The Importance of Trial Experience
July 2025
When hiring a personal injury attorney, the most important and often overlooked quality that an injured person should seek is trial experience. With all of the personal injury advertising and billboards that surround us each day, it is difficult to look past all of the advertising to see which attorneys can actually work on your case and get the maximum value for your injuries. Many firms that have big advertising budgets need to settle cases quickly and for less than full value in order to pay for their adverting budget. This is especially true on cases where liability will be contested. Any attorney can settle an easy case. However, if your case will require someone to push back on your behalf you need a lawyer with a vast amount of trial experience.
A lawyer with trial experience will be able from the first day you hire them to think about how liability will be proven and how your case will be presented to a jury. With the knowledge that your case could be presented persuasively to a jury, the insurance company will be more likely to offer a fair settlement knowing that your attorney can take the case to trial.
At Herrick & Hart, we have been trying jury trials since 1951. We have attorneys who specialize in personal injury law. We offer a free consultation on personal injury cases.