Personal Injury Case Attorney in Colorado Springs, CO

The Partners of Frederick | Ganderton have represented and litigated against some of the largest insurance companies in the nation. We have tried million-dollar cases for plaintiffs and defendant insurance companies in personal injury matters, giving us a unique and advantageous perspective in representing your rights in Colorado. Whether you have an insurance claim as a result of injuries from another’s negligence, such as a traffic collision, slip, and fall, or another incident, a property claim, a claim on behalf of someone who has suffered a wrongful death, or have been mistreated by your insurance company that has undervalued your claim, or improperly delayed or denied your claim outright, Frederick | Ganderton Law Office has the knowledge and ability to represent your rights.

If you have experienced any of the following or have an issue or dispute with an insurance company, contact one of our lawyers immediately, as there may be important deadlines that may impact your case.

Personal Injury Attorneys With Trial Experience

It’s essential to hire an attorney with trial experience. While most cases settle pre-litigation, some cases do go to trial. You must hire an attorney or law firm to take your case from the initial notice of claim to the insurance company through a jury verdict. Again, some cases do go to trial, albeit a small percentage.

The second and more important reason to hire an attorney with trial experience is that if you hire attorneys who have been to trial, they will know what to expect at trial, what evidence they might need to present to a jury, what objections they might receive and what experts they might need to call to the stand to present a client’s case to a jury fully. This back-end knowledge will help that attorney build the case on the front end.

The partners of Frederick | Ganderton have had over 100 jury trials, so we know what juries are looking for. We’ve spoken to juries after a verdict has been reached. We’ve asked them what they wanted or expected to see and what was too much or overkill. In doing this, we now know what juries are looking for, and because we know that, we can build our personal injury cases thoroughly on the front end.

We do the investigation that needs to be done to find things we’ve found a jury might want to see – like videos, pictures, or a specific expert a jury would want to hear from because of a medical condition. This is evidence that needs to be built on the front end. Not only does it help you when you’re going to trial or filing a lawsuit later on, but it helps you build a comprehensive case that you can present to an insurance adjuster.

In our experience and opinion, building a comprehensive trial-ready case will maximize a client’s settlement pre-litigation. So it is essential that when you’re looking for a personal injury attorney, you look for one with trial experience, such as the partners at Frederick | Ganderton LLP.

Who Will Be Doing the Work on Your Case?

When you see a personal injury law commercial, and you see the attorney on the commercial, do you think that attorney is the attorney that is going to be working on your case on a day-to-day basis? It could be, but probably not. That means that, before going into that firm, you might need to find out who will be working on your case.

“Will it be you (the partner in the firm) doing the work, or will it be a junior associate?”

If you do choose to go in and meet with a partner in a law firm, make sure that during the meeting, you ask the partner if the work will performed by that partner or if the work will be assigned to a junior associate who will be doing the bulk of the work and negotiating with the insurance adjusters. If a junior associate is doing the work, ask what kind of experience they have. Here are some questions to ask:

• Are they fresh out of law school? Is this their first job?
• Are you a seasoned professional with trial experience?
• Do they have prior personal injury law experience?
• Do they have settlements and awards that they can share with you?
• Will they be handling your case, or will they have a case manager pushing the case forward?

These are all critical questions to ask during that first interview with a law firm.

At our firm, it’s different:

With us, what you see is what you get. When you hire us, you get us. You get the two partners on your case. There are no junior associates that we offload or assign the cases to. There are no case managers that you deal with.

You get us and all of our credentials and experiences. If there’s something that you’re looking for that you don’t see on our About Us page, feel free to give us a call and ask us. We answer our phones.

Knowing who you’re working with and who’s doing the day-to-day work on your case is essential. At our firm, you know.

Three Qualities to Look for When Hiring a Personal Injury Attorney

What qualities must we look for when hiring a personal injury attorney?

Is it just the experience that is the most important? Or maybe there’s even more to it.

These are in no particular order and are simply suggestions. We would look for these qualities if we were hiring a personal injury attorney.

Communication

Communication is vital in a personal injury case on both ends. You want a lawyer who is communicating with you, and you want to be communicating with your lawyer. But how do you know if you and an attorney will communicate well? You can start with the initial call.

On that initial call, are you speaking with a secretary just trying to sign you up to get you into an appointment? Or are you getting your questions answered by an attorney on the phone? If it were us, we would want to call a law firm and talk to the attorney on the phone first to find out if we even have a case. It is also essential to get a feel for the attorney to see if they are the right fit before taking time to travel to their office and sit down with them in person.

Speaking with an attorney on the front end and figuring out if they’re communicative will save you some trouble on the back end when you realize that your lawyer is not calling you back.

Enthusiasm

Is your lawyer enthusiastic? Do they have a good personality? Or are they dry, boring, and stuffy?

Make sure they have some enthusiasm. Make sure they’re happy and that they are doing what they like to do. How they interact with you is likely how they will interact with an adjuster on the phone. Trust us, you get further with an adjuster if you’re enthusiastic about your client, your case, and what you do!

Liking what you do is essential. It will show in your meeting with the attorney and in that attorney’s communications with the adjusters or defense counsel. So, ensure you’re hiring an attorney who seems happy and enthusiastic about what they’re doing.

Experience

This is a prominent factor. What experience does this attorney have? How long have they been out of law school? Do they have insurance defense experience?

We can tell you that we have learned a lot from working on the insurance defense side. We saw firsthand how insurance companies and defense attorneys practiced on the insurance defense side before we started Frederick | Ganderton and switched to work on the plaintiff’s side. So, find out what kind of experience the attorney has, such as their level of trial experience, how long they’ve been an attorney, and what type of practice they have worked at.

Those are just three things we would look for if hiring an attorney.

You might look for something different as there might be something more important to you. But remember that communication, enthusiasm, and experience go a long way in handling your injury claim.