Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Top California Insurance Lawyers - How to Find a Good Insurance Lawyer

It can be difficult to select an insurance lawyer when you need help dealing with an insurance company.  You want lawyers who are not only experienced and ethical, but also lawyers who will work hard for you and are at the top of their profession.  We at the law firm of Viau & Kwasniewski know that when you are selecting an insurance lawyer to represent your interests against an insurance company you want the right lawyers who are best for you.

We were humbled and pleased that we were the only small law firm to be selected by the Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal, the largest legal publication in California, as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2013.  We were selected because of the work we did in achieving a unanimous decision at the California Supreme Court for insureds against the entire insurance industry.  Gary Kwasniewski was selected because of the work that he and his partner Jeanette Viau did together.  We were nominated by the reporter who followed our case and who was present during the oral Argument before the California Supreme Court.


Gary likes to say that Jeanette Viau should have received the recognition because she wrote all of the winning briefs at the Appellate level and at the California Supreme Court.  The way we look at it at Viau & Kwasniewski is that the recognition was for the work this firm did as a team for policyholders.


Viau & Kwasniewski received the recognition of being among the Top 100 California Lawyers by an independent organization; this firm does quality work at the top level in the state.  So, other than researching the experience of a lawyer and determining what recognition that the lawyer has received for his or her work.


How do you find good insurance lawyers that are right for you and your case?  What do you look for and what should you expect in a good lawyer?


To be a good lawyer who gets good results and provides excellent legal representation is demanding and difficult.  At Viau & Kwasniewski we know that clients demand and deserve lawyers who are experienced, tough, resilient, know their stuff, work hard, and care about you.


A good lawyer cares about the profession and his or her clients.


A good lawyer works  hard.


A good lawyer only takes meritorious cases.


Contrary to popular belief, a good and effective lawyer is honest and ethical.


A good lawyer knows that his or her stock in trade is credibility.


A good lawyer knows when it is time to be realistic about the value and the risks in a case.


A good lawyer knows that after a  lawsuit is filed and discovery begins the case will never be the same again. Through discovery, evidence is revealed showing the true nature of the case.

     
A good lawyer knows that his or her job is to help those who are being oppressed and cheated by those who are more powerful.  That, sometimes means cutting fees and doing work without pay.

A good lawyer believes that each one of us in this society has value, and the laws are the means to ensure that our individual rights are protected regardless of our wealth, power or social standing.


A good lawyer is tenacious and has a philosophy that every problem has a solution.


A good lawyer knows which battles to fight and which to avoid.  When a lawyer is litigating a serious case for you against a major corporation or billion dollar insurance company, the insurance defense lawyers will typically try to wear the opposing  lawyer down.  An experienced lawyer will avoid filing unproductive motions and fighting over every tactic some opposing lawyers use.  The effective lawyer will  fight only those battles that matter.


We have learned at Viau & Kwasniewski that a good legal team has lawyers with complementary skills.  It will have lawyers with excellent research and legal brief writing skills.  It will have lawyers that have years of experience taking effective depositions, effectively arguing issues of law before a judge and who can effectively present your case at trial. No individual lawyer can be the best at everything.


Most importantly a good lawyer cares about you as a person and knows that it isn’t just another case.  A good lawyer knows that it is your case, that it is serious and the outcome will most likely affect you and your family for the rest of your life.  Take time to find the right lawyer for you.  Ask questions, and find out the kind of results that the lawyer has achieved.  


If you are looking for lawyers to handle your insurance bad faith case and want more information about how to find a lawyer who is right for you and your type of case, contact our office for more free information.  We can be reached at 1-800-663-1095 or you can e-mail us at gkk@vklawyers.com.  Our address and all of our contact information can be found on our website at www.vklawyers.com.

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