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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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Michael S. Valiente, Partner at Valiente Mott, left his position at Nevada’s preeminent insurance defense trial law firm to help people, not insurance companies. He has extensive experience representing victims of car accidents, defective products, and catastrophic injury.. Mike prides himself in providing unparalleled customer service. In his youth, Mike was involved in a serious car accident. Mike hired a lawyer to sue the negligent driver that caused his injuries. Unfortunately, Mike experienced what most people experience when hiring a lawyer: poor customer service and ineffective representation. Specifically, Mike met with the lawyer for the initial consultation, only to never hear or speak from the lawyer again. In the end, the attorney settled Mike’s case for pennies on the dollar. After this unpleasant experience, Mike vowed that Valiente Mott would be different.. Prior to attending law school, Mike was one of Las Vegas’ top real estate professionals. In the ten years before law school, Mike helped hundreds of clients with the acquisition and disposition of residential real estate and raw land. Mike’s exceptional customer service caused his real estate business to flourish only through word of mouth.. Mike graduated at the top of his class from UNLV with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Thereafter, Mike also graduated top of his class from the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV. While attending Boyd, Mike received the CALI award five times for his legal writing, as well as his work in Evidence, Civil Procedure, and Contracts. Mike was also a member of Boyd’s National Moot Court team and won Best Brief at the Sutherland Cup Moot Court Competition. He was also honored as the sole recipient of his graduating class with the prestigious James E. Rogers Scholastic Achievement Award. He was further honored, along with only three of his peers, with the Scribes, The American Society of Legal Writers Award, which recognized excellence in legal writing while in law school.. After graduating from Boyd School of Law, Mike was employed at the preeminent insurance defense firm in the country. During this time, Mike defended big insurance companies against catastrophic injuries and multi-million-dollar claims. During this time, Mike participated in a seven-week trial in which the jury awarded over $164,000,, the third largest verdict in Nevada history. After gaining valuable experience, Mike made the decision to start his own firm with the goal of helping people, not insurance companies.. In 2017, Mike was voted one of Las Vegas’ Legal Elite. He has earned his reputation as a highly-respected member of the Las Vegas legal community and takes pride in receiving most of his cases as referrals from other attorneys, medical professionals, and, most rewardingly, prior clients.. Mike is fluent in Spanish, and is licensed in both Nevada and California.. In his spare time, Mike gives presentations around the Las Vegas valley in hopes of educating his community about important legal issues. Mike also enjoys traveling and spending time with his wife and two kids.
Matthew was born and raised in Natchitoches, Louisiana. He graduated from Louisiana State University on May 15, 1989 with a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice. He enrolled at Mississippi College School of Law in August of 1989. Matthew completed an Oil & Gas law program in the summer of 1990 at Southern Methodist University School of Law in Dallas, Texas then transferred to the University of Denver College of Law in the fall of 1990, where he obtained his Juris Doctor Degree on August 14, 1992.. Matthew moved to Las Vegas after graduating law school and sat for the State bar exam in July of 1993. He received his Nevada license to practice law on October 4, 1993. Matthew began his career as an attorney in the summer of 1994 when he joined the firm of David Stoebling and Associates. Matthew worked for the firm 18 months in the area of personal injury litigation and also started that firm's bankruptcy department. In the spring of 1996 at the age of 29, Matthew co-founded the firm of Aaron & Paternoster, Ltd., with his partner, Glenn Paternoster. The firm’s focus was in the area of consumer bankruptcy and personal injury. Within four short years the firm had seven offices in two states (Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada, and Sacramento, Bakersfield, Chico, Redding and Eureka, California) and was representing more clients on an annual basis than any firm in Nevada. In the year of 2000 the firm decided to divest itself of all offices except for one, so that it could focus solely on injured victims in Las Vegas. At the end of 2014 Matthew founded Aaron Law Group, LLC where he currently provides unmatched legal representation for every type of injured victim throughout the Las Vegas valley.. Over the years Matthew has achieved impressive results for his personal injury clients and has been recognized acccordingly, recieving many pretigeous awrds. He has been a certified member of both the Million-Dollar Advocates forum and the Multi-Million-Dollar Advocates forum for over ten years. He was an American Trial LAwyers Association Top 100 Lawyer for both 2008 and 2009. He was an American Society of Legal Advocates Top 100 Ltigation Lawyer for 2013 and a Rues' Ratings Best Attorneys of America for 2015.. Matthew is married with 2 sons and a 3 year-old daughter. His passion is camping, fishing, and related outdoor pursuits. He is a voracious reader of all things history and science. The family enjoys European travel when they can find the time.
Michael was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Roy and Karen Nixon, a geologist and a nurse practitioner, respectively. As a child, Michael enjoyed playing soccer and excelled on the field, playing for the top-level teams in Georgia, winning regional tournaments, and competing in international tournaments as well. Michael also played high school football, finishing as State Runner Up in Class AAAAA his senior season. In addition to soccer and football, Michael also ran track for his local high school, Brookwood, and held team records in the 4×100 relay before graduating in 2003 and attending Georgia Southern University.. Michael knew he wanted to be a lawyer since he was 12 years old, and focused his curriculum on that pursuit, joining debate and mock trial clubs in high school, and even winning a debate tournament before focusing on varsity football and stepping away from the podium. His senior year of high school, he served as the mock trial club captain, and led his team to regionals their very first year in existence.. Michael continued his pursuit of reaching law school while at GSU, majoring in Justice Studies and minoring in Philosophy. Michael served as President of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity and held various positions in other social and academic organizations as well.. Between college and law school, Michael sold construction and industrial supplies in north Georgia, getting a feel for the blue collar world that continues to assist him in connecting with his clients today. Eventually, Michael chose Mercer University, the Walter F. George School of Law, to obtain his Juris Doctorate degree. There, he received real-world experience and practical education, also serving on the school’s national moot court teams, winning awards for best oralist his final year of law school. Michael also served on the Mercer Law Review and assisted with the law school’s mock trial teams.. From Mercer, Michael was recruited by a well-established and successful insurance defense firm in Las Vegas, which is how he ended up out west after graduation. Michael’s talent and work ethic was visible to the founding partner, and he immediately entrusted Michael with high-level cases and trial experience in his very first year as a licensed attorney.. Michael worked for the insurance companies for 7 years. Now, Michael works for the people. Michael’s current focus is on personal injury, bad faith, premises liability, auto accidents, slip/trip and falls, commercial claims, wrongful death, nursing home litigation as well as trucking accidents and bus accidents. In his free time, Michael enjoys snowboarding, bodybuilding, standup comedy, and concerts. Michael is equally comfortable on the beach as he is in the mountains, and he truly enjoys the access to nature that Las Vegas provides.. Since making the switch to represent injured plaintiffs, Michael has been recognized by the National Trial Lawyer Association as a Top 40 under 40 and a Top 100 trial attorney.. As an attorney with Ladah Injury & Car Accident Lawyers Las Vegas, Michael is proud to serve his clients and seek justice for our community.
Joseph J. Wirth, founding partner of Mainor Wirth Injury Lawyers, believes in representing real people, not big business. He has extensive courtroom experience representing victims of serious injuries and medical malpractice, especially those who have suffered spinal injuries, chronic pain, and traumatic brain injuries.. He prides himself on his caring and empathic approach to working with his clients and their families, and often makes unsolicited phone calls to his clients to check on them. Joe has used this approach to try cases to verdict in excess of a million dollars and maintains a zero-loss record in arbitrated matters. Some of Joe’s other recent successes include a 1.5 million settlement for a victim of a negligent massage at a hotel spa. . . as well as securing a 3 million dollar settlement on behalf of a family that was injured by a distracted driver operating a semi-trailer truck. Joe recognizes that even though bigger injury cases typically grab the headlines, all are equally important.. In 2010, Nevada Business Magazine voted Joe as one of the Southern Nevada’s Top 100 Attorneys. Joe was also recognized by The National Trial Lawyers Organization in 2014, as part of The Silver State’s Top Attorneys. In 2015, My Vegas Magazine honored Joe with an award for making its Top Lawyers of Las Vegas list. Also, Joe has worked pro-bono in family court, and carries a zealous attitude on the State Bar of Nevada Ad Committee. Joe is also on the board for paralegal college here in Las Vegas.. He has earned his reputation as a highly respected member of the Las Vegas legal community and takes pride in receiving most of his cases as referrals from other attorneys, both in Nevada and across the country.
Robert is an AV-rated, award-winning trial lawyer. He heads the trial team at Eglet Law and is lead trial counsel on all major cases. The awards and accomplishments listed below are only a sampling of the reasons why Eglet Law’s Senior Partner, Robert Eglet, is one of the most respected and sought-after personal injury trial attorneys in Nevada:. Robert receives referrals from hundreds of attorneys from around the United States to try their cases for them. Robert is also dedicated and passionate about sharing his extensive knowledge and experience in collaboration with other legal professionals in a collective pursuit of justice for their clients.
From very early in his life David was taught the importance of helping others. While David’s earliest experiences in helping people were in providing physical service, it soon became apparent that David was best able to help others through standing up for those who had been wronged.. David discovered his gift for public speaking at an early age. He served as the captain of his speech and debate team both his junior and senior year at Mountain View High School in Arizona where he competed in many forensic events, including the Arizona State Championship Tournament. David continued his pursuits in college, winning a number of speech tournaments in his freshman and sophomore year. From 1990 to 1992 David lived in The Netherlands while he served a mission for his church. After his mission David obtained his Bachelor’s degree and entered law school at Brigham Young University where he continues to hone his skills as a member of the law school’s Moot Court team. David competed in multiple intercollegiate tournaments, including traveling to Manhattan to represent his school in the National Championship in 1998.. David is very proud of his accomplishments in the legal field thus far in his career. He began in law school working as a clerk with Birch and Birch, as well as Spence, Motiarty and Scheuster. Upon passing the bar David began practicing law in 1998 and joined a local law office during the summer of 1999. One of the first clients David represented was a young woman who had been struck by a taxi cab and had severely injured her back. That case ultimately settled for $1,900,.* A few years later David procured a settlement in the amount of $4,500, on a case involving an adult care facility that left one of its patient’s outside in the Las Vegas sun for a number of hours. Since then David has taken a number of cases to jury trial himself including: a motorcycle accident case which resulted in a $593, judgment for his client, a $350, judgment for a man who was struck when acar ran a stop sign, and a $394, judgment for a client who lost his hearing as a result of medical malpractice. David was most recently involved in an action for insurance bad faith against Allstate insurance company. That case resulted in a verdict for Allstate’s customer for over $1,600, because Allstate acted improperly.. David has obtained a number of other judgments during his career, including a $250, judgment for a woman who suffered an annular tear in her back, a $400, judgment for an adolescent girl who had been bitten by a dog, and a $1,000, for a adolescent girl who was assaulted by a sexual predator. David’s most recent judgments include an $8.5 million judgment against a drunk driver, and a $1.2 million judgment against a drunk driver who struck a pedestrian. David has also settled several hundred cases in his career. While many of these cases are subject to confidentiality, one case David can discuss is a settlement for $1,200, against Republic Silver State that resulted when a Silver State field safety officer ran a stop sign and killed a motorcyclist.. On a personal note David enjoys playing the guitar and the drums. He is married and has what he calls the four most wonderful daughters on the planet. Few disagree with him. David lives his life, and his law practice, by a very simple philosophy he learned while attending law school: love those over whom you have a stewardship, do whatever it takes to get what is best for them, and everything else will fall into place. David sums up his life and career thus far as follows, “I love what I do. I love the clients I work for and the people I work with, and I would never dream of asking for more.”
Originally from the sunny beaches of Southern California, attorney Timothy Revero transplanted to Nevada in 2014 to pursue a career in law. However, before he did, Timothy practiced as a Registered Nurse in California for almost 10 years starting in 2008. He received a certification in Advanced Emergency Trauma Nursing and eventually went on to earn a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Phoenix in 2011. Timothy was a seasoned and skilled Registered Nurse specializing in the areas of Emergency/Trauma, ICU, Pediatric Emergency, and Mobile Intensive Care Transport. Later he became a professional traveling nurse practicing in hospitals all over California.. After practicing as a nurse for almost a decade in California, Timothy attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas – William S. Boyd School of Law and became a certified mediator in 2015, earned a Juris Doctor in 2016, and a Master of Laws in Gaming Law and Regulation in 2017. Timothy finished each law degree a semester early and completed both in just three years. He also received special recognition with the Dean’s Award at graduation. While in law school, Timothy served as the Student Bar Association Vice President, interned for United States Judge George Foley, Jr., and worked for United States Senator Harry Reid (retired).. Before founding McAvoy Amaya & Revero, Attorneys with Parter Michael J. McAvoyAmaya, Tim recovered millions for his clients while working for the largest injury law firm in Nevada. Before that, Tim was a writer for a well-known criminal defense firm in Las Vegas where he specialized in appellate practice. He also worked for a commercial litigation firm where he gained valuable experience in the areas of commercial litigation, administrative law, and cannabis law.. His interests outside of work include spending time with his family, camping, fishing, hiking, and doing anything off-road.. EDUCATION. El Camino College, A.S.N. (2007)University of Phoenix, B.S.N. (2011)University of Nevada, Las Vegas – William S. Boyd School of Law, J.D. (2016)University of Nevada, Las Vegas – William S. Boyd School of Law, LL.M (2017)– Deans Award 2017– Judicial Intern for United States District Court Judge, George Foley, Jr.– Immigration Caseworker for United States Senator, Harry Reid (retired). PRACTICE ADMISSIONS. NevadaUnited States Bankruptcy Court – District of NevadaUnited States District Court – District of Nevada. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS. Clark County Bar AssociationMillion Dollar Advocates Forum. Nevada Legal Elite 2020Nevada Legal Elite 2019. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS/CERTIFICATIONS. Certified Mediator/Court Appointed Eviction Mediator (State of Nevada)Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (CPR & AED)Advanced Pediatric Life Support (PALS)Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)EDAP (Emergency Room Approved for Pediatrics) Pediatric Emergencies6 Sigma trained (Continuous Quality Management)Kaizen trained (Continuous Quality Management)5S trained (Workplace organization capability & visual management standards)American Mensa, member
Kristina L. Black is an Associate Attorney with The Schnitzer Law Firm. Kristina grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas. She graduated from the University of Houston in 2000 with a degree in Political Science and minors in Political Theory and French. She went on to attend South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas and obtained her law degree in 2003.. Kristina moved to Nevada in 2004 to work for Fidelity National Title. She worked in the title and escrow business for 17 years facilitating both residential and commercial real estate transactions nationally. During her tenure with Fidelity National Title, she took the Nevada Bar Exam to obtain her license to practice law in Nevada and the United States District Court for the District of Nevada in 2012 and began her pro bono work with the Child’s Advocacy Program (CAP) through the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada representing children in Abuse and Neglect Cases.. Kristina’s work with CAP inspired her to enter the field of Family Law as an Associate Attorney. She assisted clients in all aspects of Family Law from divorce and custody to adoption and guardianship. She was promoted to Managing Attorney after her first year with the firm. She successfully litigated dozens of cases and helped hundreds of clients reach a successful resolution to their family law cases.. Kristina joined The Schnitzer Law Firm in 2023 and found her passion for helping injured clients navigate the legal process to get the compensation they deserve. Kristina assists clients in all aspects of pre-litigation, settlement, arbitration, mediation, and trial.. Kristina is a PADI Divemaster and enjoys traveling around the world to the most distant islands to Scuba dive. She has a Certification of Expertise from Cornell University in Shark Global Biodiversity, Biology and Conservation. If she is not advocating for her clients or underwater, she is spending time with her beloved dogs, Pete and Otis.. BAR ADMISSIONS: NEVADA and UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA (2012)
Voted BEST car accident lawyer & personal injury attorney in Las Vegas by Attorney at Law Magazine & MyVegas Magazine, Brian Boyer is dedicated to helping his clients recover financially after falling victim to an accident-injury in Las Vegas, NV.. Recent Attorney Highlights:
Joe has successfully negotiated many multi-million dollar out-of-court settlements, business and real estate deals in Las Vegas, Nevada, and around the country. He concentrates in civil trials and appeals related to real estate, business and commercial law, personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and products liability due to consumer injuries from unsafe products.