Baron Drexel practices law, focusing on personal injury and bankruptcy. He graduated from
the University of California, Berkeley, in 1979 and earned his law degree from the
University of Miami in 1985. While in law school, he received the J.B. Spence Award, an
endowed scholarship, served as a member of the Law Review, and was a Fellow in Law and
Economics. After graduation, he was inducted into the Order of the Coif as part of its
first chapter at the University of Miami.
Baron was admitted to practice law in Florida in 1985, where he worked for a large law
firm handling various types of business litigation, including banking litigation,
antitrust matters, and land disputes. He also wrote and argued appeals. In 1988, he was
admitted to the California Bar. He is admitted to practice in all federal and state
courts in California. After returning to the Bay Area in 1988, Baron litigated many types
of civil cases, including commercial disputes, construction matters, medical malpractice,
and personal injury cases.
In 1996, he established his own firm with an emphasis on representing plaintiffs in
personal injury cases. In 1999, Baron started a bankruptcy practice to complement his
primary area of legal practice. He is committed to representing debtors in bankruptcy and
injured victims in personal injury matters.
In his bankruptcy practice, Baron has represented more than eight hundred clients,
assisting them with filing for and obtaining discharges under Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 of
the Bankruptcy Code. His previous experience representing banks and handling real estate
matters has provided him with valuable knowledge for representing bankruptcy clients.
In his personal injury practice, Baron has handled cases ranging from routine fender
benders to head-on collisions, dog-bite attacks, slip-and-fall accidents, gas and fire
explosions, wrongful death, and legal and medical malpractice. He has taken on insurance
companies, municipalities, contractors, doctors, lawyers, police officers, and
educational institutions.
Some of his cases have been novel and unprecedented. He has also accepted cases rejected
by other lawyers, including cases involving HPV transmission to a fiancée, a widow whose
husband died by suicide, and allegations of excessive police force arising from a
neighborhood dispute.
Baron has served as a Judge Pro Tem in Hayward and Oakland, participated on a settlement
panel in San Francisco, and has been asked by judges in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties
to serve as a mediator.
