Fort Worth Personal Injury Attorney
What You Need to Know About Lawyers
Only 2.2% of Lawyers in Texas are Specialists in Personal Injury Trial Law.
You would not go to a general surgeon if you needed brain surgery.
You would insist on a brain surgeon. The primary different between
injury lawyers with special competence and other injury lawyers
is board certification in personal injury trial law. All of the
79,409 attorneys in Texas are “fully licensed” in
all areas of law, but only 1,768 (2.22%) are officially “certified” specialists
in personal injury trial law. If the attorney does not proudly
advertise that he/she is board certified, then there is a great
probability that he/she is not certified. The Texas Board of
Legal Specialization is the only organization that can certify
lawyers in Texas as to speciality. The Texas Supreme Court established
this organization to help consumers identify lawyers with special
competence and high ethical standards in various areas of law.
It is difficult for attorneys to attain certification in an area
of law. Go to www.tbls.org for more information. To learn whether
a certain lawyer is a certified specialist, go to www.texasbar.com
or www.tbls.org.
Top 2.2%: Rocky Walton has been officially certified as a specialist
in personal injury trial law since 1994.
Lawyers in Texas with a basic law degree have J.D. (Juris Doctor or Doctor of Jurisprudence).
In the early 1970s, this was changed from an LL.B. to a J.D. The LL.M. is what the Master of Laws degree is called. UT Law School and SMU Law School are the only law schools in Texas that award advanced law degrees. A Ph.D. in law is now called the S.J.D. (Doctor of the Science of Law) For more information, see http://admissions.law.smu.edu.
Top 2.4%: Rocky Walton was awarded an advanced law degree (LL.M.)
Less Than 1% of Texas Attorneys are Members of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
To join this organization,
a lawyer must prove that he/she verdicts and/or settlements of
$1,000,000 or more. For more information, see http://www.milliondollaradvocates.com.
Top 1%: Rocky Walton has been awarded a lifetime membership in
the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Less Than 1% of Attorneys in Tarrant County Lawyers were voted top personal injury attorney.
The magazine
Fort Worth, Texas sends ballots each year to Tarrant County lawyers
so they can vote on the top lawyers in various fields of law.
Of all the lawyers in Tarrant County, less than 1% of Tarrant
County have been selected as a top attorney in plaintiff personal
injury law.
Top 1%: Rocky Walton was selected by the lawyers of Tarrant County
of being a top plaintiffs injury attorney.
Less Than 6% of Lawyers in Texas Attorneys belong to the Texas State Bar College.
The Texas Supreme Court created this honor society of lawyer
to recognize the lawyers that have at least twice the number
of hours required of lawyers each year. This is what keeps lawyers
informed about the new laws and new strategies for being successful.
For more information, see http://www.texasbarcollege.com.
Top 6%: Rocky Walton is proudly a member of the Texas State Bar
College.
Less Than 14% of Texas Lawyers have the Highest Rating In Legal Ability and Ethics assigned by Martindale-Hubbell. (AV)
The nationally recognized peer review rating system for lawyers
is Martindale-Hubbell. It is relied upon by lawyers to assist
in referral of cases. An A is defined as “very high to
preeminent.” V means “very ethical.” “An
AV rating is the highest level of professional excellence.” For
more information, see
http://www.martindale.com/xp/Martindale/Peer_Review_Ratings/ratings_intro.xml
Top 14%: Rocky Walton has the highest possible rating in legal
ability and ethics.
100% of Injury Victims Have the Right to Change Attorneys and/or Get a Second Opinion at Any Time.
At virtually any time you have the right to change lawyers or
get a second opinion. Some lawyers will give second opinions,
and some refuse. If Rocky Walton takes over representation of
your case, he is usually able to work out an agreement with the
first lawyer so that the total attorney fees charged will not
increase.
Rocky Walton will consider cases where there is a prior attorney
and will give free second opinions.
Less than 5% of Law Firm Nationwide are Included in Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
Lexus-Nexus publishes a register each year to recognize the
top law firms in all areas of law, comprising of less than 5%
of the firms in the United States. These firms are recognized
as being top in their areas of law and in ethics.
Top 5%: Law Firm of Roger “Rocky” Walton,
P.C. is listed in the Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
Fees Charged by Specialists May Be the Same as Charged by Non-Specialists.
On the typical auto crash case, most lawyers charge 1/3 of the
recovery plus expenses if no suit is filed and 40% of the recovery
plus expenses if suit has been filed. These are the same fees
charged by Law Firm of Roger “Rocky” Walton, P.C.
Law Firm of Roger “Rocky” Walton,
P.C. charges the same fees a non-specialists.