For over 25 years, Craig Fontaine Ashton has represented plaintiffs in complex personal injury cases across Northern California. Ashton and his partner co-founded Ashton & Price, LLP in 1996, and have since secured more than $250 million in settlements, awards, and jury verdicts for clients in Sacramento and throughout Northern California.
Ashton began his career in San Francisco's Financial District after graduating from UC Berkeley and Pepperdine University School of Law. In his early career, he developed a litigation-centered approach, influenced by veteran trial attorneys, after earning distinction in oral advocacy during law school.
The firm's primary caseload centers on automobile collisions, pedestrian and bicycle accidents, commercial vehicle claims, and premises liability litigation, with the firm focusing on serious injury cases. The firm's work is based on a contingency-fee structure and is dedicated to direct attorney-client communication, as needed, from intake through trial.
Along with his courtroom practice, Ashton hosts The All Things Legal Show and serves as a legal analyst for broadcast affiliates, providing commentary on developing legal issues in the news. Sustained trial advocacy and media roles have kept Ashton active in California's competitive personal injury litigation world and strengthened his visibility with a local audience.
Early Legal Ties Lead to Later Success
When potential clients consider law firms, one sage piece of advice is: "For the best advice, don't think twice, call Ashton & Price."
The law firm's story began when Craig Fontaine Ashton and Christopher Alan Price met during their first year at Pepperdine University School of Law. Their UC ties, with Ashton's schooling at UC Berkeley and Price's at UCLA, led to an immediate bond, and they roomed together for the last two years of law school.
After both passed the California Bar on the first try, Price joined his father's law firm in Orange County, and Ashton started work as an associate attorney with the Montgomery Street San Francisco PI firm, the Law Offices of Arnold Laub. It was just two doors down from the "King of Torts" legend, Melvin Belli, Esquire.
Their 1996 reunion to found the law firm culminated in consistent recognition as a Top 10 Personal Injury Law Firm by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys and, for five consecutive years, as the Personal Injury Law Firm of the Year by the Consumer Business Review, helping position the firm among those some consider the best personal injury attorneys in Sacramento and Northern California.
The firm's values are at work in the personal touch clients enjoy with direct attorney-client interaction. Having a large, established personal injury law firm adds power, strength, and legal leverage to its ability to help clients. And to add a great bonus, clients enjoy access to a top-notch medical network while the firm remains focusing on serious injury cases.
The Results Clients Want and Deserve
Exasperated clients harrowed by efforts to retain legal counsel, when the lawyers they contact don't seem engaged with their case, understand that they shouldn't spend hours on the phone with legal secretaries. It's like a gate agent flying the plane or an orderly performing surgery.
The attorneys at Ashton & Price say not a chance, an injury victim's first call is answered by a real, live person who immediately transfers them to an experienced attorney. The consultation is always free, and again, no fees until the team wins, a standard that continues to resonate with local clients searching for the best personal injury attorneys in Sacramento.
