A
member of the American Trial Lawyers and New York Trial Lawyers
Associations, attorney Miller has taken dozens of jury
verdicts.
While he attempts to settle all cases with the insurance
carriers, approximately 40% of his cases involve the
commencement of a lawsuit. Most lawsuits settle at some point
before the case goes to trial. Based on past
experience, only 3.5% of our lawsuits go the distance before a jury;
the balance settle during the course of pretrial preparations. Mr.
Miller personally prepares and tries all of his cases.
In
addition, Mr. Miller has arbitrated more than 30 cases before judges
and neutral attorneys, with a
success rate of over 97%. This inexpensive alternative to all-out
trial "combat" cuts months off the time it takes to
recover, with the added benefit that the participants know up-front
that their case will be decided upon by a skilled
arbitrator who knows the value of cases. Juries, as no trial
lawyer will deny, are consistently unpredictable: placing your case
in the hands of six neighbors with no legal experience can have
mixed results. Arbitration is far more predictable -- the arbitrator
looks for fair value, not value
based on sympathy for the plaintiff or prejudice.
Our
philosophy is to prepare every
case on the assumption that it will go the distance. In
fact, what insurance companies pay to settle is tied directly
to their perception of what a jury might do.
