Thomas Patterson: At Patterson Dahlberg, we have two different departments. We have a personal injury department and a workers’ compensation department. And in both of these departments, we have teams that will help you with your claim. In the work comp department, I have four members on our team, three of whom I’ve worked with for more than ten years. So we really take a team approach to representing injured workers. And most of the time, they’re able to answer the questions that the client might have. And if they’re not, then they schedule an appointment with me, a telephone conference, or an in-person conference and we address their concerns then.

Paul Dahlberg: Personal injury cases, it doesn’t cost anything to hire an attorney. Personal injury fees are based on the recovery. It’s a percentage of what the recovery is. In Minnesota, it’s standard that it would be one third of the gross recovery and also, there would be reimbursement of expenses. Expenses are things that we need to pursue the claim. So it’s getting medical information, investigation, things of that nature. So it typically is small compared to the overall recovery.