September 30, 2026
Glendora · Car Accident Guide

A Glendora crash case no longer goes downtown. Since October 2022, Los Angeles Superior Court has sent new injury cases outside the Central District to the courthouses of the district where the crash happened, which for Glendora means the East District. We compared three car accident attorneys in Glendora on State Bar of California licence records, the case types each firm actually lists, published fee terms and the Google review text behind each rating, and set out who each one suits and where each falls short.

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Checked against state bar licensee records, court sources and public review platforms · Last updated September 2026

The short answer

Three firms, each leading for a different kind of Glendora crash. This is a shortlist rather than a ranking, and only one of the three has its only office inside Glendora city limits.

1
Hanning & Sacchetto, LLP
Best for a crash on the job or during a work drive
2
Belgum, Fry & Van Allen
Best for a Glendora-based partner handling the file
3
Hobbs Law Group
Best when the insurer is stalling or the policy is too small

At a glance: Car Accident Attorneys in Glendora, compared

Firm Best for Office Bar record Fees Rating
Hanning & Sacchetto, LLP Best for a crash on the job or during a work drive 333 W Foothill Blvd, Glendora (one of seven) Nathan Hanning, CA #265784, admitted 2009 Contingency, published fee cap 4.8 · 133 Google, Whittier office listing
Belgum, Fry & Van Allen Best for a Glendora-based partner handling the file 1905 E Route 66, Glendora (only office) Garrett Fry, CA #277855, admitted 2011 Free consultation, percentage not stated 4.8 · 40 Google
Hobbs Law Group Best when the insurer is stalling or the policy is too small 250 W First St, Claremont (no Glendora office) Timothy Hobbs, CA #268532, admitted 2009 Contingency, no fee unless successful 5.0 · 21 Google

Car Accident in Glendora: the local picture

33% to 40%
What representation usually costs
California does not cap car accident contingency fees. A common structure is about a third before a lawsuit and up to 40% after one is filed. By law the contract must be in writing, state the rate, explain how case costs affect your share, and say the fee is negotiable. A contract missing any of that is voidable by you. None of the three firms below publishes its percentage.
6 months
The deadline that catches Glendora drivers
Most crash lawsuits must be filed within two years. If a public vehicle or public road was involved, such as a Foothill Transit bus, a City of Glendora truck, a county vehicle or a Caltrans stretch of the 210, a written claim must reach that agency within six months first. Missing it usually ends the case even though two years have not passed.
$12,500
Where you may not need a lawyer at all
An individual can sue for up to $12,500 in small claims, with a filing fee of $30 to $75, and lawyers cannot appear at the hearing. Filers on Medi-Cal, CalFresh or SSI, or under the income limit on form FW-001, can ask the court to waive fees. The LA County Bar referral line, SmartLaw at 213-627-2727, makes attorney referrals with no referral charge.
What clients in Glendora say: Reading the visible Google reviews for these three, the split follows firm size. At the two smaller practices, reviewers name the attorney: Garrett Fry at Belgum, Fry & Van Allen and Tim Hobbs at Hobbs Law Group come up by name in most of what we read. At Hanning & Sacchetto, a seven office firm, reviewers name case managers and describe weekly updates and medical bills negotiated down. Almost every visible review is five stars and the bases are small, so the absence of complaints tells you little. Ask who will return your calls.

How we chose these Car Accident Attorneys in Glendora

We looked at firms that publish a Glendora car accident page and handle crash claims for Glendora drivers, then compared them on things a reader can check: the State Bar of California licence record for the attorney who would realistically handle the file, the case types each firm lists rather than the ones it advertises, whether it publishes fee terms, where its nearest office actually is, and the visible Google reviews for that office.

The three are a shortlist, not a ranking, and each leads for a different situation. Firm details come from each firm’s own site, cross checked against Google Business Profile listings, the State Bar licensee search and public court and statute sources. Licence records we could not open during this update are flagged on the page rather than filled in. Case results appear only where a firm publishes them, and are labelled as the firm’s own figures because they cannot be checked independently.

1. Hanning & Sacchetto, LLP

Best for a crash on the job or during a work drive
★★★★½ 4.8 / 5 · Google, Whittier office listing · 133 reviews

The pick when the crash happened while you were working. Hanning & Sacchetto handles both car accident and workers’ compensation claims within the same firm, which matters because a delivery run or a drive between job sites can create both a workers’ compensation claim against your employer and an injury claim against the other driver, and these claims often need to be coordinated. Among Glendora car accident lawyers for car crashes involving work-related injuries, it is also the only one of the three that publishes a written fee limit: the firm states it will never take a larger share of the award than the client keeps.

Identity and footprint
Glendora office333 West Foothill Boulevard, Suite A, Glendora, CA 91741 
Glendora phone(626) 869-2298 
Founding partnersNathan A. Hanning and Michael V. Sacchetto
Main office7217 Painter Ave, Whittier, CA 90602, (562) 698-6446 
Other officesArcadia, Pomona, Ontario, Irvine and Santa Ana
Glendora listing hoursShown as open 24 hours on Google; the Whittier office lists 9 AM to 6 PM daily 
Practice and scope
Glendora case pagesCar, truck, motorcycle, dog bite, wrongful death and workers’ compensation 
Firm wide practice listAuto, truck, motorcycle, rideshare, bicycle, brain injury, slip and fall, dog bite, wrongful death, workers’ compensation, employment law
Work injury overlapHandles workers’ compensation alongside injury claims, relevant if you were driving for work
Delivery and rideshare driversFirm’s Glendora page says an employer’s coverage can apply when the at-fault driver was working, including Uber and Lyft drivers on a trip
Founders’ backgroundBoth founders worked at medical malpractice defence firms before founding the practice; Hanning also litigated insurance defence 
Credentials and licensing
Nathan Allen HanningState Bar of California #265784, admitted 1 December 2009, status Active 
Public discipline, HanningNone shown on the State Bar record 
Michael Vincent SacchettoState Bar of California #265942 
Law schoolBoth founders earned their JD at Southwestern Law School; Hanning was Managing Editor of the Southwestern Law Review
Directory listingNathan Hanning holds a Distinguished Justice Advocates listing
Fees and consultation
StructureContingency, no attorney fee unless the case is won ConsultationFree, for all callers
Case costsFirm states file set up, subpoenas, investigation and negotiation with medical providers are handled at no cost to the client
Fee capFirm states it will never take more of an award than the client keeps, and will reduce its fee if costs and medical bills cut into the client’s share 
 
What clients say
✓ Weekly case updates
✓ Medical bills negotiated down
✓ Case managers named
· Glendora listing has one review
· Rating covers the Whittier office

The Whittier listing carries 133 reviews and the text is consistent: regular contact, one reviewer describing updates almost every Friday, and several describing every medical bill being disputed down. Reviewers name case managers more often than the two founders. The Glendora listing itself has a single review, so the rating reflects the firm, not this branch.

Why they fit Glendora: The clearest fit of the three when the crash overlaps with work, since one firm can run the comp claim and the claim against the other driver together, and the published promise that the firm’s fee will not exceed what the client keeps is a concrete protection the other two do not offer in writing. The caveat is scale: Glendora is one of seven offices, its own Google listing has one review, and the day to day contact is likely a case manager. Ask which attorney works from the Glendora office and get the fee cap written into the contract.

2. Belgum, Fry & Van Allen

Best for a Glendora-based partner handling the file
★★★★½ 4.8 / 5 · Google · 40 reviews

The only one of the three whose single published office is in Glendora, on East Route 66. Garrett Fry, the partner who carries most of the firm’s crash work, graduated from the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Plaintiff Trial Academy in 2018, and reviewers name him directly for returning calls and texts. If you want a Glendora car accident lawyer who is a partner rather than a coordinator, and an office you can drive to on Foothill or Route 66, this is the practice built that way.

Identity and footprint
Office1905 E Route 66, Suite 102, Glendora, CA 91740 
Phone(626) 914-9806
HoursMonday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM; closed weekends 
PartnersGarrett Fry and Brian Van Allen, with Alan A. Carrico of counsel 
Other attorney at this addressJoanna Virginia Asmar, State Bar #342822, admitted 2022, is registered at the firm’s address but is not on its attorneys pageLocation pagesThe site carries pages for Chino Hills, Claremont, Azusa, Pomona and other cities, but publishes only the one Glendora address
Practice and scope
Crash workCar, drunk driving, motorcycle, truck, pedestrian, rideshare and bicycle accidents (firm site)
Other core workElder abuse and nursing home neglect, including bedsores, falls, malnutrition and sepsis, plus medical malpractice
Trial workFirm states Fry has taken arbitrations, bench trials and jury trials to verdict 
Uninsured driversFirm page covers claims against uninsured and underinsured drivers; one Google reviewer describes Fry recovering through her own uninsured motorist policy after a six car freeway crash
Fault rule on its pageExplains California’s comparative negligence rule with a worked example
Credentials and licensing
Garrett R FryState Bar of California #277855, admitted 22 November 2011, status Active 
Public discipline, FryNone shown on the State Bar record 
Stephen Lee BelgumState Bar #53143, admitted 1972, Active. His current bar address is SGV Trust & Probate Center LLP in San Dimas, and he is not on the firm’s attorneys page 
Brian Van AllenPartner since 2017, practice focused on elder abuse MembershipsFry lists CAALA, the American Association for Justice and the Eastern Bar Association 
RecognitionFry selected to Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2019 to 2021 
Fees and consultation
ConsultationFree, stated as all consultations free of charge 
What clients say
✓ Garrett Fry named personally
✓ Answers calls, texts and email
✓ Waited on treatment before settling
· 40 reviews, small base

Most of the Google reviews we read name Garrett Fry rather than the firm. One describes him refusing to settle until the reviewer’s treatment and concerns were resolved; another describes an uninsured motorist recovery after a six car freeway crash with medical claims settled quickly. Brian Van Allen is named in the non-crash reviews. At 40 reviews the average is worth less than the individual accounts.

Why they fit Glendora: The right call if you want your file handled by a named partner in a Glendora office, and the reviews back up the claim that Fry is personally reachable. Go in knowing three things. The name partner Stephen Belgum’s bar record now lists a San Dimas trust and probate firm, so the crash practice runs through Fry. The car accident page states neither a fee basis nor a percentage. And the office keeps weekday hours only, with a large share of the practice in elder abuse rather than crash work. Ask who else would work your file if Fry is in trial.

3. Hobbs Law Group

Best when the insurer is stalling or the policy is too small
★★★★★ 5.0 / 5 · Google · 21 reviews

The pick when the problem is the insurance company rather than the question of fault. Timothy Hobbs runs an insurance bad faith practice alongside injury work, which matters in a state where the minimum policy is still only $30,000 per person: when an insurer passes up a chance to settle within limits, a bad faith claim can reach past the policy. A Glendora car accident lawyer at Hobbs Law Group works from Claremont, and the firm’s own page says Glendora cases are typically litigated at the West Covina Courthouse.

Identity and footprint
Office250 West First Street, Suite 316, Claremont, CA 91711
Phone626-782-4520
Glendora presenceNo Glendora office; Glendora appears in the firm’s list of areas served
AttorneysTimothy Hobbs, principal, and Kristin Hobbs 
FoundedFirm site says it has represented injured Los Angeles County clients since 2011; a directory lists 2010 as the founding year
LanguagesTimothy Hobbs is listed as speaking Spanish
Practice and scope
Glendora case pagesPersonal injury, car accidents, bad faith insurance, slip and fall 
Other workTruck accidents, consumer law, wage and hour class actions and medical malpractice 
Where cases are heardFirm states Glendora litigation is typically venued at the West Covina Courthouse in the East District
Insurance disputesSeparate bad faith practice for denied, delayed or undervalued claims, including your own insurer
Published resultsFirm’s own figures include a $25,000,000 settlement on a $30,000 insurance policy and $4,800,000 on a $1,000,000 open policy case. These cannot be checked independently and include non-crash matters. 
Credentials and licensing
Timothy Kent Hobbs IIState Bar of California #268532, admitted 31 December 2009, status Active 
Public disciplineNone shown on the State Bar record 
Law schoolJD magna cum laude, University of La Verne College of Law 
MembershipsMulti-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and CAALA RecognitionSuper Lawyers Rising Stars, 2019 to 2020 
 
Fees and consultation
StructureContingency; the fee is a percentage of the recovery and only if the case succeeds (firm Glendora page)
ConsultationFree case review, advertised as available 24/7
What clients say
✓ Tim Hobbs handles files himself
✓ Pushes back on insurers
✓ Advice given before any fee
· 21 reviews, small base

Reviewers name Tim Hobbs directly and describe him as reachable. One slip and fall client describes him going back and forth with the other side’s insurer at least six times before settling; another describes getting useful advice on an insurance claim problem when other firms either did not respond or wanted payment upfront. The base is 21 reviews, so read them individually.

Why they fit Glendora: The strongest fit of the three when the at-fault driver carried a minimum policy or the insurer is refusing a fair number, because bad faith is a separate body of law and this firm practises it. The trade off is location and size: the office is in Claremont rather than Glendora, the firm is essentially two attorneys, and the headline results on its Glendora page are its own figures and include wage and hour and product cases. Ask how many of the firm’s recent car cases involved a policy limits demand, and who covers your file if Hobbs is in trial.

What to check before hiring a Car Accident Attorney in Glendora

✓ Look up the licence yourself, it takes two minutes
The State Bar of California licensee search is free and shows bar number, admission date, current status and any public discipline. Search the individual attorney who will handle your file, not the firm name. None of the three firms here prints bar numbers on its Glendora page, and one firm’s name partner now practises elsewhere, which only the bar record shows.
✓ Check the contract for the four terms the law requires
A California contingency agreement must be in writing and state the percentage, how case costs affect your recovery, anything else you could owe, and that the fee is not set by law but is negotiable. If any of those is missing the agreement is voidable at your option. Ask for the pre-suit rate, the post-filing rate and whether the fee is taken before or after costs.
✓ Find out whether a public agency is involved, today
A Foothill Transit bus, a City of Glendora or county vehicle, or a road defect on a state highway triggers a six month deadline to file a written government claim before any lawsuit. Tell the attorney at the first call if any of these touched your crash.
✓ Confirm your own insurance was active on the day of the crash
Under Proposition 213, a California driver or vehicle owner without the required insurance cannot recover pain and suffering from the at-fault driver, only medical bills, lost wages and property damage, unless the other driver is convicted of DUI. Passengers are not affected. Know where you stand before the first consultation.
✓ Pull your declarations page for uninsured motorist limits
The at-fault driver may carry only $30,000 per person. Your own uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage is often the larger pot, and it is claimed against your insurer, with its own policy deadlines. Bring the declarations page to the consultation.
✓ Ask who handles the file day to day
At a multi office firm your weekly contact is usually a case manager; at a two attorney firm it is the attorney, with less cover if they are in trial. Neither is wrong, but ask for the name of the assigned attorney and the office they work from.

Car Accident Attorneys in Glendora: frequently asked questions

How much does a car accident attorney cost in Glendora?

Nothing upfront in most cases. Glendora crash attorneys work on contingency and California does not cap the percentage for car cases. A common structure is about a third before a lawsuit and up to 40% after filing, with case costs handled separately. None of the three firms here publishes its percentage. California law requires the rate, the cost terms and a statement that the fee is negotiable to be in the written contract.

How long do I have to file a car accident claim in California?

Two years from the crash for most injury lawsuits. If a government entity is involved, such as a Foothill Transit bus, a City of Glendora vehicle or a Caltrans roadway, you must first present a written claim to that agency within six months. Wrongful death runs two years from the date of death.

Which courthouse will hear my Glendora case?

Since October 2022, Los Angeles Superior Court has assigned new injury cases outside the Central District to the district where the incident happened, and for Glendora that is the East District, which includes the Pomona Courthouse South and the West Covina Courthouse. In November 2024 the court also launched a pilot giving East District motor vehicle cases firm deadlines and an ADR referral. Ask your attorney whether it still applies to your filing.

What if I was partly at fault?

California uses pure comparative fault. Your recovery is reduced by your percentage of blame, but you are not barred even at a high percentage. A driver found 70% at fault can still recover 30% of their damages. Expect the insurer to argue for a percentage rather than total fault, since every point reduces what it pays.

What if the other driver only had the minimum insurance?

California raised its minimums on 1 January 2025 to $30,000 per person, $60,000 per accident and $15,000 property damage, up from 15/30/5. Older policies moved to the new limits at their next renewal. A serious injury can exceed $30,000 quickly, which is when your own underinsured motorist coverage matters, and when an insurer’s refusal of a reasonable limits demand can become a bad faith issue.

Is my claim too small to need a lawyer?

Possibly. An individual can sue for up to $12,500 in California small claims with a filing fee of $30 to $75, and lawyers cannot represent parties at the hearing, though you can get advice beforehand. Filers on Medi-Cal, CalFresh or SSI, or under the court’s income limit, can request a fee waiver on form FW-001. On a clear fault fender bender with modest bills, a contingency fee may cost more than representation adds.

DJA Editorial
Legal Directory Research
Compiles Distinguished Justice Advocates city guides from State Bar licensee records, court and statute sources, and publicly visible client reviews. Firms appear as a shortlist rather than a ranking. Figures a firm publishes about itself are labelled as such, and anything that could not be verified is flagged on the page rather than estimated.