Ways We Work For You
A serious personal injury can change your life. If you’re reading our personal injury lawyer blog because a serious accident or personal injury has disrupted your normal life, then we hope you will find information here that can help you. We do have other websites with comprehensive information to help you on your journey.
Accident injuries are certainly painful, but your experience becomes more stressed when you’re fighting alone. Do you want, or feel you need, an experienced personal injury attorney on your side to deal with huge insurance companies that do everything possible to delay paying your claim? Or denying it altogether?
That’s where my law firm steps in. After you’ve had time to “shop around,” we’re confident you will, in the end, turn to us. We are routinely consulted and retained by people who hired a large law firm, only to find that the the law firm was unresponsive, kept the client in the dark, and ultimately failed to deliver on its promises.
At the Harris Law Firm, P.A., we listen to your concerns and quickly identify how you might be able to solve your problems through the legal system. Then we start working on your case immediately. Contact us to speak to an experienced, dedicated, and caring personal injury attorney right away. It’s convenient — you can use the contact form on the side panel, call us, or online chat with us (online chat is on the side panel, too).
Why Not Contact Personal Injury Attorneys Florida Residents Turn to in their Time of Need?
Unfortunately, many people simply hire the first lawyer they see on television or the lawyer with the biggest phone book advertisement without checking his or her background. At our office, we believe knowledge is power. Before you hire an attorney to handle your injury case, you should ask questions about education and experience — and importantly — who will handle your case. Hire the attorney only if you’re satisfied you’ve gotten honest and direct answers to your questions.
Compare Education, Training, and Experience to Other Injury Lawyers
I’m attorney David Harris, and I have been practicing trial law since 1995 (and clerked for trial lawyers before that). After reviewing my credentials on the “About” page here on the site, I’m sure you’ll agree that my experience speaks for itself.
I Prove Personal Attention and Service to Each Client
Importantly, I set myself apart from other law firms by promptly returning phone calls, moving my clients’ cases forward as quickly as possible, and providing each client with personal attention and service. I handle your important case from beginning to end.
How do I do this?
I accept only valid and legitimate personal injury cases, ranging from auto accidents, car accidents, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, premises liability, medical negligence, and defective products. Because I represent good, decent people who have employment history, and have suffered permanent injury because of others’ negligence, I do not accept every case. My clients and I choose each other.
Compare this policy to other law firms, which sometimes seem to scramble to accept every case — no matter how bizarre the claim may be — usually to pay for their large law firm bureaucracy. Not me. Not here.
How Our Office Works for You — 20+ Ways Right Here
How will my office handle your serious personal injury case? This list doesn’t cover everything, but it will give you a sense of how we can work together to seek the best result for your case.
Our Pledges to You
- We don’t collect a fee unless your case settles or we win at trial
- Our firm does not accept or receive more money than our client in a personal injury claim or wrongful death claim.
- We provide an initial consultation, free of charge.
- You can meet with an attorney for free to discuss your legal options for your claim.
- Your attorney will investigate your case by obtaining police reports, interviewing witnesses, using our investigator, and gathering medical records.
- I am available to discuss the progress of your case — including after normal business hours and on weekends.
- We have our doctor/surgeon review your medical records to ensure comprehensive review of the details.
- We will contact you regularly to get an update on your medical treatment.
- You will remain involved in your case.
- If you don’t have a doctor, we can provide you with the names of respected medical providers who can help you recover from your injuries.
- We will perform legal research to strengthen your case.
- We will notify all insurance adjusters of your claim through letters of representation. This ensures that you will not be bothered anymore by the at-fault party’s insurance company.
- After compiling all medical bills and records, we will send a letter to the at-fault party’s insurance company that details your injuries and demands fair compensation. The demand letter will include an impact statement on how the injury has affected your life.
- Your attorney will negotiate your settlement with the insurance company to ensure maximum recovery.
- Our office will negotiate with your medical providers to reduce the amount of money you have to pay for your medical bills.
- Your attorney will keep you updated about any offers that are made to settle your case.
- At the end of your case, you will be provided with a full explanation of all case expenses, medical expenses, and legal fees so you can see exactly how much money you’ll receive from a settlement or jury verdict.
- At your direction, we will use a portion of your settlement or jury award to pay outstanding medical bills.
- If a settlement cannot be reached, your attorney will consult with you about whether a lawsuit is the next step you want to take.
- Your attorney will help you prepare for your deposition.
- Your attorney will conduct depositions of defendant and key witnesses as needed.
- Your attorney will consult with you to prepare your case for trial.
- Your attorney will be at your side during the trial, protecting your rights and fighting for fair compensation.
- After your case is completed, we like to stay in touch by sending you our regular newsletter.
- Free special reports will be available to you on subjects such as vehicle accident injuries, wrongful death, slip and fall, burn injury, child injury, and other types of claims. Keep in mind some of these materials are still works in progress.
Contact Us Today
If you have suffered a serious personal injury, or lost a family member to wrongful death, as the result of a serious auto accident, car accident, motorcycle accident, trucking accident, or other incident caused by others’ negligence or wrongdoing, then contact us today.
My Child Was Injured in an Auto Accident – What Do I Do?
As an experienced auto accident lawyer, I hear questions like this one quite a bit: “My Child was in an auto accident, and I don’t know what to do.” An experienced Florida personal injury lawyer will likely respond with some questions of his own:
If your child is a mi
nor, meaning under the age of 18, and residing with you, then know that your son or daughter will make a claim through you, the parent. A claim such as this typically proceeds under the heading of “John Does, as Parent and Natural Guardian of Jane Doe, a minor,” and you will make decisions on behalf of the minor child. If you take any actions which are adverse to the child, then you could be removed by the court as guardian and substituted by a legal guardian in your place.
Most personal injury settlements involving a minor child of any significance must be approved by the Court, even if a fair settlement is reached without a lawsuit. I have plenty of experience in this regard.
So, how do we achieve an accident settlement to cover your child’s injury? That, of course, depends on the facts of the case. Here are some questions your child and you as parent will be asked by an experienced auto accident attorney Florida (including me):
- How old is your child?
- Was your child a driver or passenger?
- Where did the auto accident occur?
- When did the auto accident occur?
- How did this car accident occur? Describe exactly what happened.
- Describe the weather conditions at the time of the car crash
- At the time of the auto accident, where was your child going? (e.g. school, work, home, friend’s house, etc.).
- Who is your auto insurance company? Bring in your insurance Declarations page (this will show us the types of coverage you have).
- Did police arrive at the scene? Was a traffic crash report prepared?
- Was your child injured? If so, what kind of personal injury?
- What was the extent of the property damage to the vehicles involved in the traffic crash?
- Were there any witnesses who actually saw the traffic crash? Did law enforcement obtain that information?
- Was your child transported from the scene by EMS?
- Did your child go to the hospital or receive medical treatment from any doctor?
- What is your child’s current medical status?
If you believe that your child’s injury caused by the negligence of a another driver, then contact us today. Gathering evidence — including photographs of property, the accident scene, and serious injuries — can be pivotal in proving a serious auto accident injury claim.
At the Harris Law Firm, P.A., we represent personal injury accident victims who have been seriously harmed in auto accidents throughout Southwest Florida, including (alphabetical order): Alva, Arcadia, Avon Park, Bonita Springs, Bradenton, Cape Coral, Charlotte County, Clewiston, Collier County, DeSoto County, Englewood, Felda, Fort Myers, Ft. Myers (people continue to misspell Ft. Meyers), Glades County, Golden Gate, Hardee County, Hendry County, Highlands County, Immokalee, La Belle (some say Labelle), Lake Placid, Lee County, Lehigh, Lehigh Acres, Manatee County, Moore Haven, Naples, Nokomis, North Port, Osprey, Palmdale, Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, Sarasota, Sebring, Venice, Wauchula, Zolfo Springs.
We pursue claims on behalf of minor children injured by the negligence of others in auto accidents, car accidents, SUV accidents, and other types of vehicle crashes involving serious personal injuries or wrongful death.
Bumps and bruises heal and are not, in our view, worthy of a claim. We only handle legitimate and valid personal injury claims, which means we get to spend more time with your claim and moving it forward quickly.
Because we only handle valid personal injury claims with objective injuries, we can ensure personal service and attention to each client’s personal injury claim and each family’s wrongful death claim.
If you want this type of personal service for yourself and your family, and do not want to get lost in a large law firm bureaucracy, then contact us today.
Accident Attorney in Fort Myers
Do you need an auto accident lawyer in Ft. Myers? Do you need a car accident lawyer in Fort Myers?
While I handle many types of serious personal injury claims, a vehicle accident in Ft. Myers, motorcycle accident in Fort Myers, truck accident in Fort Myers, occur on a weekly, if not daily, basis.
These types of accident injury claims can be very serious, and affect your way of life — not just now, but well into your future. As a result, you may not be able to work at the job you have now. Physical limitations, or brain injury, head injury, or other disruption of your cognitive abilities, may require you to find other employment (if you are employable at all). As a result, your personal life and family can be permanently turned upside down.
Contact my Fort Myers personal injury law firm. If we accept your case, then we get to work right away.
Unlike many personal injury lawyers or law firms practicing in numerous areas of law, we limit our practice areas to helping injured consumers. Additionally, we limit the number of clients we serve at any one time so each client receives personal attention and service.
What else separates the Harris Law Firm from other personal injury lawyers in Fort Myers? It seems to be a rather routine practice for some personal injury attorneys to charge a fee which ends up being more than the client receives at the end of the case. Not my firm. I do not take a fee which is more than your net recovery.
Have you or a loved one been seriously injured in a car accident in Fort Myers? A motorcycle accident in Ft. Myers? A truck accident in Fort Myers? A semi crash in Fort Myers?
If you have been seriously or permanently injured as a result of such an accident, then call me.
Motor Vehicle Accidents Can Be Life-Changing Events
Motor vehicle accidents can be very serious, life-changing matters.
In 2009, there were more than 100 traffic fatalities in Lee County and Collier County combined. Adding the rest of the Southwest Florida communities, and that number jumps. Far more were injured in traffic crashes, car accidents, motorcycle accidents, and truck accidents throughout Southwest Florida in 2009.
Driving our local roads can present challenges to the most careful and observant drivers. Why? Because others are simply not paying attention, driving aggressively, and putting puts us all at risk.
If you or a loved one has been seriously injured in a car accident, motorcycle accident, trucking accident, or other traffic crash, then contact us right away to assess your situation, your harms, your losses. Insurance companies are aggressively fighting consumers who have been injured in accidents. You should hire an experienced injury attorney, one who has investigated and handled accident and traffic crash cases for more than a decade, to evaluate your claim, and who will protect your rights.
At the Harris Law Firm, your accident claim will be handled by an experienced accident lawyer throughout the representation, promptly, and you will remain the focus of the case. Your questions are welcome (and answered), and your calls are returned – promptly.
Contact us today – by phone, by email, or online chat. You can find links for all of these here on the website.
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We practice serious injury law. This means that if you or your family member has suffered a serious injury as the result of the negligence of another person or company, then we stand ready to help you through your time of loss and challenge, seeking to hold the negligent parties accountable for their actions. While compensation will not take you back to the time you enjoyed before the truck crash, motorcycle crash, car crash, or other personal injury, we may be able to help right the course of your future through financial security and stability.
We are proud to support our community, including our churches and worthwhile charitable organizations. Helping others in need is what we do, and we do so with unwavering pride and commitment.
