Portland Personal Injury Attorney Michael A. Colbach

Michael A. Colbach, Attorney, at Law PC

I do not know of any other Portland personal injury attorney who is consistently getting better jury verdicts on motor vehicle cases. I can make insurance companies pay when they do not want to by taking your case to a jury. A judge recently showed me the list of top Multnomah County auto accident verdicts. According to this list, two of the top ten verdicts are car accident cases that I tried to a jury. I have two of the top 4 Multnomah County auto accident jury verdicts since 2014. Some of these trials and verdicts were reported on by the Portland media: Bicyclist hit by test driver and Cyclist vs. New Seasons. These verdicts were not 10 years ago, they were as recent as 2011. I am actively trying personal injury cases and as long as insurance companies continue to try and cheat my clients, I intend to keep trying cases.

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How do you know which attorney to choose?

Before you hire an attorney, make sure they are qualified. 95% of Oregon personal injury attorneys rarely, if ever, go to trial. Most are not very good at it and have had little success at trial. If you hire a lawyer who does not try cases, you are stuck taking whatever the insurance company offers. Anyone can say that they are aggressive and will fight for your rights. Make them prove it.

Without the threat of an attorney who is willing to go to trial and seek a big jury verdict, why would an insurance company pay you what your claim is really worth?

Lawsuits can be expensive, and many people do not have the money to pursue their claim.

In every case, I advance all costs associated with pursuing your case and I do not ask you for a penny until we recover from the other side.

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Insurance - Importance of Trial Lawyers

I invite you to watch Why you need personal injury lawyers - Anderson Cooper CNN investigative report parts 1 and 2 about the lengths tand tactics used by the auto insurance industry in order to not pay you a fair settlement. In Part 3 Anderson Cooper Keeping Them Honest continuation Washington state's new tougher laws for unreasonable delay and denial of insurance claims. Insurance Corporations Make Record Profits and Fight Paying Billions in Injury Claims. Insurance corporations use tactics of denial of claims, delaying settlements and making unreasonable settlement offers.

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