I have noticed many regular personal injury lawyers pawning themselves off as biker and motorcycle accident lawyers lately, and to be frank it really kind of rubs me the wrong way. There is nothing worse than a poser!
Most of these “regular” personal injury lawyers who are now advertising themselves as so-called biker and motorcycle accident lawyers do not know the difference between a petcock and a cappuccino at Starbucks. Yet there they are advertising in the Yellow Pages and on the Internet claiming to be Biker and Motorcycle accident experts. I beg to differ! A real biker or motorcyclist should be able to sift through the B.S. pretty fast.
The trouble for you is that if you pick the wrong lawyer to handle your motorcycle accident case, you simply will not get what you are entitled to with respect to compensatory damages, or you may get stuck paying the wrong lawyer a fee to get your motorcycle fixed!
I have said it before, and I will say it again; there exists a prejudice against bikers and motorcyclist not only amongst the general public, but also with respect to law enforcement officers, insurance companies, and potential jurors in your case.
If you select a lawyer that claims to be a biker and motorcycle accident lawyer, who is not equipped to deal with the prejudice against bikers, because they are not themselves bikers and motorcyclist, you will lose in the end!
I will tell you flat out that the vast majority, if not most of the guys advertising themselves as biker and motorcycle accident lawyers do not even ride motorcycles. The last time they were on a bike was probably in grade school and the bike had pedals, or when they rented a bicycle at the beach! These guys or gals have probably never been on a bike that has an engine! Is this the kind of joker that you want representing you in your motorcycle accident case? I think not.
If a lawyer you are looking at for representation in a motorcycle accident case claims to be biker and motorcycle accident lawyer, you may want to ask them if they have a valid California Motorcycle license endorsement, and when was the last time they rode a motorcycle. You may want to ask them if they own a motorcycle, and if not, when and if they ever owned a motorcycle! You get the drift. It is real easy to see if lawyers advertising themselves as biker and motorcycle accident lawyers are posers or the real thing.
Don’t be fooled by fancy ads in motorcycle rags, or on the internet. Check your lawyer out to make sure that they are the real deal, and not just a regular personal injury lawyer trying to pose and mislead you into thinking that they are real bikers and motorcycle accident lawyers.
As for me, I am the real deal. I am a real biker and a motorcycle accident lawyer. I talk the talk, and walk the walk. That is a picture of me riding one of my motorcycles in the upper left! I actually ride, and have ridden motorcycles for many years. To me this is not rocket science, this is what I do!
Unlike many regular personal injury lawyers, my firm absolutely does not charge any kind of a fee for handling the property damage part of your motorcycle accident case. We only take a percentage of the bodily injury part of your case. You will absolutely pay no money out of your pocket when you retain us to handle your motorcycle accident case. We get our fee when your case settles or we obtain a judgment through trial.
If you do not have medical insurance, we can arrange for you and your passenger to get medical treatment for the injuries you have suffered in your motorcycle accident case.
If you or your passenger has suffered a motorcycle accident anywhere in the State of California, you may give me a call 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, at 800-816-1529, use extension 1. I will personally give you a free consultation on your motorcycle accident case.
If you are outside the State of California, make sure you ask your potential lawyer some questions based upon this article in order to determine whether you are really dealing with a biker and motorcycle accident lawyer, or just a regular personal injury lawyer.
Do not hire a poser regular personal injury lawyer pawning themselves off as a biker and motorcycle accident lawyer for your motorcycle accident case!
By Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq., © 2008
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