So . . . any legal professionals here?

So if you get into a car accident you plan on representing yourself if it gets complicated and you are being accused of being at fault?
Insurance lawyer.
Medical lawyers also protect doctors from frivolous lawsuits.

[xoxoxoBruce]

That's not an insurance lawyer. Insurance lawyers run and work for insurance companies.
Medical lawyers work for drug companies, medical suppliers and HMOs.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That's not an insurance lawyer. Insurance lawyers run and work for insurance companies.

Insurance lawyers also work for policy holders too. Back when she worked, my wife worked with an insurance litigation group that specialized in getting insurance companies to pay claims.

[xoxoxoBruce]

But isn't that a public advocacy lawyer specializing in insurance?
She surely wouldn't want to identified with the scumbags running the insurance companies.


Don't ask how I knew her name was Shirley.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by glatt

Insurance lawyers also work for policy holders too. Back when she worked, my wife worked with an insurance litigation group that specialized in getting insurance companies to pay claims.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

But isn't that a public advocacy lawyer specializing in insurance?
She surely wouldn't want to identified with the scumbags running the insurance companies.

Since legal representation is expensive, the group she worked with would typically be hired by corporations. Say that XYZ corporation discovered that there was a toxic waste dump on their land, and they had an insurance policy that had vague language that could be interpreted to say that insurance would pay for the cleanup. The group of lawyers she worked with would go after the insurance company to get it to honor its policy and pay for the cleanup.

This type of litigation has mostly dried up though, since lawyers for the insurance companies write more iron clad policies now, excluding virtually everything. The vague language doesn't exist in policies much any longer.

[Hime]

I am not a lawyer, but I am surrounded by them and their professional associates. My dad is a prosecutor for the Justice Department, my fiance is a law school administrator, and my best friends include a corporate lawyer, a corporate legal advisor, a law librarian, and a 1L law student.

[Dagney]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Medical lawyers also protect doctors from frivolous lawsuits.

Or file the frivolous lawsuits against said doctors.

Lawyers on BOTH sides of the fight.