Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “What’s the purpose of probation?” Andrew Dósa – Criminal Defense Attorney – Oakland, CA “Allright. The simple answer is that probation is designed, primarily, to allow the court system to not completely clog up the jails. After someone has served their sentence, or if they don’t have a sentence, […]
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “What should a person do, legally speaking, the very first thing after becoming injured? Whether it is a car accident, slip and fall, or anything?” Andrew Dósa – Personal Injury Attorney – Oakland, CA “Well, assuming that they’ve been at the collision scene, and they’ve already exchanged information, insurance
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Why did San Mateo move to this type of procedure?” Andrew Dósa – Criminal Defense Attorney – Oakland, CA “I don’t really know why. It would seem that the Judges don’t have to be involved in the process that intimately, with that much control. The Judge will ultimately make
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Of course, in the legal industry, there are a great number of personal injury attorneys, so what do you say to the client to make you different from everybody else that they may have talked to?” Andrew Dósa – Personal Injury Attorney – Oakland, CA “Well, the simple fact
Andrew Dòsa – Personal Injury Attorney – Oakland, CA “There’s another sad reality to it. And that is, insurance companies don’t really care if they spend a lot of money defending your case.” Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “I need to ask (about) that. If you’re spending a lot of money defending you case…you
Andrew Dósa – Personal Injury Attorney – Oakland, CA “Insurance companies will argue everything. What they will argue is that they (client) didn’t need to take that much time off work because they weren’t that badly injured. Although, I’ve had this argument. I had a client who really couldn’t take off more than a couple
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Is there a difference in plea bargaining between federal court and state court?” Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense Attorney – Pierce County, WA “There is…and for a number of reasons. They kind of balance each other out. Well, the US Attorney’s office, by the time they file a case,
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Have firearm enhancements, the additional charges, always been so challenging? Or did something occur in society, or with a specific case, in the past, whether it’s five years ago or ten years ago, has it always come into play? Or has it been placed into the hands of the
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “That brings me to this question. How do you put a dollar amount on “pain and suffering”? Because for one person it’s something, and to another it’s something else. And especially to the insurance company that’s defending the issue. They have a completely different viewpoint, I am sure.” Spencer
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Well, how much time will the entire case take? From beginning to end? From when you get contacted by a prospective client for her (his) personal injury case?” Spencer Freeman – Personal Injury Attorney – Pierce County, WA “It really depends on the severity of the injury, and how
