DISSATISFACTION WITH ATTORNEYS The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers. Those words, first uttered hundreds of years ago by one...

This blog contains my memorandum of law involving the issue of “occupancy” of a motor vehicle and contains a review of the case law since...

THE ATTORNEY’S FEE AGREEMENT Personal injury lawyers usually use what are known as contingent fee agreements. These are agreements that...

THE INITIAL CONSULTATION The initial consultation with an injury lawyer is similar to meeting for the first time with a doctor. The...

If the lawyer you are thinking about hiring has a website, check it out. The lawyer’s website may tell you a lot about his or her...

In my book, Winning Your Personal Injury Claim, you will find everything you need to pursue your case w/o a lawyer, or to monitor your...

If you are involved in injury litigation, you may find there are terms that are difficult to understand.  The list that follows should...

My book, Winning Your Personal Injury Claim is written for people who would represent themselves in injury litigation.  It is also for...

Once you have a judgment, your task turns to collecting on that judgment.  Below are a sample set of questions that you can use to...

Below are sample letters to medical providers that should be useful to you in your injury case. For more of my legal self-help blogs,...

BEWARE OF COSTS In addition to the lawyer’s fee, there will be other costs involved in pursuing your case. These include court filing...

In all personal injury cases you should be thinking from the very beginning of the litigation about how to present your case at trial....

In cases involving vision injury, it is essential to obtain a functional vision loss assessment.   This assessment will cover many areas...

The operation was successful, but the patient died.  This is how a litigant feels after obtaining a judgment against an uninsured...

In every fall down accident, you need to begin thinking about the various elements that go into proving your case.  Here is a checklist...

WHAT TO DO AFTER AN ACCIDENT Initial Steps: —  Keep my book, Winning Your Personal Injury Claim, handy and read it. —  Be sure the Car...

HANDLING YOUR CLAIM Keep in mind that you are the only nonlawyer who is permitted to handle your case. Even though your cousin Bernie...

Cases involving property damage alone can be settled fairly without the assistance of an attorney. It may be better here to handle the...

It is an illusion to think that an insurance company will offer an unrepresented person in a Pit Bull attack case the same kind of...