Today I am going to blog about legal advertising and my love/hate relationship with it.
First, why do Syracuse NY area personal injury lawyers like us have to advertise at all?
The question is a fair one. After all, our
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MICHAELS & SMOLAK ONCE AGAIN AMONG THE HIGHEST RANKED PERSONAL INJURY LAW FIRMS IN THE SYRACUSE NY METROPOLITIAN AREA WITH ALL ITS LAWYERS LISTED IN BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA© 2022
We are pleased to announce that all four of M&S’s lawyers have once again been ranked in the publication The Best Lawyers in America© (2022 edition). Dave Kalabanka was listed for representing plaintiffs in personal injury and products liability litigation,
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M&S Attorney Mike Bersani Named “Lawyer of the Year” for His Representation of Victims of Professional Malpractice in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area
Hello there blog readers! This is Dave Kalabanka, Mike Bersani’s partner. I’ve hijacked his blog for today to interview Mike about another important award he just got: Mike has been selected the 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” for the Syracuse metropolitan
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Can a J-walker struck by a car prevail in a personal injury case against the driver?
The answer to the question posed in the title of this blog post is “yes”. I will show you how this is true using a recent case I settled as an example.
My pedestrian-client was injured while j-walking across East
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The Whiner–Tough-Guy-Personal-Injury-Victim Spectrum
I have been representing personal injury victims for decades. No two victims are alike. They’re kind of like snowflakes: They are each unique. This goes for how they deal with their injuries, too. But generally you can think of how
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CNY Injury Lawyer is Ready to Argue Another Legal Malpractice Appeal
I am arguing an appeal tomorrow. I am writing this blog post during a “break” in my preparation. Let me tell you about the appeal, and how I am preparing to argue it.
First, it’s a big case. We have
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What’s My New York Personal Injury Claim Worth?
We get this question a lot. When we get it early on – while the client is still treating for her injuries, the answer is, “we don’t know”. It depends on how well and how quickly you heal”. But once
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New York’s High Court Gives Green Light to Grandparents’ Claim for Emotional Distress Compensation under New York’s “Zone of Danger” Rule.
You are walking along the shoulder of a road with no sidewalk. You are facing traffic, as you are supposed to. To your right, walking with you, is your husband. Suddenly the car heading towards you veers off the road
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Congratulations to This Year’s Winner of the Michaels Advocate Award and Scholarship: Marina De Rosa!
Several years ago, Lee Michaels, our senior member, was asked and agreed to endow this significant scholarship and award at Syracuse University College of Law recognizing a second-year top trial or appellate advocacy student. The primary goal in initiating this
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Why Michaels & Smolak May Be the Greatest Personal Injury Law Firm that Has Ever Seen the Light of Day!
Ok, the headline of this blog was over the top. Just trying to grab your attention! If you have read this far, it worked!
But we really are damn good at what we do. I don’t usually blog about our
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