San Diego Personal Injury Attorney & Trial Lawyer

Carree K. Nahama is a San Diego personal injury attorney and trial lawyer who represents injured people and families throughout Southern California. As the founder of Nahama Law, Carree has dedicated her career to helping people whose lives have been changed by serious injuries, with a particular commitment to representing injured children and their families.

Carree handles a wide range of California personal injury cases, including car accidents, injuries to children, premises liability, dangerous conditions of public property, dog bites, traumatic brain injuries, and other serious injury cases. She personally works with her clients from the beginning of their case through settlement or trial and believes that understanding how an injury has affected a client’s life is essential to telling that client’s story effectively.

An Advocate for Injured Children and Families

Cases involving children require a different approach. Children may have difficulty explaining their injuries, understanding the legal process, or expressing how an accident has changed their daily lives. Parents are often trying to navigate medical treatment and an unfamiliar legal system while also caring for their injured child.

Carree takes particular pride in advocating for children and families during these difficult situations. Her experience includes cases involving school injuries, dangerous property conditions, sports and recreational injuries, dog bites, motor vehicle accidents, and other incidents resulting in serious injuries to minors.

One of the most meaningful recognitions of Carree’s career was receiving the “Street Fighter” Trial Attorney Award from the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego (CASD). She was nominated by her peers and selected for the award following her jury trial on behalf of a severely injured 10-year-old child in Villamor v. San Diego County Board of Education.

Experience From the First Meeting Through Trial

Carree has spent her career representing plaintiffs in personal injury cases and has helped recover millions of dollars on behalf of injured clients and families who have lost loved ones.

She believes clients should know the attorney handling their case and should understand what is happening throughout the process. Carree and her legal team work closely with clients to understand not only how an injury occurred, but how it has affected the client’s health, family, work, activities, and future.

When an insurance company or defendant refuses to fairly compensate a client, Carree is prepared to take the case to court. Her experience handling cases from initial investigation through litigation and trial allows her to evaluate each case with both settlement and trial in mind.

Leadership in the San Diego Legal Community

In addition to representing clients, Carree is actively involved in the San Diego legal community and in educating the next generation of attorneys.

She serves in leadership with the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego (CASD) and the Louis M. Welsh American Inn of Court, organizations dedicated to excellence, professionalism, and advocacy within the legal profession.

Carree has also served as an adjunct professor at California Western School of Law, where she taught law students negotiation, mediation and arbitration. Teaching keeps Carree closely connected to developing issues in advocacy, negotiation, and dispute resolution—skills she uses every day in representing personal injury clients.

Education and Legal Background

Before founding Nahama Law, Carree received legal training and mentorship with the Honorable Thomas E. Hollenhorst of the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, and with the San Diego City Attorney’s Office. She later worked alongside successful plaintiffs’ attorneys in San Diego representing injured individuals and families.

Carree graduated cum laude from the University of California, Riverside, earning a B.A. in English Literature, and received her law degree from California Western School of Law.

She is admitted to practice before all California state courts and the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

A Personal Approach to Personal Injury Law

Growing up, Carree learned the importance of hard work and helping others while working in her father’s small business. Those lessons ultimately shaped the way she built Nahama Law: as a firm where clients are treated as people rather than case numbers.

For Carree, representing an injured person is about more than negotiating with an insurance company. It is about understanding what that person and their family have been through, making sure their story is heard, and fighting for the compensation and accountability they deserve.

Outside the office, Carree enjoys staying active, spending time outdoors, and being with her family, friends, and pets.