Have you or a loved one ever experienced a serious traumatic brain injury?

Over the last forty plus years, Mr. Eriksen has completed over 175 jury trials involving severe injuries or deaths (and has successfully settled hundreds more) Several of these have involved traumatic brain injuries.

Mr. Eriksen is an original member (starting 30 years ago) of the Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice (AAJ).

Mr. Eriksen is an original member (for 30 years) of the Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice (AAJ – formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America). He is current and up-to-date on the major medical issues involved in every traumatic brain injury case, such as modern brain imaging techniques (including diffusion tensor imaging) and neuropsychological testing.

Unless a lawsuit for death or serious injury is settled beforehand, a jury (or, rarely, a judge) sets the amount of compensation due at a trial in a court.

Insurance companies and self-insured defendants often wait to offer their “top dollar” settlement amount until just before (and sometimes during) the trial itself.

They first want to see that the plaintiff’s attorney is a experienced, technically-skilled trial lawyer who is willing to personally spend the time and money necessary to fully prepare each case for trial; and who possesses the medical knowledge necessary to contend with the doctors hired by the defense to discount the plaintiff’s injuries.

Having the knowledge and ability to win a major traumatic brain injury case for the plaintiff means much more than just having a law degree and a knack for advertising and self-promotion.

Instead, it comes only from years of experience actually handling such lawsuits and trials to conclusion and becoming immersed in the latest, relevant technical and medical developments and literature in the process.

A rational way to evaluate and select a plaintiffs attorney is to identify, contact, and ask lawyers who have opposed them (rather than relying on an advertisement or website of an unfamiliar plaintiffs lawyer). Defense law firms which have opposed Mr. Eriksen in the recent past, and are familiar with him, include Horr, Skipp & Perez; Mase, Seitz, & Briggs; and Fertig & Gramling.