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Salomon, Esq.Published in The Trial Lawyer MagazinePublished by The Trial Lawyer, Inc.June 2024 IssueA lot of people like to make jokes about personal injury lawyers. Perhaps some of that is brought about by tasteless attorney advertising or questionable tactics employed by some injury attorneys to find new clients. When 1 explain to some people what I do, they feel it necessary to respond, \u201cSo, you mean you\u2019re an ambulance chaser.\u201d I smile and laugh at their joke because 1 realize they mean no harm. The jokes may seem to be funny, but to someone who\u2019s injured, it\u2019s no laughing matter.Similarly, law professors who educate future lawyers with the aspiration that their students may, upon graduation, land a job with \u201cBig Law\u201d seem to frown upon recommending their students to consider a career dedicated to being a personal injury \u201ctrial attorney.\u2019 Instead, they prefer their students to engage in corporate legal work. Somehow, to them, a career of contract reviews, foreclosure law, and perhaps real estate transactions is more noble. As a result, few law students are encouraged to enter a career specializing in \u201ctort law,\u201d commonly known as Personal Injury Law. Fortunately for me, I know otherwise.As a law student with an undergraduate degree in accounting, my intention was to become a tax attorney. However, that changed as soon as I studied tort law, which is about compensating people injured by another\u2019s negligence. Having started my legal career as a general practitioner, I found it most satisfying to devote my career to being an \u201cinjury lawyer.\u201dI found that by being an injury lawyer, I became not only a member of the \u201cPlaintiffs bar”, but more like being part of a fraternal organization. Even though plaintiff trial lawyers may compete with one another for clients, they were open and collaborative about sharing trial skills to be effective advocates for their injured clients. More importantly, they are active in lobbying, passing, and advocating for pro-consumer laws that hold negligent corporations and institutions accountable for their negligence. It was then that I understood that each case I brought helped make the world a bit safer.You see, in our society, law enforcement protects against crime, but who protects the people against neglect, malfeasance, and carelessness? I then truly understood the trial lawyer\u2019s contribution to society. Because if it weren’t for the work of trial attorneys, cars would not be as safe, food would not be as wholesome, prescription drugs would not be as safe, and police brutality would go unchecked. There would be no seat belts, functional airbags, flame-proof baby clothing, mall security, back-up alarms, product warnings, etc. Corporations have no hearts, souls, or consciousness. They exist to make money, and it\u2019s the fear of being sued that causes them to institute safety protocols.There was a time when, during snowstorms, storekeepers would stock rock salt for sale, yet not apply any to their own walkways. Now, because of the threat of lawsuits, they make certain to de-ice their parking lots. When it snows, the manager may tell an employee, \u201cGo salt the entryway before someone slips and sues us.\u201d But they have it all wrong. What management should say to their porter is, \u201cGo clear the snow and salt the parking lot before some woman falls and breaks her hip, and because of that, she may lose her job since she can\u2019t go to work. Furthermore, because the woman lost her job, her house may go into foreclosure, and because of her pain, she can\u2019t take care of her disabled husband and even ends up missing her granddaughter\u2019s wedding. Now go outside and clean and salt the parking lot!\u201dThe truth of the matter is that the store owner only cares about not being sued.Not only am I proud of the work that I do, but I also realize that trial lawyers need far more skills than other lawyers. We need to know all the applicable statutes and case law. We need to know Evidence Law inside and out. We need to understand other areas of the law, including real estate, partnerships and corporations, civil procedure, family law, estate law, criminal law, bankruptcy, contracts, and constitutional law. We also need a good understanding of medicine, accounting, engineering, and psychology. We learned to be good legal brief writers and, above all, \u201cgood on our feet” in front of a jury. We need good investigation and negotiation skills as well as a good understanding of human nature, and good debating and theatrical skills.On top of it all, we trial lawyers need to have enough confidence in ourselves to win our clients’ cases, because if we don\u2019t win their case, we will not get paid. But despite it all, I would not change a thing in my career. In fact, often while trying a case, I say to myself, \u201cI can\u2019t believe that I get to do this.\u201dDuring my career, I’ve had the privilege of interviewing hundreds of lawyers for a position at my firm. When asked why they decided to go to law school, they all say that they became lawyers \u201cto help people.\u201d Well, the reality is that we trial lawyers are the lawyers who really do help people from all walks of life, whether they are old or young, rich or poor. In the end, by doing our jobs, we helped a person or a family get their measure of justice while making the world a safer place.And that\u2019s what it means to be a trial lawyer.About the AuthorLatest PostsDavis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C.Since 1981, the compassionate personal injury lawyers at Davis, Saperstein & Salomon have been delivering results for our deserving clients. We are solely committed to helping injured individuals, never representing corporations.\u00a0No matter how large or small your personal injury case is, you can trust that it is important to us.NYC Construction Accident - The Dangers of Jobsite Falls and Workers' RightsSteven Benvenisti Advocates for HALT Drunk Driving LawDavis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. 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