Milwaukee Magazine Super Lawyers honor

Milwaukee Magazine Super Lawyers honored me in this month's issue. It's great to get this Rising Star designation, which means Wisconsin lawyers voted me into the top 2.5% of Wisconsin attorneys under age 40. However, I can honestly say my greatest "award" to date is CNI Newspapers readers naming me "Best Attorney." Why? Well, it's great if lawyers know your very good at your job, but I'd rather my clients feel that way.

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Falls leading cause of death for over 65

Falls causing injury or death to senior citizens are far too common according to this article from the Washington Times: Accidental falls a leading cause of death over 65. Having handled numerous slip, trip & fall cases involving senior citizens, I was unfortunately well aware of the risk. Many of these cases involved hip fractures that resulted in hospitalization and temporary or permanent nursing home stays as well as permanent disability. Others, sadly involved wrongful death.

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How to hire a personal injury lawyer

Ran into a Milwaukee criminal lawyer today. His firm handles drunk driving, misdemeanors and felonies in Milwaukee. The lawyer told me his law firm may "start advertising for Milwaukee personal injury cases." Thus, the lawyers there may dabble in Milwaukee personal injury cases even though they have never handled or tried a personal injury case in Milwaukee, in Wisconsin or elsewhere.

My strong recommendation is that you be cautious about relying on advertising as a way to find your personal injury lawyer. I strongly advise you to make sure your personal injury attorney is active in the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers. I recommend that your lawyer is recongnized by Martindale-Hubbell as an AV® rated attorney and that your attorney speak on issues specifically addressing personal injury law. If you find a lawyer meeting these qualifications, then you are well on your way to finding a qualified Wisconsin personal injury lawyer.

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Defense ("Independent") Medical Examinations

Defense medical examinations are one of the insurance company tactics used to avoid proper payment of a personal injury claim or Wisconsin workers compensation claim.

Here's one example of a defense medical examination broker. Read for yourself about its "independent medical examination services", but the bottom line is insurance companies pay doctors to fight legitimate claims. Insurers pay these doctors for disputing a treating doctor's diagnosis, blaming the cause of injury on something other than that an insurer's insured's negligence, claiming injuries were pre-existing, arguing treatment was unnecessary, asserting that an injury is not permanent, etc. Defense medical examiners earn serious money doing this. The company's October-November 2006 schedule includes the following:

Appleton / Green Bay / Oshkosh / Neenah, Wisconsin
James G. Gmeiner, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon/ Spine Specialist
Stephen E. Barron, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Steven P. Friedel, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
William D. Moore, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
William R. Klemme, M.D. – Ortho. Surgeon/Spine Specialist
Sridhar V. Vasudevan, M.D. – Physical Medicine & Rehab
Paul A. Cederberg, M.D. - Orthopedic Surgeon
Michael A. Weiner, M.D. – Plastic/Hand Surgeon
James C. Foster, M.D. – Occupational Medicine
Michael R. Nordstrom, M.D. – Otolaryngologist/ENT

Duluth, Minnesota
Stephen E. Barron, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Paul A. Cederberg, M.D. - Orthopedic Surgeon

Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Michael A. Weiner, M.D. – Plastic/Hand Surgeon
Dan M Olson, D.C. – Chiropractor
Michael W. Orth, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
David A. Solfelt, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Paul L. Liebert, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Thomas W. Schueppert, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Stephen E. Barron, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Hani Matloub/Brad Grunert-Hand Surgery/Psych
Paul A. Cederberg, M.D. - Orthopedic Surgeon
Kevin J. Kulwicki, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon

LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Drs. Matloub & Grunert – Complex Upper Extremity/Hand
Stephen E. Barron, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Paul A. Cederberg, M.D. - Orthopedic Surgeon

Madison, Wisconsin
Francisco Sanchez, M.D. – Neurosurgeon
Stephen E. Barron, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
David A. Solfelt, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Randal Wojciehoski, D.O., DPM – Internal/ER Medicine/Podiatry
Marc J. Novom, M.D. – Neurologist
Paul A. Cederberg, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
James C. Foster, M.D. – Occupational Medicine
Thomas J. O’Brien, M.D. – Ortho. Surgeon/Spine Specialist
Marc J. Novom, M.D. – Neurologist
Morris M. Soriano, M.D. – Neurosurgeon

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Francisco Sanchez, M.D. – Neurosurgeon
Stephen E. Barron, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Thomas J. O’Brien, M.D. – Ortho. Surgeon/Spine Specialist
Randal Wojciehoski, D.O., DPM – Internal/ER Medicine/Podiatry
James C. Foster, M.D. – Occupational Medicine
Timothy S. O’Brien, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Timothy S. Hart, M.D. – Orthopedic/Hand Surgeon
Paul A. Cederberg, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Ellen M. O’Brien, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Hardik A. Vashi, D.O. – Physical Medicine & Rehab
Michael A. Weiner, M.D. – Plastic/Hand Surgeon
Steven P. Friedel, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
William D. Moore, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Michael W. Orth, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Thomas J. O’Brien, M.D. – Ortho. Surgeon/Spine Specialist
J. Christopher Noonan, M.D. – Ortho. Surgeon/Spine Specialist

Plainfield, Wisconsin
James C. Foster, M.D. – Occupational Medicine

Watertown, Wisconsin
Thomas W. Grossman, Jr., M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon

Wausau, Wisconsin
Michael A. Weiner, M.D. – Plastic/Hand Surgeon
Steven P. Friedel, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
William R. Klemme, M.D. – Ortho. Surgeon/Spine Specialist
Michael W. Orth, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Paul A. Cederberg, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Thomas W. Schueppert, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
William T. Monacci, M.D. – Neurosurgeon
David A. Solfelt, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Kevin J. Kulwicki, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgeon
Sridhar V. Vasudevan, M.D. – Physical Medicine & Rehab

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Findlaw

Another lawyer tells me that a salesperson from Findlaw just used my firm in trying to sell its expensive product. Let me just say that Findlaw would have to pay me. This is what I tell all the outfits calling me, I get about 5 calls/week, trying sell me web services - such as the lawyer matching services.

Findlaw is just big yellow pages and for lawyers. So if that's what you want lawyers, go ahead and buy lots and lots of internet yellow pages ads. Try these too: www.lawyers.com, www.ilawyerdirectory.com, www.lectlaw.com, www.attorneyfind.com, www.attorneyinternetservices.net, www.alllaw.com, the list is practically infinite.

But when I search Findlaw, for example, under "car accident" and "chicago, il" I don't get the lawyers I know should. I'm very familiar with Chicago personal injury lawyers and the best Chicago lawyers, which in my opinion, include Burke, Mahoney & Wise, Clifford Law Offices, and Corboy & Demetrio, don't appear anywhere near the top of the search in Findlaw.

Findlaw apparently doesn't care whether internet users are savvy enough to see through its pitch so long as it can keeps finding buyers of its product, lots of lawyers.

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Bob Dolan's Successful Travel Show

Bob Dolan and his wife Beth's show has been discussed here before and today the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has a nice story discussing the Dolan's success, which I'm very proud to be a small part of.

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E. coli Spinach cases in Wisconsin

Wisconsin E. coli outbreak blamed on Spinach

News out today, see my firm's web page at E. coli Spinach cases in Wisconsin.

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