--- title: Eustace de Saint Phalle url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/eustace-de-saint-phalle --- ![Eustace de Saint Phalle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/de-Saint-Phalle-Eustace_0c4267f5d209a2bfdaa4042ab236908c.jpg) # Eustace de Saint Phalle Eustace de Saint Phalle is a partner with *Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC* in San Francisco. He manages the personal injury practice for the firm statewide. The firm’s personal injury practice focuses on civil litigation in a variety of areas, including industrial accidents, product liability, exceptions to workers’ compensation, premises liability, professional malpractice, auto accidents, maritime accidents and construction defect accidents. ### Articles written by this author: ## [Protecting first-responder plaintiffs from misuse of the firefighters’ rule](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-april/protecting-first-responder-plaintiffs-from-misuse-of-the-firefighters-rule "Protecting first-responder plaintiffs from misuse of the firefighters’ rule") To prevent the defense attorney from playing fast and loose with the firefighters’ rule, know the exceptions [Eustace de Saint Phalle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/eustace-de-saint-phalle "Eustace de Saint Phalle") [2016 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-april) ## [Defending your treating physicians’ opinion testimony](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-april/defending-your-treating-physicians-opinion-testimony "Defending your treating physicians’ opinion testimony") Know your treating physicians’ opinions, and get them admitted [Andrew Clay](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/andrew-clay "Andrew Clay") [Eustace de Saint Phalle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/eustace-de-saint-phalle "Eustace de Saint Phalle") [2018 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-april) ## [How to maximize your client’s recovery in a workers’ compensation credit hearing](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september/how-to-maximize-your-client-s-recovery-in-a-workers-compensation-credit-hearing "How to maximize your client’s recovery in a workers’ compensation credit hearing") Proving employer fault for the injury can offset the WC credit against your recovery – and you can be paid for your work as an expert witness on damages [Andrew Clay](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/andrew-clay "Andrew Clay") [Eustace de Saint Phalle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/eustace-de-saint-phalle "Eustace de Saint Phalle") [2018 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september) [![Dealing with the [[case]]Cuevas[[/case]] decision](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/de-st-phalle_treating-docs-istock-852501710_8c45c0da9e52d54aa0ebb8f6f523e400.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-january/dealing-with-the-case-cuevas-case-decision "Dealing with the [[case]]Cuevas[[/case]] decision") ## [Dealing with the [[case]]Cuevas[[/case]] decision](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-january/dealing-with-the-case-cuevas-case-decision "Dealing with the [[case]]Cuevas[[/case]] decision") Regarding future medical costs, the appellate court overlooked the uncertainty of health insurance in the future [Andrew Clay](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/andrew-clay "Andrew Clay") [Eustace de Saint Phalle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/eustace-de-saint-phalle "Eustace de Saint Phalle") [2019 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-january) [![Dealing with the [[case]]Cuevas[[/case]] decision: The ACA](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/de-Saint-Phalle_istock-493241074_19a16da6ec82e56e5bde5db276a84da4.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-february/dealing-with-the-case-cuevas-case-decision-the-aca "Dealing with the [[case]]Cuevas[[/case]] decision: The ACA") ## [Dealing with the [[case]]Cuevas[[/case]] decision: The ACA](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-february/dealing-with-the-case-cuevas-case-decision-the-aca "Dealing with the [[case]]Cuevas[[/case]] decision: The ACA") The basis for a legal argument that ACA insurance benefits cannot be relied upon to meet your client’s future medical needs [Andrew Clay](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/andrew-clay "Andrew Clay") [Eustace de Saint Phalle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/eustace-de-saint-phalle "Eustace de Saint Phalle") [2019 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-february) ## [The cost of future medical care and [[case]]Cuevas[[/case]]](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-march/the-cost-of-future-medical-care-and-case-cuevas-case "The cost of future medical care and [[case]]Cuevas[[/case]]") A look at the methodologies of calculating future medical costs since the [[case]]Cuevas[[/case]] decision [Andrew Clay](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/andrew-clay "Andrew Clay") [Eustace de Saint Phalle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/eustace-de-saint-phalle "Eustace de Saint Phalle") [2019 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-march) ## [Medicine for attorneys: Fractures](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/medicine-for-attorneys-fractures "Medicine for attorneys: Fractures") How to present fractures and associated injuries at trial [Eustace de Saint Phalle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/eustace-de-saint-phalle "Eustace de Saint Phalle") [Olivia K. Leary](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/olivia-k-leary "Olivia K. Leary") [2023 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june) ## [Don’t let the defense misuse social media to depict your client](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-january/don-t-let-the-defense-misuse-social-media-to-depict-your-client "Don’t let the defense misuse social media to depict your client") How defendants misrepresent a plaintiff’s condition through social media [Eustace de Saint Phalle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/eustace-de-saint-phalle "Eustace de Saint Phalle") [Shana M. Nazarian](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/shana-m-nazarian "Shana M. Nazarian") [2024 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-january) ## [Medicine for attorneys: Spinal injuries](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-july/medicine-for-attorneys-spinal-injuries "Medicine for attorneys: Spinal injuries") Understanding and presenting spinal/back And neck injuries at trial [Eustace de Saint Phalle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/eustace-de-saint-phalle "Eustace de Saint Phalle") [Olivia K. Leary](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/olivia-k-leary "Olivia K. Leary") [2024 July](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-july) ## [Keep your story memorable and admissible](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-december/keep-your-story-memorable-and-admissible "Keep your story memorable and admissible") Balancing narrative and law in opening statements [Eustace de Saint Phalle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/eustace-de-saint-phalle "Eustace de Saint Phalle") [Gelareh Sara Golriz](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/gelareh-sara-golriz "Gelareh Sara Golriz") [2024 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-december) ## [Trial: It can be more than a monetary decision](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-march/trial-it-can-be-more-than-a-monetary-decision "Trial: It can be more than a monetary decision") Reclaiming our right to define the role of the plaintiff’s attorney [Eustace de Saint Phalle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/eustace-de-saint-phalle "Eustace de Saint Phalle") [2026 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-march)