Oakland - Personal Injury 101
What You Need to Know
When people call me and they’ve been injured, they’re concerned about what they should do, decisions they should make. Maybe they’ve never been to a lawyer before.
They want to know if they’ll have to go to court, they don’t want to.
Get in touch with a lawyer right away
If you’ve been injured, you need to get in touch with an attorney as soon as possible. Insurance companies will call and try to settle the case quickly. Before you talk to the insurance adjusters, you need to be made aware of what your rights are.
You’ve been injured as a result of someone’s carelessness or recklessness. Insurance adjusters represent big companies that have a lot of money, and their first job is to convince you to take a pittance right now, instead of calling a lawyer. But you can’t listen to them.
Call me. My job, as an Oakland personal injury lawyer since 1981, has been to fight insurance companies, who are part of one of the richest industries in this country.
How you can be compensated
If you’re injured, because of someone else’s carelessness, you can recover monetarily for the damages you’ve incurred. And, you’re entitled under the law, to be compensated, and to be made whole, when somebody else, through their own carelessness or recklessness, whether it’s an automobile injury, a slip and fall, someone was careless with their dog and let their dog bite you—or any other type of injuries that are caused by other people.
Your medical bills can be paid.
If you lose income because you were not able to go to work, you can recover your lost income, any out-of-pocket expenses, and then there’s a recovery for “pain and suffering”—that means not only physical pain, but the anxiety and stress you suffer, and loss of enjoyment in living. As an Oakland personal injury attorney can help.
How do I know if I have a case?
The only way you can know if you have a case is to call an attorney who’s practiced in personal injury. You need to call a lawyer if you’ve been injured. And because I have been practicing as an Oakland personal injury attorney since 1981, I can tell you pretty quickly if you have a case or not.
Even if you think you have an insignificant case, I want to talk to you, because if you’re injured, no matter how insignificant it may seem to you, it may be something that requires ongoing care and treatment.
Because my job here is to help you solve your problems.
Call me: (510) 836-3618.
How do you charge?
I charge on a contingency basis for personal injury cases. And that means, that when you come to me, I won’t charge you any money up front. I will get copies of your police records, copies of your hospital records, you don’t have to take care of that. And when I get a settlement for you -- which I have, in 99.9% of all cases I have taken on, I’ll pay it up front, you walk in, ask me to take care of your case, and I’ll take care of it from there.
My job is to relieve you of the stress and the burden, and the anxiety, that comes from having been injured by somebody else. Give me a call at (510) 836-3618.