Caseload per lawyer tells you more than headcount A firm with forty lawyers and four thousand open files gives each case less attention than a firm with three lawyers and ninety. Total size is a vanity number. The ratio is the one that predicts whether your calls get returned. Why small firms...
When To Call a Lawyer After an Injury Earlier than most people think, and not for the reason they assume People delay because they are not sure the injury is serious enough, or because calling a lawyer feels like escalation. The practical reason to call early has nothing to do with either. It is...
Bus Crashes and the Deadline Most People Miss If a government entity owns the bus, the clock is much shorter An ordinary Georgia injury claim generally allows two years to file suit. A claim against a city, county, transit authority or school district can require written notice in a fraction of...
The Bias Motorcyclists Face Before Anyone Looks at the Evidence The assumption arrives before the file does Adjusters and jurors bring a prior to motorcycle cases: the rider was going too fast, was weaving through traffic, took a risk a car driver would not have taken. Sometimes that is accurate....
How To Tell a Trial Firm From a Settlement Mill Most injury firms are built to close files, not try them The business model of a high volume injury practice depends on turnover. Sign the case, gather the records, build a demand package, negotiate with the adjuster, settle, move on. It is a...