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Personal Injury Lawyers in Butte County, California

Every personal injury lawyer and personal injury attorney listing on this page traces back to the State Bar of California's official roll, filtered to personal injury matters arising in Butte County. Verification describes profile identity, not quality or outcomes.

A Sacramento Valley county seated in Oroville, with Chico as its largest city; the 2018 Camp Fire, which destroyed the town of Paradise, kept insurance and rebuilding matters on the local docket for years. Venue for most personal injury matters arising in the county lies with the Superior Court of California, County of Butte, seated at Oroville.

Before comparing counsel, note the clock. Under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 335.1, the governing period is two years from the date of injury. Claims against a public entity require an administrative claim within six months under Cal. Gov. Code § 911.2. Property-damage-only claims run three years under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338.

This page is the Butte County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Personal Injury Lawyers in California collects all 58 counties.

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The clock & the court

Statute of limitations

Two years from the date of injury.

Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 335.1

Claims against a public entity require an administrative claim within six months under Cal. Gov. Code § 911.2. Property-damage-only claims run three years under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338.

Court of record

Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

County seat: Oroville

Courthouse at the county seat: Butte County Courthouse, One Court Street, Oroville, CA 95965

Help with forms without a lawyer: the court's self-help center (source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27).

Official court information, locations, and filing rules: www.butte.courts.ca.gov

Personal Injury · Butte County roster

32 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list personal injury among their practice areas with an address of record in Butte County.

31 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in Chico (31) and Oroville (1).

1 hold a State Bar Certified Legal Specialist designation, a certification issued by the State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, and not a rating or a ranking.

For 2, the registry records a language other than English, almost always from a firm website published in that language; that describes the website, not an attorney's own ability.

Admission years on this roster run from 1969 to 2023.

The employers most represented here are Law Offices of Larry S. Buckley (3), Penney & Associates (2) and Peters, Habib, McKenna, Juhl & Cardoza (2).