We represent people. We represent people who have been injured or had loved ones killed in automobile accidents, or who have been otherwise killed or injured because of the negligence of others. We represent people who have civil matters or other problems that need to be resolved. We are here to help.
The philosophy of the firm, which I set when we opened, is that we will follow the principle that we will treat people with respect and dignity, honestly and openly, as we would wish to be treated ourselves. Our goal in every case is a successful resolution and a satisfied client.
In order to achieve this goal, and to ensure the best representation we can give, we limited the types of case we handle. The law is far too vast a subject to know every area in all of the intricate detail that sometimes makes the difference between success and failure. It is constantly evolving, growing and changing and requires ongoing study to remain abreast of the latest developments, particularly in the information age. To put it another way, as Clint Eastwood once said: "A man's got to know his limitations." Knowing that, no matter how much we would like to be of assistance to everyone who needs our help, no one can be everything to everybody. We have limited our practice to four basic areas of practice: personal injury/wrongful death, traffic matters, civil litigation (disputes between parties that may wind up in court or that the parties cannot resolve without assistance), and criminal matters. Each of these areas helps improve proficiency in another and help make the firm as good as it can be in all of them.
As an example, consider personal injury and traffic matters. Most personal injuries occur as a result of automobile accidents. Almost without exception, the person at fault has violated one or more of the traffic laws -the same traffic laws police write tickets for every day. Since the same laws are being enforced by the same law enforcement personnel who are investigating the accidents (and often in front of the same judges who hear the accident cases at trial), working in traffic court helps me establish a rapport with the officers and ensures that I am familiar with the latest developments with respect to those laws. Similarly, working in criminal court helps me maintain the trial skills (including application of the laws of evidence) used in automobile accident and other civil cases, which likewise are usually heard by the same judges who hear the criminal cases. This allows me to learn the judges' tendencies and expectations and allows them to form opinions about me as well. I believe all of these different areas work together to help me to provide the best representation possible in each case.
The majority of the practice deals with handling cases for people who have been hurt or killed in automobile accidents. However, I am also proficient in traffic matters, having handled literally thousands of traffic tickets over the past few years. My experience in criminal law is also extensive, having been both a prosecutor and a defense lawyer at different times in my career.
