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at the beginning of my career
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i represented corporations and insurance
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companies
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and i had one case that basically
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changed all that for me i had a case
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that involved an individual who was
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riding a motorcycle down the freeway
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and a wheel came off of a vehicle
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another vehicle
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and struck this individual who was on
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the motorcycle
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on the hand and essentially crushed his
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hand and this guy
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worked with his hands for a living and
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because of this incident this guy was
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going to pretty much be unable to work
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with his hand and do his currently
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his current job which he had done for a
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long time we went to a mediation and and
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his attorney was
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was completely unprepared and this
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particular guy got a really poor result
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because of his
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attorneys basically being unprepared and
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recommending a very low settlement
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amount so
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at that point in time my mindset
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switched and i really wanted to
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represent
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people who were injured to obtain the
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best compensation for
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people and not try to save insurance
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companies and corporations money
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i’ve been on the board of a non-profit
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foundation for about 12 years and what
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this non-profit does is it raises
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raises money for a public hospital
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that serves the needs of the entire
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community
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regardless of anybody’s ability to pay
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regardless of whether or not they have
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insurance
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and so they’re frequently in need of
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for example new paint new furniture
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things like that
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and we also assist in raising money to
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buy state-of-the-art equipment for this
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hospital
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it’s a real passion for me especially
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because
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they serve everybody who comes in their
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door no matter what their circumstances