How to Pick the Best Minnesota Work Comp Attorney: One Easy Hack
Choosing a work comp attorney is an important decision. When an injured employee retains an attorney, they put a lot of trust into that lawyer. They trust them to give sound legal advice, take care of their medical bills, and they expect the lawyer to put their clients’ interests before their own. Because of the significance of this decision, it has always surprised me when someone picks a lawyer based on a paid advertisement, such as a TV commercial, billboard or sponsored ad rather than asking a friend or family member if they know a work comp attorney. Just because a lawyer can afford a large advertising budget doesn’t mean they are a good lawyer. But what are people to do when their friends and family don’t know a work comp attorney?
Here is the best way to pick a solid Minnesota workers’ compensation attorney:
You ask the lawyers that represent work comp insurance companies. Yes, you read that right. You ask the lawyers that “play for the other team.” Here’s why.
Insurance defense attorneys interact with us petitioners/plaintiffs attorneys on a daily basis. They know which attorneys respond to their emails, advocate well for their clients, pick up phone calls on Friday afternoons, get good settlement value, screw their clients, ect. If you want to know if an attorney you’re hiring is going to take your calls and respond to your emails, ask a defense attorney. If a plaintiff attorney isn’t responsive to defense attorneys emails. screens their calls, or consistently passes off legal work to their paralegal, I would bet that the plaintiff attorney does the same thing to their clients.
During my 5+ years as a work comp insurance defense attorney, I saw it all and had cases with a majority of the employees attorneys in the state. I knew the good attorneys and bad ones. I knew which attorneys would be easy and settle for cheap and which ones would make my job difficult and maximize value for their clients. I also had a very short list of attorneys that I would recommend to a friend or family member. Unfortunately, if you were to ask me now, my opinion would be biased about who the best work comp petitioner/plaintiff attorney is in the state. Google any one of these firms and call their desk saying you’d like to speak with a work comp defense attorney or go to an individual attorney’s bio and call their direct line if listed:
Even though I doubt I’m on many defense attorneys’ recommendation list at this stage, I want what’s best for the injured workers of MN. If there are other work comp attorneys out there that are better than me, you should hire them.
Frayne Injury Law is a law firm that represents injured employees in work comp cases. A free, no obligation, consultation is available to anyone looking for legal advice.
