For over 20 years, Maurice Abarr has represented clients all over California who have suffered severe physical and emotional injuries as a result of dangerous products, hazardous working conditions and other negligent and wrongful behavior. His mission is very simple, to make certain that his clients receive fair and just compensation and to force governmental agencies, manufacturers and other organizations to maintain a higher level of awareness for safety and well being of their consumers.

Areas of Expertise: Construction Accidents, Product Liability, Heavy Machinery, Auto-related, Medical Malpractice, Insurance Bad Faith and Premises Liability.

How to Choose a Qualified P.I. Lawyer in Agoura Hills

It’s important to look for a Personal Injury Attorney with a proven track record. When you suffer from a severe injury or the death of a loved one in a work related accident is always a distressing occurrence. On top of the physical and emotional pain that one is experiencing, there is the question of how to protect one's legal rights and seek reasonable compensation from the person or entity that caused the accident. That means finding an attorney to help you with your personal injury or wrongful death case. But what kind of attorney? And where does one look?

If you choose an unqualified personal injury lawyer the results can be catastrophic. There are certain skills and background pertaining to personal injury law in Los Angeles that are critical in order to effectively handle such cases. In addition, wrongful death lawyers or personal injury attorney s must have built up bankrolls sufficient to afford the $50,000 or more in out-of-pocket costs associated with large personal injury and wrongful death cases in Los Angeles. If the lawyer cannot afford this expense, then the case will be given a bare bones treatment, which will lead to a grossly inadequate recovery.

The personal injury lawyers who advertise frequently on TV in Los Angeles and nation-wide do not generally have the skill and experience level necessary to handle a major personal injury or wrongful death case. Instead, they appeal to an injured person's interest in quickly settling his or her case. Unfortunately, a quick settlement in a personal injury or wrongful death case is almost always a bad settlement. When one suffers a lifelong personal injury, it may take months, or even years, to know the full extent of that personal injury. Moreover, it is impossible to know the full value of any personal injury or wrongful death case until all of the evidence has been gathered through painstaking efforts by careful and skilled lawyers, and no insurance company ever pays full value without a prolonged lawsuit.

Without a personal injury attorney who has the skill, understanding of personal injury law in California, and resources to take a case to trial, any settlement will be inadequate. It is a simple fact that an insurance company would rather go to trial against an inexperienced, poorly prepared personal injury or wrongful death lawyer than a lawyer with a proven record and the ability and finances to fight until the bitter end. Therefore, highly experienced personal injury trial lawyers are able to settle cases for much greater amounts than attorneys who do not have a proven track record.

Luckily, finding a first-rate lawyer to handle a personal injury or wrongful death case in Los Angeles and all of California is quite easy because of the availability of detailed, up-to-date statistics on lawyers' past performances. There are several companies in Southern California that publish such information. In a matter of minutes, one can determine if a particular personal injury attorney has had any major jury verdicts or settlements in the last 15 years. A family that is attempting to choose the right personal injury or wrongful death lawyer in a time of dire need can simply request that a lawyer produce his results from these publications. If he or she cannot or will not do so, then move on.

The bottom line is that you have the ability to seek out the most qualified, effective legal representation available. To do so, you must look beyond bold, unsupported claims in 30-second TV ads and ask for detailed written proof of an attorney's record.

The law offices of personal injury lawyer Maurice Abarr. His extensive experience lawyers boasts over 20 years legal success in litigation and trial of a wide array of personal injury cases in Agoura Hills, California.

Huntington Beach Law Office

Riverside Law Office

Santa Ana Law Office