Experienced Personal Injury
Lawyers in Northwestern Pennsylvania
Whether you've been injured because of a serious car or truck crash, by a doctor's negligence or because of your employer's reckless disregard for your safety — the bottom line is that through no fault of your own, life has suddenly become one long series of seemingly insurmountable challenges.
At the same time, you may have doubts about whether or not it's right to sue someone. You may also just want to put the whole thing behind you as soon as possible.
At Rohde & Jennings, we understand what you're going through and what it's like to face the decisions you're facing right now. We know these things because before being admitted to law school in 1991, attorney Eric Rohde nearly lost his own life to a physician's malpractice. He received a settlement and later went on to work for the law firm that had represented him in that case. Today, that personal experience helps us help others.
Changing the way you think about lawyers starts with earning your trust. We strive to earn and build that trust by talking with you in language you're comfortable with instead of talking at you in lawyer speak. There's a lot more to it than that but to be brief — we will treat you the way we would want to be treated ourselves, not as just another numbered file in the cabinet.
Helping You Obtain Fair Compensation
Although most personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits eventually settle out of court, you are not likely to be taken seriously by an insurance company or receive anything close to a fair settlement if your attorney has little or no trial experience.
We are proud to call ourselves "trial lawyers," and we will not hesitate to haul an insurance company into court when they refuse to be reasonable.
How long will it take? While we try to resolve personal injury cases as quickly as possible, we're just being honest when we say that if you want your case resolved fairly — it may take some time (even without a trial). In other words, those "quick and easy" settlements mentioned on TV are almost certainly going to serve the lawyer's best interests but not your own.
Last, it is not unusual or somehow "special" for personal injury attorneys to offer free consultations, or to handle these claims on a contingent fee basis or to advance the costs of preparing a case for trial.
We work this way too.
Call us in Erie at 814-806-1171, reach us toll free from anywhere in northwestern Pennsylvania at 888-524-2612 or send us an e-mail.
For a additional information about this topic, see our personal injury information center.
