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There are a lot of personal injury law firms in Suffolk and Nassau Counties, all promising to get you the best possible outcome. This may leave you wondering why exactly you should choose The Odierno Law Firm over all of the others.

First, we treat each client with compassion and respect. With our law firm, you are never just a number on a case file. You are someone who has been through a traumatic experience and who deserves the highest quality legal representation.

Our commitment to outstanding legal representation starts with open communication. When you email or call your Long Island personal injury attorney, you will always get a response (typically within 24 hours). We understand how stressful it can be to have a legal claim and will work tirelessly to get you the compensation that you deserve for your injuries.

Second, we have both the experience and knowledge to get results for you. Our lawyers have more than 150 years of collective experience in New York personal injury law. Together, we have recovered tens of millions of dollars on behalf of our clients.

Personal injury cases can often be complex. They also typically involve massive insurance companies with teams of adjusters and legal counsel working together to find ways to pay out as little as possible on legitimate claims. Our experienced Long Island personal injury lawyers use their skills to fight for our clients, never simply accepting a lowball settlement offer or an unfair characterization of our clients’ cases.

Third, our attorneys are experienced litigators. While our goal is to always resolve cases through settlement whenever possible, we have the real-life courtroom experience to actually go to trial when necessary. If the insurance company won’t offer a fair settlement, we are ready, willing, and able to take your case to court.

In contrast with many personal injury law firms that specialize in churning through cases to get quick settlements, we take our time so that we can be sure that our clients are getting the money that they deserve for their injuries. While we always want to settle our clients’ cases quickly so that they can move forward with their lives, our biggest priority is getting our clients top dollar for their losses.

Fourth, we only take on as many cases as our team can realistically handle. We know that your personal injury claim is perhaps the biggest thing happening in your life. We want to make sure that your case is a priority for our team as well, which is why we are careful to limit the number of new cases we accept.

This means that you will get personalized service and a better outcome. Instead of rushing to settle cases so we can move on to the next one, we take our time to make sure that you are getting the best settlement possible based on the facts of your case. We will advocate for you at every step of the way to make sure that you get a settlement that gets you as close to whole as possible. If the insurance company won’t offer a fair settlement, we will take your case to trial.

We know that you have a lot of choices when it comes to personal injury lawyers in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. We take your faith in our law firm seriously and will work diligently to get you justice for your injuries.

Our law firm handles every case on a contingency fee basis. This means that you won’t pay a single penny out of pocket. Instead of paying a retainer and/or an hourly fee, you will only pay an attorney’s fee if we recover money for you.

If you recover money through a settlement or verdict at trial, you will pay an attorney’s fee that is a percentage of your total recovery. Typically, this fee is around 33% of your total recovery. You will also be responsible for any costs from the lawsuit.

Contingency fee agreements make it possible for anyone to afford a lawyer. After an accident, you might be experiencing financial strain due to medical bills, lost wages, and more. With a contingency fee, you can afford to hire a lawyer even if you don’t have a ton of cash on hand.

These agreements also align your interests with your lawyer’s interests. You both have an interest in resolving the case for as much money as possible and as quickly as possible.

Studies show that people who are represented by counsel in personal injury claims recover significantly more than people who represent themselves. With contingency fee agreements, it is possible to get the advantage of legal representation without having to worry about how you will afford to pay a lawyer’s bill. Reach out today to schedule a free consultation with a Long Island personal injury lawyer.

Q. How is Compensation for Pain and Suffering Calculated?

The term pain and suffering refers to the anguish or emotional distress experienced by a victim after an accident. It may refer to physical pain, depression, anxiety, memory loss, physical limitations, and many more.

It is not difficult to prove your medical bills and repair bills after an accident. It’s much harder, however, to prove the amount of pain and suffering you’ve experienced. The Long Island personal injury attorneys at The Odierno Law Firm, P.C. can help you through this difficult process.

There are two basic methods that insurance companies use to calculate pain and suffering- the “per diem” method and the “multiple” method:

• Multiple: The injured party’s economic damages are added up and totaled, and then a multiple from one to five is applied.
• Per Diem: The dollar value of an injured party’s wages per day is assigned and then multiplied by the number of days that an individual was affected by an injury

Our personal injury attorneys in Long Island will aggressively represent you by standing up to insurance companies so that you will not have to endure more stress. Call to discuss your case in detail!

Q. What if I Was Partly At Fault For My Accident?

In the state of New York, proving negligence can be a complicated and difficult process. New York negligence law recognizes pure comparative fault, which states that when both the plaintiff and the defendant were negligent, the court is responsible for determining each party’s damages. Unlike some states, being at fault to any degree does not bar you from pursuing damages, but your award or settlement will be reduced according to your share of fault.

What does this look like in practice? Imagine that you are going through an intersection when your kids start arguing in the back seat. You take your eyes off the road long enough to tell them to settle down, but during that brief time, another motorist runs through the red light and strikes the driver’s side of your vehicle. Because you weren’t watching, you didn’t have the chance to swerve or brake to avoid the collision.

The court awards you $20,000 but determines that you are 10% at fault for the crash. Therefore, your award will be decreased by 10% and you will receive $18,000 instead.

Insurance companies often try to save money by downplaying their insured party’s degree of fault. The personal injury attorneys at The Odierno Law Firm, P.C. are alert for this practice and won’t let an insurer assign more blame than you actually have.

Q. Why Hire The Odierno Law Firm?

Our experienced Long Island personal injury lawyers have decades of experience handling successful injury claims. We are committed to getting you the compensation you deserve for the injuries you have sustained. We have a no recovery, no fee policy, so you don’t pay unless we win.

• We speak Spanish
• Our past and present clients love our family-oriented attitude and personalized care – see what they have to say about us
• Appointments available virtually or in-person in our warm, welcoming offices
• Local to Long Island and family-owned for two generations
• We work on a no-win, no-fee basis
• We start each case with a free evaluation and consultation
• Millions of dollars recovered and success in hundreds of trials throughout our history