He is an avid bicyclist himself and rides his bike 3-5 times a week for fitness,
health and spiritual recharge from our gorgeous California scenery. He also
practices meditation, yoga and Pilates. He has total respect for the Personhood of his clients and seeks to make their experience with the legal system healing rather than scarring. |
Our Firm
The
Law Offices of Harvey A. Hyman represents clients with compassion, knowledge,
integrity and perserverance. Hyman has 25 years experience in plaintiff's personal
injury law and has handled cases involving death, brain injury, serious orthopedic
injury and permanent psychological injury. He comes from a medical family (his
dad, both uncles and older brother being physicians), so he is very conversant
with and comfortable with the concepts and terminology of medicine and he is
able to communicate well and relate well with the medical providers who treat
his clients. Mr. Hyman is an avid bicyclist himself and rides his bike 3-5 times
a week for fitness, health and spiritual recharge from our gorgeous California
scenery. He hascomplete respect for the Personhood of his clients and seeks to
make their experience with the legal system healing on all levels (not just financially
but in terms of their physical and emotional well being) and he takes measures
to make sure his clients will not be treated in a way that leaves them resentful,
bitter or angry at lawyers and the legal system. Outside of the office he is
involved with community efforts to make bicycling more fun, more accessible and
more safe for families and their children. He is involved with Walk Oakland Bike
Oakland as Board Member and Treasurer; the Safe Kids campaign to get all bike
riding children wearing properly secured helmets; and the Ride of Silence, to
promote awareness that inattentive automobile driving kills 700-800 bicyclists
every year, and that car drivers must learn to truly share the road with bicyclists.
To investigate and prove bicycle injury claims, Mr. Hyman uses support personnel including accident investigators, bike accident reconstructionists, human factors experts, traffic engineers, medical experts, fitness experts, biomechanical engineers, medical illustrators, computer animation and videographers. He always wears his bike helmet when he rides. Every July you will find him glued to OLN watching the Tour de France.
Professional Biography of Harvey A. Hyman
Yale University Undergraduate, BA Degree, Phi Beta Kappa 1978
Georgetown University Law Center, JD Degree 1981
Admitted to New York Bar 1982
Admitted to California Bar 1986
In practice in State of California as Law Offices of Harvey A. Hyman,
1986 to present
Mr. Hyman is a member of the following Professional Organizations:
State Bar of California (Member No: 121554)
Alameda County Bar Association
American Trial Lawyers Association
California Applicant Attorney's Association
Consumer Attorneys of California
ATLA Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group
Mr. Hyman is a member of the following Community Organizations:
WOBO (Walk Oakland Bike Oakland), Board Member and Treasurer
Safe Kids Coalition of Alameda County
Mr. Hyman is a member of the following Cycling Organizations:
California Bicycle Coalition
East Bay Bicycle Coalition
League of American Bicyclists
Oakland Yellow Jackets
Lance Armstrong Foundation
Mr. Hyman's Personal Cycling Accomplishments:
Successful Completion of BikeEd Road I administered by
the League of American Bicyclists on 12/2/06
Member Team CS Masters Bike Racing Team, Novato, CA
Completed Chico Wildflower Century 4/30/06
Completed Two Rock & Roll in Petaluma 5/28/05
Completed Tierra Bella in Gilroy 4/9/05 and 4/14/07 (in the pouring
rain!)
Completed 500 mile fundraising ride for Greenbelt Alliance 4/04
Breast Cancer Fund, Oakland ride, 2003 and 2004
Regularly bikes to the summit Mt. Diablo