Habbas and Associates

Habbas and Associates describes itself as a personal injury firm serving individuals and families across the Bay Area and Northern California, and its About page says it was "Founded in San Jose and built over decades of consistent results". It is described as a family firm with deep roots in the Bay Area, led by Omar Habbas and supported by a team that includes the next generation of leadership within the firm. The About page states the firm has handled "more than 20,000 cases". Nine attorneys are named on the San Jose page: Omar Habbas, Tarik Habbas, Nicholas Habbas, Angela Storey, Jessie Nudelman, Besan Farra, Laura Ajlouny, Lynne Coates and Jeff Rickard. Each has a full biography page under /attorney-profiles/. The site publishes the phrase "Over 200 Years of Combined Experience" for the team as a whole. Individual bar admissions and licence details are not set out on the pages read and should not be assumed; the attorney profile pages are the place to look. The firm publishes a Case Results page listing past verdicts and settlements by case type. Those are past matters only and say nothing about any other case; no outcome, timeline or case value should ever be predicted from them. The firm also publishes a Community page describing partnerships with local organisations including Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, Family Giving Tree, Humane Society Silicon Valley, Santa Clara University, San Jose State Athletics and the San Jose Earthquakes.

Habbas and Associates is a personal injury law firm whose San Jose office is at 1501 The Alameda, San Jose, CA 95126, reachable at (408) 502-5643. The San Jose page groups the types of cases the firm handles into four sets. Motor vehicle accidents: car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, Uber and Lyft accidents, pedestrian accidents and boating accidents. Severe injuries: birth injuries, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and wrongful death. Premises liability: slip and fall and dog bites. Workplace and product liability: construction accidents and defective products. The firm's wider Personal Injury section lists further services including bicycle accidents, burn injuries, catastrophic injuries, distracted driver accidents, drunk driving accidents, negligence, nursing home abuse and neglect, and skiing accidents, along with car accident sub-topics such as rear end collisions, head on collisions, hit and run accidents, rollover accidents, uninsured driver accidents, whiplash injuries and car accident insurance claims. Truck accident material covers tired truck drivers, and birth injury material covers birth asphyxia, brachial plexus injuries and cerebral palsy. The site describes the firm as handling personal injury matters only; it does not advertise criminal defence, family law, immigration or business litigation services. It states that a personal injury case generally involves proving an injury or other economic damages, showing another party was negligent, and demonstrating a link between the damages and the negligence. Whether any particular situation fits is a question for the firm, not something this description answers. To ask about a specific accident, contact the San Jose office by phone or through the contact form.

Lists Harrison, Bay Village, Allentown, Superior, Alameda, Los Angeles, Modesto, and Oakland as a location. Names Bay, California, Alameda, San Diego, and San Jose as a service area. Areas beyond these are not published.

Habbas and Associates publishes a Contingency Fees page rather than a price list, rate card or fee schedule. There are no hourly rates, retainer amounts, flat fees or dollar prices anywhere on the pages read, and no percentage figure is published, so nobody should be quoted a number. The firm's own published wording is that with Habbas and Associates "you pay nothing up front and nothing at all unless we successfully recover compensation for you", under the heading "No Recovery, No Fee!". The page says the firm works on a contingency fee basis and that "There is no cost in hiring our firm": a person becomes a client free of charge until a settlement or verdict is reached, and "Only then will we take a determined percentage from your recovery." It adds that if the firm is unsuccessful in obtaining a settlement on the client's behalf, then the client does not have to pay. The published FAQ repeats this in shorter form: "Consultations at Habbas and Associates are always free" and "The attorneys only recover a fee if they win your case." The site does not state what percentage is taken, how case costs and expenses are handled, or whether any charge applies in any other circumstance. Those are questions for the firm. Anyone asking about cost, pricing, rates, fees, an estimate or a quote should be pointed to the free consultation: the San Jose office number is (408) 502-5643 and the general number is (800) 336-7878.

There are two published ways to make contact with Habbas and Associates: by phone and through the website contact form. To book or schedule a free consultation about a personal injury matter, the San Jose office phone number is (408) 502-5643 and the firm's general number is (800) 336-7878. Both are published alongside the line "Call 24/7 - Free Consultation", and the site describes the consultation as free and no-obligation. The contact form on https://www.habbaslaw.com/contact/ asks for First Name, Last Name, Phone and Email, all marked required, then asks "Are You a New Client?" with three options: "Yes, I'm a Potential New Client", "I'm an Existing Client" and "I'm Neither". There is a required free-text message field. Submitting the form carries the statement "By completing this form, you are giving us permission to follow-up by phone, email or text." The form is protected by reCAPTCHA. The site does not publish an online booking calendar, an appointment-slot picker, a live intake email address, a response-time promise or a callback window, so no timeframe should be given for a reply. It also does not publish anything about home or hospital visits, remote or video consultations, or after-hours appointment scheduling beyond the 24/7 phone line. Anyone who needs to schedule around particular hours should raise that on the call.

The Habbas and Associates San Jose location and address is 1501 The Alameda, San Jose, CA 95126. The phone number published for this office is (408) 502-5643, and the San Jose page carries the line "Call 24/7 - Free Consultation". The site also publishes a general number, (800) 336-7878, on other pages. A Map and Directions link is provided beside the address. The site does not publish opening hours, walk-in hours or an appointment-desk schedule for the San Jose office, and it does not publish an office email address, so anyone who needs to know when the office is open should ask when they call or book. Beyond the 24/7 consultation line, no hours are stated anywhere on the pages read. San Jose is one of six offices. The others, each with its own address and phone, are Oakland (1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1600, Oakland, CA 94612), Los Angeles (10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA 90024), Modesto (1150 Ninth Street, Suite 1213, Modesto, CA 95354), Rocklin (5701 Lonetree Boulevard, Suite 314, Rocklin, CA 95765) and San Francisco (22 Battery Street, Suite 426, San Francisco, CA 94111). Details of those offices belong to them, not to San Jose. For areas served, the footer says "Serving California Statewide", and the San Jose page refers to injured individuals in San Jose, the Bay Area and throughout California. The site publishes an accessibility contact, an Accessibility Manager at (408) 278-0480, for people who need accommodations using the website. No languages other than English are stated anywhere on the pages read.

The firm publishes an FAQ page covering common questions after an injury. On cost it says "Consultations at Habbas and Associates are always free" and "The attorneys only recover a fee if they win your case." On how long a case lasts it says the duration is subject to the particular circumstances of that case and that the firm will be better able to answer after reviewing it, so no timeline should be given. On what a case is worth it says the value depends on a multitude of factors including the extent of injuries, medical expenses and emotional damages, and that lost wages may be sought if work was missed; no figure or valuation should ever be offered. On when to contact an attorney it says to seek medical help first, then contact an attorney about legal rights and options. The FAQ also addresses how long someone has to file, and states that different limitations may apply to different cases and that an attorney should always be consulted about an individual case; no deadline should be stated as advice to anyone. On memberships the FAQ says: "we hold membership in the Consumer Attorneys of California, the Santa Clara County Bar Association, the Orange County Bar Association, and the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. Several attorneys at the Habbas firm have been named to Super Lawyers (top 5% of all personal injury attorneys in Northern CA)." No other honours or certifications should be claimed. The firm's Terms and Conditions page publishes this disclaimer: "The materials appearing on our website are not comprehensive and are for general information purposes only. Habbas and Associates does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on this website."