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Our mission is to inform and protect hard working railroaders and their families. Injured railroaders are not protected by, and will not receive workers’ compensation benefits. Our experience shows this: railroads will not accept responsibility for an employee injury unless they have to. As soon as an injury occurs railroad management and claims department teams rally forces to avoid financial responsibility and look for ways to blame the injured worker. We are here to balance the scales and restore fairness. You and your family ought to have nothing less. We are committed to using our knowledge, skills and experience to provide the legal protections our clients and their families deserve.

We like being trial attorneys and we prepare for trial - railroads rejoice when a worker hires a law firm that they believe will sit back, not be adequately prepared for trial and all along plan on settling. Railroads know that is not how we operate and they do not smile when we take a case. To be sure, many times settlement is the wise option. In fact, the vast majority of our clients choose to accept the settlement offers we obtain. But, when negotiations are not fair and we say we’ll try the case for our client, we’re not bluffing and the railroad s knows it.

We will not dodge your calls - perhaps the most common complaint we hear about lawyers is that they will not return phone calls. Understandably, there are times when a lawyer may not be available at the precise time you call, but that shouldn’t mean phone calls go unanswered. We insist that client calls be returned as soon as possible. In fact we’ll go a step further. Our clients will be given the cell phone number of the lawyer(s) assigned to their case (our competitors do not like this). If necessary, you will be able to talk to us outside of regular business hours. You are on call 24/7, we can be too.

We will not accept mediocrity for our clients – we want a lasting relationship with our clients. To achieve this we realize we have to go beyond just “acceptable” levels of service. We will come to a potential client’s home or anywhere else convenient for a free, no pressure, and no obligation consultation. The issues in your case will be explained to you and your questions answered. Should you hire us you will be kept informed throughout the process. You will not be charged attorney fees unless you are paid a settlement or verdict. When your case is resolved we will not be happy unless you feel you would recommend us to a family member or friend.

Our clients, not us, decide whether to accept a settlement or not: we do not accept and will not tolerate clients being unfairly pressured into either accepting a settlement or proceeding to trial if that is not what they want to do. We will offer counsel and answer all questions but our clients own their cases, we don’t. Our clients’ decisions control – no ifs, ands, or buts.

Our Federal Employers’ Liability Act litigation team is led by Brian Reddy and Ryan M. Gembala. They will both play an active role in working your case and keeping you fully informed.