Glendale Car Accident Lawyer

Nobody plans for a car accident. You're on your way somewhere ordinary, then suddenly you're pulled over on the shoulder trying to remember your insurance info while your neck already hurts. If this happened to you recently in Glendale, here's the honest advice: talk to a Glendale Car Accident Lawyer before you say much else to the other driver's insurance company. We've worked out of our Glendale office for years now, and the pattern is always the same. The insurance company calls fast, sounds friendly, and offers you a number that sounds okay until you actually add up your medical bills. It rarely covers what you actually need. That's really where we come in.

What Does a Glendale Car Accident Attorney Actually Do

A lot of people picture a lawyer sitting behind a desk filling out forms. Honestly, that's a small part of it. When a Glendale car accident attorney from our office takes your case, the work looks more like this: First, we get the police report and talk to witnesses before anyone forgets what they saw. Then we go through your medical records, get repair estimates on the car, and if the injury is serious enough, we'll bring in a medical expert to explain what's ahead for your recovery. Once we know what the case is worth, we go after the insurance company. If their first offer is low (and it usually is), we push back. If they still won't come up to a fair number, we take it to court. Not every case needs a lawsuit, but insurance adjusters treat you differently when they know you're willing to file one. There's also a deadline problem most people don't think about until it's too late. California generally gives you two years from the crash date to file a lawsuit. Two years sounds like a lot until you realize how fast evidence disappears — traffic camera footage gets overwritten, witnesses move, memories fade. Getting a Glendale Car Accident Lawyer involved early just protects the case.

The Kinds of Crashes We See

Rear-enders on the 134 during rush hour. T-bones at Brand and Colorado. Hit-and-runs where the other car just kept going. DUI accidents, motorcycle crashes, the occasional multi-car pileup on a rainy day — we've handled most of it at this point, and unfortunately Glendale traffic gives us plenty of practice.

What You Might Be Owed

This depends a lot on your specific accident, but generally you could recover money for your medical treatment (including future care if needed), wages you lost while you couldn't work, damage to your car, and compensation for the pain and disruption the whole thing caused. Families who lose a loved one in a crash may also have a wrongful death claim, which is a separate and harder conversation, but one we're prepared to have.

We Don't Get Paid Unless You Do

Our fee comes out of whatever we recover for you. Nothing upfront, no hourly billing, no surprise invoice in the mail. If we don't win your case, you don't owe us anything. Every Glendale car accident attorney on our team works this way — it keeps our incentives lined up with yours.  

Contact us at the Law Offices of Mark Murad | Pasadena | Glendale | Ontario | Los Angeles.