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Over the course of the last decade, I’ve published in excess of 700 articles in the areas of personal injury, criminal defense, workers’ compensation and insurance disputes, generally. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, feel free to contact me to discuss the details of your case and learn how I can help.

Traffic Accident Legal Representative In Baltimore’s Hampden Zone
As an experienced MVA litigator, I serve those injured in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland—a vibrant community just northwest of downtown, bounded by the Jones Falls Expressway (I...
Do I Have To Come To Court And Testify In My Personal Injury Case?
If you go back and examine the numbers, it’s a safe bet to say that most personal injury claims don’t become “cases”. By that, I mean that the statistics reveal that most claim...
Top Three Reasons That A Baltimore Personal Injury Case Can Be Lost.
There are no statistics kept on this, at least not to my knowledge, but I Attorney Eric T. Kirk would hazard a guess that the top 3 reasons a personal injury case is lost in court, are, in no cer...
Does It Really Matter If The Insurance Company Uses A Computer Program To Determine The Value Of Your Personal Injury Case?
Other articles on this site discuss computer settlement software such as the Colossus program utilized by Allstate, among others, and the TEACH program utilized by State Farm. Years ago, many, if not...
How Much Does It Cost File and Pursue A Personal Injury Lawsuit In Maryland?
It likely does not come as a surprise to anyone that litigation is expensive. It goes without saying that if an injured individual has chosen to hire a personal injury attorney for representation in a...
What Should You Do Right After You Have Been Hurt At Work?
If you are injured while in the scope and course of your employment while at work, you are entitled to workers compensation benefits. The workers’ compensation laws set up a scheme of benefits w...
What Types of Cases Does a Personal Injury Lawyer Handle?
I field a great many interesting inquiries from prospective clients. The start of many of these conversations is “what types of cases do you handle” or “do you handle “________...
What If I Told The Insurance Company I Wasn’t Hurt In My Car Accident?
An insurance representative, or “claims adjuster” for the company that insures the other driver will invariably try to contact you in the hours after any automobile accident. They will cer...
How An Insurance Company Can Use Contributory Negligence To Deny or Defeat Your Personal Injury Claim.
In Maryland, contributory negligence can be a powerful tool at the disposal of an insurance company allowing it to defeat an otherwise valid personal injury claim. Unlike most states, Maryland has cho...
Can I Force The Insurance Company To Pay More Money For My Accident Claim?
If an insurance company is engaging in less than good-faith negotiations, or has extended an unreasonably low offer, the only thing that you can do is take your financial recovery out of their hands a...
How Do You Get Bail In A Maryland Criminal Case?
The intent of the drafters of Maryland’s pretrial release framework was to encourage the release of individuals on recognizance, or by the posting of an unsecured bond. Indeed, the pretrial rule...