Most personal injury firms are built like factories. You sign with a name you saw on a billboard, and then you never speak to that person again. Your case belongs to a case manager, then a different case manager, and if it ever goes to trial it gets handed to somebody you have never met.
That is not what happens here.
I have practiced law in New Jersey since 2014. I take a smaller number of cases so that I can actually work them. When you call, my cell phone rings. If I am in court, text me and I will get back to you the same day.
The part of this job I care most about is the part nobody else seems to do: explaining it. When somebody gets hurt in a crash, they are not confused because they are not smart. They are confused because nobody has told them anything. Nobody has explained what PIP is, or that they have it, or that it pays their medical bills no matter whose fault the crash was. Nobody has told them that the friendly adjuster calling them is not on their side. Nobody has mentioned that the coverage in their own policy might be the thing that actually pays them, because the guy who hit them was carrying the state minimum.
So I explain it. On the first call, before you have signed anything, whether or not you ever hire me.
And when the other driver’s insurance runs out before your injuries do, I do not close the file. I go get the rest.
Since 2014, Dominick has handled cases in New Jersey municipal and superior courts, including criminal trials. Insurance companies pay attention to whether a lawyer is actually willing to try a case.