Auto Accident - Personal Injury Lawyer - Car Accident With Serious Injury
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THE TRUTH ABOUT PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS -
THE INSURANCE COMPANIES KNOW THEIR REPUTATIONS

I promised you straight, truthful information. Here it is. If you are seriously injured, we will be making a claim against the negligent driver’s insurance company. The larger insurance companies like Farmer’s, Allstate, State Farm, Country Companies, American Family Insurance and similar large companies all maintain their own, in-house claims adjustors. Those claims adjustors work full time for one company. They have offices of claims adjustors in Tucson. There are the people that review the cases and give authority for settlements. About 98% of all cases settle without the necessity of going through a trial. However, settlements can vary quite a bit. A lot has to do with the reputation of the attorney!

Even companies that don’t maintain their own adjustors in Tucson, still use claims adjustors that are based in Tucson. These are “independent adjustment agencies”. There are offices of claims adjustors all over the United States. They are used by the smaller insurance companies that choose not to keep their own adjustors in major cities. They are like rental car companies. If you are in a town without your car, you can rent one. These insurance adjustors are like rent-an-adjuster. For example, if you are hit by a driver whose insurance company is out of California, that company may choose to use a local “independent” adjustor to whom they pay a fee to handle the case. Those independent adjustors are working for the company that hires them - not you.

Whether the person that injured you is insured by a big company that hires its own adjustors, or whether it’s a company that uses local independent adjustors, the adjustors are all familiar with the Southern Arizona attorneys.

The insurance adjustors are not impressed by the advertising of the big advertising law firms! They know these law firms, and all lawyers, by their reputation. They know if one of the big advertisers is one that just tries to process cases as quickly as possible through the use of many secretaries, paralegals, and other support people so that your case is processed like a fast food order. The claims adjustors are not taken in by the fancy advertising. What does happen is that claims adjustors know the reputation for individual attorneys as to whether they really do fight hard and don’t settle cheap, or, as with many attorneys, there is just a lot of huff and puff. They know the lawyers that will settle cheap after all the bluffing and throwing the bull has taken place.

I believe that I have an excellent reputation. It is based upon hard work and results.