP Crash Portal by a proper party of interest. One agency will not necessarily have the other agency’s report. Confirm which office took the report from the information you were given.
A fall or other incident on private property may produce no traffic report at all. Photographs taken safely, witness names you already have, and any incident number you were given are useful to keep. Do not enter a live lane or a restricted area to gather evidence.
Other Beverly Hills injury pages
This page is the citywide starting point. If the event was a traffic collision, see the more specific Beverly Hills car accident, truck accident, motorcycle, pedestrian, bus, Uber, Lyft, or electric scooter pages. Other verified practice pages include premises liability, dog bites, products liability, and wrongful death. Use this page for City-claim, filing-district, and first-step questions that cut across those situations.
The Wilshire office
Saeedian Law Group’s personal injury practice includes vehicle, premises, and product-liability matters. Michael Saeedian founded the firm in 2009, and Daniella Saeedian also practices personal injury law. Selected case results are published on the firm’s site. Consultations can be scheduled at 9100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500W.
Call (310) 288-3000 or contact Saeedian Law Group for a free consultation. The firm advertises contingency fees for accepted injury cases; ask for the written terms covering attorney fees and case costs, including responsibility for costs if there is no recovery. Consultation does not guarantee acceptance of a case or a particular result.
This page is general information, not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship.
