What does “injury attorney” mean, anyway?
People often ask me what is my “speciality” within the practice of law. As with virtually everything in the law, the answer is less than simple.
First, the Bar is clear about when lawyers can use the term “specialist.” There are certain areas of the law that the Bar regulates and administers with regards to these specialties. Lawyers who want to call themselves “specialists” within these fields have to take and pass a certain exam to use that moniker. Those fields are set out below:
- Real Property Law – Section .2100
- Bankruptcy Law – Section .2200
(Click Here for information regarding the bankruptcy specialization exams and the alliance between the NC Board and the American Board of Certification.) - Estate Planning and Probate Law – Section .2300
- Family Law – Section .2400
- Criminal Law (including Juvenile Delinquency) – Section .2500
- Immigration Law – Section .2600
- Workers’ Compensation Law – Section .2700
- Social Security Disability Law – Section .2800
- Elder Law – Section .2900
(Click Here for information regarding the elder law specialization exams and the alliance between the NC Board and the National Elder Law Foundation) - Appellate Practice – Section .3000
- Trademark Law – Section .3100
If a lawyer has not passed the specialist exam in one of those fields, he cannot say he is a specialist or specializes in a certain field.
So back to the question, what is Jeff’s “specialty?” Let’s phrase it a different way: What practice areas does he focus on? That’s easier to answer…
My practice focuses on three areas, primarily: personal injury, workers’ compensation, and traffic tickets. The first two I tend to lump together as “injury law.”
You will note there is not specialist exam for “injury law” so I can’t say I specialize in it. There is an exam for worker’s compensation; I practice worker’s comp law, but I have not made the effort to take that exam. Why? I just haven’t. I am too busy working for my clients. I would rather spend my time working on my clients’ cases rather than studying for and taking an exam so I can add more titles on my website.
So back to the answer: I handle injury law cases – personal injury and workers’ compensation claims – as well as traffic tickets. That makes me an injury attorney. Am I a specialist? The Bar says I can’t say that. But is my practice focused mostly on injury law? You betcha. I am an injury attorney because I handle injury law cases almost exclusively. So if you have an injury, no matter how it happened, and you wonder if you have a claim, call me. Maybe I can help.
Call me: 919-929-2992.