Please Note: This video features the late Paul Cavonis, who passed away in 2025. Paul was a cherished member of our firm and left behind an enduring legacy of service, integrity, and compassion. With more than 30 years of experience, he was not only a skilled attorney but also a dedicated educator who created these instructional videos to help clients understand their cases, set expectations, and navigate the legal process. We continue to share his resources in his honor and for the benefit of those he served. The experienced team Paul helped build remains in place, committed to providing the same trusted guidance and personal care he was known for.
The Importance of Hiring a Trial Attorney (Transcript)
Paul R. Cavonis, Injury Law and Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney
Paul: If I were looking for a lawyer, the very first question I would ask is, "Do you try your own cases?" Understand that there are many lawyers who are big advertisers who do not try cases, and the big problem with that from the client's perspective is that the insurance companies know which lawyers try cases and which lawyers don't try cases, and it doesn't take a sophisticated person to figure out which lawyer will get better results from the insurance companies, because there's really only one thing that an insurance company fears, and that is an adverse jury verdict. They fear a jury ruling against them, and if the attorney handling the case won't go to trial, and there are lots of lawyers who simply won't go to trial, there is no incentive for that insurance company to pay a fair value on that claim, because the thing that they would otherwise fear most, an adverse jury verdict, has just been removed. It's been eliminated.