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Personal Injury Law for New Attorneys

2/13/2008 4:18:44 PM EST

So you want to practice Personal Injury Law?

Posted by AME3bg

Interested in practicing in the Personal Injury Law field? Here’s what you have to look forward to …

Types of Firms Practicing Personal Injury Law

PI is a broad and popular practice area, covering many different types of injury to the person. It remains one of the most heavily practiced areas of civil litigation in any state as well as one of the most financially rewarding. PI practitioners may specialize in PI or a subcategory of PI (such as products liability)—this often occurs at highly successful smaller PI firms or PI departments of larger firms. PI may also be just one area practiced by a small law or solo practitioner, along with family, criminal, and transactional and whatever else comes in the door.

Small Law Perspective: PI law is practiced primarily within the 1-20 attorneys market segment.
Large Law and National Law Perspective: Certain segments of PI practice are very financially rewarding: wrongful death, medical malpractice, complex product liability, toxic torts, antitrust, mass disasters, and class actions. These “high value” cases tend to be large and complex, both in terms of the number of parties involves and the procedural mechanisms required to litigate them. These cases attract large law and national firms, which have the personnel, expertise, and financial resources required.
Corporate and Government Perspective: Companies and various government agencies may also be impacted by the practice of PI law.

Typical Tasks Performed by Personal Injury Law Attorneys

Issuing and responding to discovery;
Calculating damages;
Investigating people, companies;
Drafting pleadings, motions, and briefs;
Negotiating settlement of a claim;
Trying a case;
Enforcing a judgment;
Drafting writs and appeals.

Key Organizations for Personal Injury Law Attorneys

Association of Trial Law Attorneys (ATLA) (http://www.atla.org/)
American Bar Association (Litigation and Tort Trial Sections) (http://www.abanet.org/litigation/home.html; http://www.abanet.org/tips/home.html)
Litigation or Personal Injury/Tort Sections of State Bar Associations
Local and State Trial Lawyer Associations

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