Obviously, I would say to you, you want to find somebody with experience, right? You don't want somebody who dabbles in workers' compensation. It's a very complex system. It's not something that a general practitioner should do. Uh, you should have an attorney that specializes in workers' comp. My firm has been doing this for almost 35 years. I've been doing it for about 30 years. This is all we do. We don't do anything other than New York State workers' compensation. Um, so, we're pretty well versed in it.
We have good relationships with other attorneys that we deal with — uh, with the carriers' attorneys. We know the judges. That's very, very important. We're also very old school at my firm. I'm a big believer in an in-person consultation. While I do respect and you and utilize new technologies to allow us to communicate with clients, I I do think there's a tremendous value to sitting down with somebody, talking to them, getting a feel for them, as a person, and letting us get a feel for you, and really getting the time — and it does take more time — to find out what your needs, what your concerns, what your wants are. So, that's why we offer a free consultation. It it's very, very important to have all your paperwork ready and us for us to look at it so we can really go through everything and say here's what the issues are, and we are able to identify issues very quickly, and also the earlier you come into us the more we are able to prevent problems from happening; we're good at solving problems — we're better at preventing — so the quicker you're in here and the more time you spend in the beginning the less these things become a...
