What Do Personal Injury Attorneys Specialize In?
Personal injury attorneys are very competitive. Every year, a ranking comes out that lists the firms who have made the most money based on jury verdicts in America. Most of the law firms on the list have very little in common. In fact, of the top five, known specialize in the same thing. There is one personal injury firm that specializes in medical malpractice, an environmental firm, a commercial litigation firm, a small firm that started as an insurance defense firm but now does a variety of things, and a firm that won part of the tobacco case.
Personal injury attorneys and firms have up and down years. Some years they may win a large settlement, i.e. $40 million plus, while other years they may make substantially less and only close a few cases. The list of top firms based on earnings varies every year because of this. Each of the top law firms had settled a massive case this past year that shot them straight to the top. One firm simply won only one case that had to do with an oil spill. The settlement was $1 billion! Personal injury firms experience times when there is more money then they know what to do with, and also times when there are very few cases to go around.
