What He Does

Michael Phillips, Trial Lawyer

 

He’s On Your Side…

Lets be real, no matter what the commercials say, insurance companies are not on your side. The less money they hand you, the more money they make. If an adjuster betrays your trust, if they shortchange you, if they low ball your injuries, they don't get reprimanded. They get rewarded! Bottom line, insurance companies often put profits ahead of fairness.

So I decided the only way to bring injury victims the justice they deserve was to cut loose from the ambulance-chasing culture that gives personal injury lawyers a bad reputation. Injury victims deserve a new kind of law firm — one that leaves attorney egos at the door and devotes itself to obtaining full and fair compensation for your injuries.

Connecting with medical providers to get you the treatment you need…

The most important thing in a personal injury matter is the need to promptly receive the best medical treatment, and from a doctor or specialist that you feel comfortable being treated by. Prompt medical treatment is important both for the best and quickest recovery possible, as well as from a standpoint of accurately documenting the full extent of your injuries.

Unfortunately, often time this does not happen. From lack of health insurance coverage to rushed doctors who miss a complete diagnosis. Often times, especially with head trauma- doctors may feel there is little to be done. Michael helps his client’s obtain full and complete diagnosis and treatment for their injuries, often finding the best specialist possible.

 

Standing up to get you full and fair compensation…

Michael believes trail lawyers have a duty to stand tall, and standing tall means fighting for maximum justice, for full and fair compensation. We strive for full justice, not because of some ugly notion of “jackpot justice” which insurance companies invented to make us feel bad about ourselves so they could stack more cash in their vaults, but because it is right and we fight for what is right, period.  

In America, we believe in accountability, we believe in justice. The way we do civil justice in our country is to provide a remedy; and that remedy is to place full and fair compensation on what was taken in the way of health, recognizing the human cost, recognizing the impact on quality of life. Not a penny less.

Finding the best way to make your case even stronger…

Unfortunately, Insurance companies have injected anti-lawsuit propaganda in our society. Many of us have been brainwashed to believe when someone is injured because of no fault of their own, their motives are now questioned.

Many times, injury lawyers themselves succumb and force client’s to settle for less than full and fair compensation. Insurance companies know that most personal injury lawyers aren’t willing or prepared to go to trial, and that gives them extra leverage in negotiations. People represented by those lawyers often end up settling for less than they fully deserve.

Michael prepares every case for trial from day one, and that level of preparation makes a difference. Insurance companies and their lawyers know that he won’t back down from what is fair compensation.