John Roach, Esq. | July 1, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Independence Day weekend is one of the deadliest stretches on Bay Area roads. Barbecues and fireworks run late, holiday traffic surges, and far too many people get behind the wheel after drinking. For the families I represent, the Fourth of July is not a holiday… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 29, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
A MUNI bus accident is not like an ordinary car crash, and the most important difference has nothing to do with how the collision happened. It has to do with who you are up against and how little time you have to act. The San… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 24, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
San Francisco traffic is built for chain reactions. Stop-and-go congestion on the 101 and I-280 approaches, fog that swallows brake lights on Sunset and Skyline corridors, steep grades where downhill momentum does the rest, and the Bay Bridge metering lights compressing five lanes of impatience… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 22, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Father’s Day weekend should end with leftovers in the fridge and kids asleep in the back seat — not with a phone call from the CHP. But every holiday weekend, Bay Area families drive home alongside people who decided the celebration wasn’t over when they… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 15, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Pacific Heights is one of San Francisco’s most walkable neighborhoods. Residents stroll along Fillmore Street, walk dogs to Alta Plaza and Lafayette Park, and move through a grid of leafy residential blocks that feel — and largely are — safer than the city’s denser commercial… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 10, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
The single most common question I get from injured people in San Francisco is some version of: “How long do I have to do something about this?” The short answer most people hear — “you have two years” — is correct as far as it… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 8, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Interstate 280 cuts through the San Francisco Peninsula at speeds and grades that turn ordinary driver mistakes into catastrophic injury cases. A momentary lane drift on Highway 101 becomes a sideswipe. The same drift on I-280 — at 75 miles per hour, on a downhill… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 5, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
The hours and days after a car accident in San Francisco are the most important part of your case — and almost everyone makes mistakes during them. Insurance companies count on it. Adjusters will be calling within 24 hours, your own carrier will be asking… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 3, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
You are stopped at a red light at Van Ness and Geary. A glance at the rearview mirror catches the SUV behind you closing too fast. There is a second of bracing, then the crash — and then the slow, sickening realization that something in… read more
John Roach, Esq. | May 27, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
“How much is my case worth?” It’s the second question every prospective client asks me, right after “how long will it take?” The honest answer most lawyers give is some version of “every case is different” — true, but useless. The honest answer prospective clients… read more