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Understanding Personal Injury Law
Personal injury law allows individuals who have been harmed because of another person's negligence to seek financial compensation. These cases arise when a person or business fails to act with reasonable care and another person suffers injury as a result. Personal injury attorneys represent accident victims and help them recover damages for medical bills lost wages and pain and suffering.
In the United States personal injury claims are governed by state tort law. Victims may pursue compensation through insurance claims or civil lawsuits. Lawyers investigate accidents gather medical records interview witnesses and negotiate with insurance companies. Because insurers often attempt to minimize payouts, legal representation can significantly improve the chances of obtaining fair compensation.
Serious injuries may lead to long term medical treatment disability or permanent changes in lifestyle. Lawyers help ensure compensation accounts for current and future medical costs rehabilitation and lost earning capacity.
Common Personal Injury Cases
- Car and truck accidents
- Slip and fall incidents
- Workplace injuries
- Defective products
- Dog bites
- Medical malpractice
Each type of case requires evidence such as accident reports photographs medical records and expert testimony.
When You Should Contact a Personal Injury Lawyer
Victims should consider contacting a lawyer when injuries require medical treatment or when insurance companies dispute liability. Legal advice is especially important when injuries cause long term disability or significant financial loss.
How the Legal Process Works
- Initial consultation and case evaluation
- Investigation and evidence gathering
- Insurance negotiations
- Filing a lawsuit if necessary
- Settlement or trial
Cost of Hiring a Personal Injury Lawyer
Most personal injury attorneys work on contingency fees meaning clients pay no upfront legal fees. Lawyers typically receive between twenty five and forty percent of the recovered settlement.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a personal injury lawyer do?
Personal injury lawyers investigate accidents gather evidence negotiate settlements and represent clients in court.
How long do personal injury cases take?
Some cases settle within months while complex cases involving serious injuries may take years.
What compensation can victims recover?
Victims may recover damages for medical expenses lost wages rehabilitation costs and pain and suffering.
Do most cases go to trial?
Most personal injury claims settle before trial through negotiation.
When should I hire a lawyer?
It is best to contact a lawyer soon after an accident so evidence can be preserved and legal deadlines are not missed.
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William Brim is a founding partner of Koch & Brim, LLP, a personal injury law firm located in Las Vegas, NV. Along with his partner Will shares more than 40 years of legal experience, with multiple million dollar settlements to their name.. Cases our firm regularly handles includes:. As one of Las Vegas' top personal injury firms, we are dedicated to the success of each of our clients case. We are personally invested in the case's outcome, and will not hand your case to a paralegal or novice attorney. We call ourselves the "small firm with big results". We're home to some of the most experienced personal injury lawyers in Las Vegas, but we go the extra measure and control our case load to ensure that each of our clients receive individualized attention.
Jack joined the litigation team at Eglet Prince in 2016, and practices catastrophic personal injury law. He has been recognized as one of Nevada’s “Legal Elite” and “Best Up and Coming” by the Nevada Business Press, a “Rising Star” by the Mountain States Super Lawyers publication, and a “Top 10 Under 40” personal injury attorney in Nevada by the National Association of Personal Injury Attorneys (NAOPIA). Prior to joining Eglet Prince, Jack was a business litigator for one of Nevada’s oldest law firms, and before then served as insurance defense counsel for a national law firm. During law school, Jack worked under the tutelage of one of Nevada’s most accomplished trial lawyers. He is licensed to practice in all Nevada state and federal courts, as well as in Washington state courts and the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.. Jack has resided in Las Vegas for more than 30 years, and graduated from Bonanza High School. He remained in Las Vegas to complete his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in accounting at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV). From there, Jack began law school at the University of Denver – Sturm College of Law before finishing his Juris Doctorate degree at UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law. Jack is a member of the Nevada Justice Association (NJA) and Clark County Bar Associations. He is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Colorado.. In his spare time, Jack enjoys spending time with his wife and two children. Jack also enjoys golfing, watching and attending sporting events, and training for his next Ironman triathlon when time permits.
A long-time Nevada resident, Attorney Carlos A. Morales began his career helping people through high-conflict divorce and custody cases; arguably the most stressful events in a person’s life. A strong desire to continue helping as many people as he could, Attorney Morales then turned his attention to accident and injury law.. Attorney Morales began working in-house for a national insurance company. There he learned all the insider secrets that insurance companies employ to avoid fully compensating injury victims.. Now, Attorney Morales works tirelessly to ensure that injury victims receive the best treatment and recover maximum compensation for their injuries and pain and suffering.
Attorney Kimberly Valentin is a dedicated personal injury lawyer who has been a part of the talented team at De Castroverde Law Group since 2010. After graduating magna cum laude from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, she went on to earn her Juris Doctor degree from the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV, and graduated in the top ten percent of her class.. Admitted to practice law by the Nevada State Bar and the United States District Court, District of Nevada, Attorney Valentin focuses primarily on representing clients in personal injury cases. She understands the difficulties victims face after being harmed in negligent accidents, and works tirelessly to help her clients obtain the fair compensation they deserve. She represents her clients’ rights and interests in the many areas of personal injury law, and can help you seek justice from the liable party. Visit the firm’s website today to learn how Attorney Kimberly Valentin’s caring and attentive legal counsel can benefit your case!
John was born in New York City, where he lived until his family relocated to New Jersey shortly before junior high school. Following high school, John attended college in Baltimore at Loyola College in Maryland, now Loyola University in Maryland, where he earned a B.A. in Political Science in 1995. John then attended law school at Seton Hall University School of Law, in New Jersey, where he obtained a J.D. in 1999. After law school, John relocated to Las Vegas, where he served a judicial intership with the Hon. Ron Parraguirre in the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County. John has been admitted to the State Bar of New Jersey since 1999, and the State Bar of Nevada since 2001.. For the past 12 years, John has devoted his career to litigation and trial work, which has included rather diverse areas of practice. During that time, John has participated in over 20 jury and bench trials ranging from personal injury and insurance coverage disputes to contract and real estate matters, including eminent domain litigation. John has further arbitrated hundreds of cases over that same period. John has the distinction of obtaining one of the few known punitive damage awards against a escrow/title company that was operating illegally in Nevada.. When it comes to personal injury and insurance disputes, John's career began with defending insurance companies and their insureds. John later put the knowledge and experience he obtained over the years as an insurance defense lawyer to work on behalf of injured people. The experience John has gained on both sides of injury and insurance cases has given him a unique perspective that enables him to consider each case on its own merits in order to give his clients a realistic evaluation of the likelihood of success; whether case should settle or proceed to trial.. John's practice today primarily involves representing plaintiffs in personal injury litigation, whether it arises from a motor vehicle collision, premises liability matters such as slip and falls, defectively manufactured products, or insurance disputes such as uninsured or underinsured motorists coverage and bad faith litigation.. When he's not working, John spends his time with his wife, Jennifer, a graduate of Cimarron Memorial High School and UNLV, his two year old son Benjamin, and their two golden retrievers, Bailey and Daisy. He remains a perpetually tortured but loyal fan of the New York Jets.
Michael Haight is both co-founder and co-owner of Henness & Haight Injury Attorneys.. Mr. Haight may have been born in New York, but he has been a resident of Las Vegas since 1976. He graduated from Valley High School in 1984 before attending Dixie College in St. George, Utah. He would later tranfer to the Unversity of Nevad, Reno where he would receive his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989.. Mr. Haight received his Juris Doctorate from Willamette University College of Law in 1995 and immediately dove right in to trial work. In 1998, he made the decision to represent injury victims and hasn't looked back since.. Michael is a Top 100 Trial Lawyer (National Trial Lawyers), Top 100 Litigation Lawyer (American Society of Legal Advocates), member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, named one of Nevada's top attorneys by the Nevada Business Journal. He is also a long-time member of the Nevada Justice Association and the American Justice Association.. Outside of the office. Michael and his family are fans and boosters of the UNLV Runnin' Rebels. He is also active in his children's athletics teams and Las Vegas charitable organizations.
I dedicate nearly all of my practice to representing victims who are injured due to someone else's negligence. Formerly in my career, I represented the insurance companies and defended against injury claims at one of Nevada's largest defense firms. This former experience provided me with the skills necessary to advocate for the injured and has given me a unique perspective that allows me to efficiently work with insurance companies and their attorneys.
Doug Cohen is an experienced trial lawyer that has taken many cases to a jury trial. He is one of only sixteen attorneys recognized by the State Bar of Nevada as a Personal Injury Specialist. He primarily practices in the areas of catastrophic personal injury, products liability, employment and medical malpractice, for plaintiffs and the defense. He has garnered awards in excess of one million dollars for personal injury plaintiffs.. Doug has been named by Best Lawyers in America from 2005-2016 as one of the top personal injury practitioners in Las Vegas, and he was recognized in the 2007 through 2015 issues of Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top personal injury lawyers in the five-state mountain region. Doug is ratedAV® Preeminent ™ Peer Review Rated (the highest rating available), by Martindale-Hubbell. He earned his JD from the Univesity of Dayton Ohio and a BA from Tulane University.
Tracy Eglet is a founding partner of the distinguished plaintiff’s law firm Eglet Law Group, now Eglet Adams, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She has been practicing law since 1993, largely on behalf of injured persons and in the areas of product defect and general negligence. Tracy is considered by her peers as one of the most successful female attorneys in Nevada. She has been honored as one of The Top 100 Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers Association; is a longstanding member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum; honored as a Guardian of Justice and sustaining Pillar Member by The Nevada Justice Association and as Patron by the Nevada Law Foundation. Tracy was also featured as the cover story entitled “Drive to Win Tracy Eglet” in Las Vegas Woman Magazine Summer of 2013. Most recently, Tracy Eglet was named one of the Readers’ Choice Awards Top 100 Lawyers in Las Vegas for 2015 by MYVEGAS Magazine, Winter 2015 issue.. Tracy has settled over $350 million in catastrophic injury lawsuits, managed and mediated hundreds of cases, selected juries of whose verdicts exceeded $50 million, and when she served as Managing Partner of the firm, she very successfully managed this multi-million dollar law firm, its employees and operations for over 10 years. As a result, the firm has been named in the Top 50 trial law firms multiple times in recent years and named one of the Top 12 Plaintiff Injury Firms in the United States by the National Law Journal 2014.. Tracy’s skill, strategy, and tenacity in preparing cases help position her clients to obtain the highest value in settlements and verdicts. Her professional growth has landed her in the position of Lead Negotiator at her firm. She has solely negotiated hundreds of product defect and general negligence cases, with settlements totaling over $350 million. Some notable settlements include $6 million due for spine injuries received on defective arcade equipment, $7.5 million for spine injuries received in an auto accident, and $1.9 million as a result of a buffet food poisoning. In addition, she co-negotiated one of Nevada’s largest product settlements against one of the world’s biggest drug companies. Her strong affinity for product defect litigation came about early in her career after she effected nationwide change in the design of a manufacturing machine that seriously injured her client’s arm while he was on-the-job.. Tracy genuinely cares about her clients and strives to fight for each and every client to help them get their life back and this is clearly demonstrated in the amount of time and effort she devotes to every case. Tracy is the first to admit that she is part of a team and that she is only as good as the people beside her. She has structured Eglet Adams around this concept, this corporate culture, which enables her firm to fight and prevail against some of the largest, most reputable law firms in the world.. Beyond her professional accomplishments, Tracy designed her former office space that received both state and national award recognition and recently designed the firm’s new office space at the Robert T. Eglet Advocacy Center, a 46,000 sq. ft. building in the downtown Las Vegas area, which opened in January 2014. Tracy was instrumental in the design of this building from the ground up which includes sustainable features such as energy and water-efficient construction and electric car charging stations in the parking structure. The Robert T. Eglet Advocacy Center was awarded the 2015 Spotlight Awards for Office Building of the Year by the NAIOP Southern Nevada Chapter, a chapter of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, which is the leading organization for developers, owners and professionals of office, industrial, retail and mixed-use real estate.. Tracy grew up in Buffalo, New York and graduated from high school early at the age of 16. With grants, loans, and jobs she put herself through college, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science at Canisius College in New York and her Doctor of Law (J.D.) Degree at Ohio Northern University. Rather than landing a job at a major law firm, she instead decided to go into practice on her own, a very rare thing for a young woman fresh out of law school but she did it, and excelled. She opened her solo law practice in Columbus, Ohio in 1993 and remained a successful one-woman firm, fighting for her clients as a solo practitioner until she moved to Las Vegas in 1996 where she has been ever since.. Tracy is licensed to practice in Nevada, Ohio, the Federal Courts of Nevada and Ohio as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a member of several professional associations and charitable organizations such as the Clark County Bar Association, State Bar of Nevada, Nevada Trial Lawyers Association, The Global Directory of Who’s Who (Top Lawyer Lifetime Member) and United Way. Tracy has earned the distinction of Lifetime Charter Member of the Distinguished Justice Advocates, a prominent group dedicated to promoting and recognizing the highest standards of legal excellence and the “Top 1% Attorneys in America” who have demonstrated the highest ideals of the legal profession.. Tracy also makes time outside of the demanding requirements of her job at the firm to spend time with her partner in life and work, Robert Eglet, senior partner at Eglet Adams and their three adult children, Jordan, Blake and Keegan. Jordan is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) and is currently attending law school at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) William S. Boyd School of Law; Blake, a black belt in karate, is part owner of a dojo in Las Vegas; and Keegan attends Oregon State University (OSU) in Bend, Oregon working on a degree in computer science. Tracy and her husband, Robert currently live in Summerlin, Nevada and are very active in the community.
Danielle Miller, Esq. established Miller Personal Injury Attorneys after nearly two decades of legal practice within the Las Vegas area. At the helm of her firm, Ms. Miller is committed to a client-centric model of representation, eschewing the impersonal, one-size-fits-all tactics often found in the legal industry. Ms. Millers’ ethos is rooted in the cultivation of deep, individualized client relationships, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of each client's distinct situation and needs. Ms. Miller's legal strategies are meticulously tailored to the nuances of each case, affirming her dedication to providing every client with the focused attention and comprehensive support they require. With compassion and tenacity as guiding principles, Ms. Miller works tirelessly to secure the compensation and closure her clients deserve. Ms. Miller’s commitment to excellence, her individualized approach, legal acumen, transparency, and unwavering advocacy combine to set her apart as a leading force in the field of personal injury law.. Prior to opening her own law firm, Ms. Miller worked at one of the most successful personal injury law firms in the country litigating catastrophic personal injury cases. Before that, Ms. Miller worked for a large national insurance defense firm where she practiced in the areas of general liability insurance defense and insurance bad faith. By leveraging her knowledge of insurance company tactics, Ms. Miller learned to effectively dismantle attempts to undermine her clients’ claims, ensuring that her clients’ rights and needs are front and center throughout the entire legal process.
Before co-founding Crawford & Doyle, Tyler Crawford worked in medical malpractice and corporate civil defense. This experience working with large corporations gives him extensive knowledge of their structure as well as the tactics they use to pay the least amount of money possible to injured persons. Using this experience and knowledge Tyler is able to give you the winning edge in evaluating, litigating and getting you the compensation you deserve for your injuries.. Tyler grew up in rural Nevada and attended college at the University of Nevada-Reno. He received his law degree from the University of Nevada- Las Vegas Boyd School of Law. Having the privilege of calling Nevada home for his entire life, he understands the meaning of being "Battle Born" and fights hard to protect the rights of all Nevadans.