PROVEN WINNERS FOR 40+ YEARS!!! $$$

Millions recovered for our SPECIAL  CLIENTS !!

  • $3.3 million Burn Victim
  • $3 million Pedestrian Accident
  • $1.2 million Refused Medical Services
  • $1.2 million Big Rig truck Accident
  • $1 million Home Improvement Store Accident
  • $1 million MUNI Accident
  • $1 million Bicycle Accident
  • $940,000 Home Improvement Store Accident
  • $668,000 Trip and Fall
  • $600,000 Faulty Ladder
  • $500,000 Motorcycle Accident
  • CONFIDENTIAL Death in Elevator

Why We Win

Litigation is a Contact Sport

  1. Attitude/Winning Mindset. Winning at law involves a total commitment on the part of the lawyer you select to do everything within the bounds of law – for as long as it takes- to secure you the highest award conceivable.
  2. Experience/Real Trials not just paper pushing! Even with a warrior attitude your lawyer has to be battle hardened and comfortable and cool-headed in the Courtroom. Trials can be nasty. Games and maneuvers abound with lawyers pushing their advocacy to the very limit of the law.  Your lawyer better know them and be willing to fight. And fight smart. One example should suffice – assume you’ve just heard a question from opposing counsel that’s likely to illicit damaging testimony. Do you object? Yes? No? If you do object you’re sure to highlight the problem even for those jurors who were napping- especially if the Judge overrules your objection. If you object and the Judge sustains you’re objection you get to keep the damaging evidence out and the jury never hears it. What do you do? When do you hold your fire? When do you unload? Only decades in a courtroom will build that trial reflex allowing you to make the right call instantaneously. You can’t learn it in a book.
  3. Resources to fight to the bitter end. Litigation and trials are very expensive. It’s not unusual to spend tens of thousands of dollars and even 6 figures to make sure your case is properly prepared, i.e., getting the best experts, exhibits, medical records reviewed, and PowerPoint presentations assembled. Many lawyers are reluctant about investing in cases preferring to make a few calls in the hope of a quick settlement. That’s not the way to maximize a case’s value. The insurance adjuster is neither blind nor dumb. If they see that the lawyer is scrimping they respond accordingly knowing that your lawyer is only willing to go so far and push so hard. Its human nature and economics 101. Your lawyer needs to be prepared to go deep into his/her pockets if they really believe in your case.
  4. Track Record. The insurance company and their lawyers have to know who your lawyer is and what he’s done in the past. Is he a “settling lawyer” or a “trial lawyer”? They research the public Jury verdicts and match it with your lawyer’s name. How much will this cost them when they are convinced that your lawyer will take it all the way to trial if you have to? How much will it cost them after a jury returns a verdict in your favor similar to what your lawyer just got in a similar case? They check and they know who’s who. So should you.

Bottom line: You need a lawyer who’s willing to break a sweat and keep sweating and not merely schmooze with the insurance adjusters. True a lawyer is likely to get a much quicker settlement by making a few phone calls and writing a letter or two but as the client you’re likely to pay for that.  The insurance company won’t pay extra unless the lawyer does extra.

Its human nature 101.

ATTORNEY WINS $668,000 after Hospital offered $10,000 to settle

“July 14, 2016 – An Oakland jury awarded $668,000 to Ray Richardson, a 74 year old former Laney College Dean of Ethnic Studies and Vietnam veteran, who was represented by the Law Offices of Ian Zimmerman. Richardson tripped over a large crack in the concrete right outside Sutter / Alta Bates hospital at 3100 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland. The sidewalk had not been repaired since 1977.

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CONTACT US

If you have been injured as a result of the negligence of someone else, you should speak with an attorney today. Contact The Law Office of Ian Zimmerman. We are open 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., speak Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese, and are available for weekend, evening, home and hospital meetings and visits. We also offer free initial consultations and work exclusively on a contingency fee basis, so there is absolutely no risk to you. To contact our office, call (415) 887-9394