Don’t Plan To Settle

One of the largest mistakes attorneys can make when practicing personal injury law is to expect a case to simply settle. Assuming a case will settle has disastrous results. For example, when an attorney thinks a case will settle he/she may not obtain all of the evidence required to win the case at trial. Moreover, the attorney often does not press the Defendant to admit facts that should be admitted before trial. When these facts are not admitted or proven, a Plaintiff’s trial is more expensive and burdensome. As a result, too much focus is given to foundational issues that often distracts a jury from focusing on the facts that matter. That is why Goldstein Bender & Romanoff’s attorneys never plan to settle; we approach every case as if it will go to trial.