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Will I get Reasonable Compensation without an Attorney?

Studies have shown that persons injured in an automobile accident will make more compensation witan experienced lawyer than those who choose to represent themselves. 

Working with a car accident lawyer can help you receive reasonable compensation that may exceed the amount that the insurance company would offer you on your own. An automobile injury attorney will help you present every detail about your case to the insurance company or a judge. He or she might bring up information that you would have missed if you did the negotiations yourself.

Reimbursement for your
Continue Reading WHY DO I NEED AN ATTORNEY TO HANDLE MY CAR ACCIDENT ?

Estate Planning is so important as we grow older, make sure your affairs are in order.

 As we grow older and/or when we experience the loss of a loved one, it is not unusual to ask oneself: “How would I spend my last days?”

 Would it be spending time with loved ones and talking about all the memories of life lived so far, or would it be getting everything in order?

 Sadly, too often people are scrambling to ensure all is in order and the final days are a whirlwind of organizing for the survivors. In between the process of
Continue Reading Be Prepared in Advance to Experience a Life Impacting Event

Phoenix is the third highest in the nation for overall traffic fatalities

Coming out of lower numbers in 2020 due to the pandemic, there were eight fatalities involving cyclists, 97 involving pedestrians and 127 involving motor vehicles in Phoenix during 2021. This is a twenty-five percent increase from the 2019 pre-pandemic numbers. According to Kini Knudson, director of the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department, Phoenix is the third highest in the nation for overall traffic fatalities, behind only Los Angeles and Houston.

Practically every day we see red light runners going well after the light has cycled against them.
Continue Reading TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON THE RISE IN PHOENIX

It’s that time of year again … starting fresh with New Year’s resolutions galore!

In addition to that, the coronavirus pandemic has many people deeply concerned about their health and wondering what will happen to them and/or their loved ones if they contract the virus. For so many, the eventuality of death seems more real and more imminent than ever. Because of this, sales of online wills and legal documents have absolutely exploded over the past few months. 

As a word to the wise, however, do not put your estate planning into the hands of others that may not help
Continue Reading IT'S THE NEW YEAR, QUIT PROCRASTINATING AND GET YOUR WILL DONE!

Estate Planning

For years, the biggest stumbling block to your family members to avoid a probate action in court after you pass was the family home. Or any real estate for that matter.

 However, since the relatively recent invention of a beneficiary deed, also ominously known as a transfer on death deed, there is now a legal and clever way to pass on your real estate to loved ones after death. And the best part, it allows your loved ones to skip the ugly process of probate.

 Probate court can be a drawn out and costly affair where the court
Continue Reading LOOKING FOR A SIMPLE WAY TO PASS ON YOUR REAL ESATE TO LOVED ONES AFTER YOU ARE GONE?

Dog Breeds vs Homeowners Insurance

One of the most common home insurance liability claims comes from dog bites and other pet-related injuries. Insurance companies paid $854 million for nearly 17,000 dog bite and injury claims in 2020, according to the Insurance Information Institute (III).

Depending on the type of dog you have, you may have a harder time finding homeowners insurance that covers you in the event of a dog bite, according to Janet Ruiz, spokesperson

for the III.

Common homeowners insurance dog breed restrictions include:

  • Pit bulls
  • Rottweilers
  • German shepherds
  • Doberman pinschers
  • Alaskan malamutes
  • Siberian huskies
  • Chow chows
  • Akitas


Continue Reading Dog breeds that may be restricted by your homeowners insurance company

You have insurance, but for some reason your insurance company is refusing to pay up. Here are three common reasons why this happens.

One is you’re doing something illegal. In some policies, if you are driving intoxicated or driving without a license, your policy will not cover you, even if you’ve paid for your insurance.

The next most common reason is that your policy has exclusions on it. There are a number of types of exclusions. For example:

  • Some homeowners insurance will exclude certain dogs, like pit bulls or Rottweilers. If you have an exclusion on your policy, and you


Continue Reading WHEN YOUR INSURANCE COMPANIES REFUSES TO PAY: COMMON ERRORS AND EXCLUSIONS

Some people, to save a few bucks, go online to get documents like wills, powers of attorney, and even trusts, and print them out themselves. This could be a very expensive mistake: Saving yourself a few hundred dollars now, in paying a lawyer to do the documents right, may cost your family thousands in probate and legal fees if things are done wrong.

Online forms oftentimes might be fine for whatever state they are written, but they might not fit for Arizona. Online forms also get outdated very quickly, so you really should see an attorney for your estate planning
Continue Reading BEWARE OF ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS DOWNLOADED FROM THE INTERNET

Making sure you have your affairs in order

Like you, all of us at Brown Family Law Group are deeply concerned about the impact of COVID-19 on the well-being of our family and friends, our clients, fellow members of the legal community and other associates. We also recognize the unique challenges we are facing to keep moving forward during these unprecedented time.

Brown Family Law Group is fully operational and ready to help you now. We have implemented internal practices to mitigate threats to our employee’s health. Over 95% of our support requests are being handled remotely over the telephone
Continue Reading ESTATE PLANNING FOR 2021 AND DURING A PANDEMIC

Making sure you have your affairs in order

 Like you, all of us at Brown Family Law Group are deeply concerned about the impact

of COVID-19 on the well-being of our family and friends, our clients, fellow members of the

legal community and other associates. We also recognize the unique challenges we are facing

to keep moving forward during these unprecedented time.

Brown Family Law Group is fully operational and ready to help you now. We

have implemented internal practices to mitigate threats to our employee’s health. Over 95% of

our support requests are being handled remotely over the telephone
Continue Reading Estate Planning for 2021 and During A Pandemic

Unfortunately, Arizona is one of the worst states in the Union regarding pedestrian accidents per capita every year, year in year out.

In pedestrian accidents, a lot of times people don’t think about hiring a lawyer. But if you’re not at fault, you can certainly talk to a lawyer and find out what your rights are.

If you’re involved in an accident involving a pedestrian and a motor vehicle, make sure that you:

  • call the police,

  • take photographs,

  • get the names of witnesses, and

  • get medical treatment.

And by all means, call Brown Personal Injury Law. We can discuss with
Continue Reading ARIZONA PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE

Under Arizona law, if you are attacked or bitten by a dog, the law says that the dog owner is held strictly liable for the attack.

That means that they can’t have an excuse or say that they didn’t know that their dog was violent, or they didn’t know their dog bit people.

If you’re attacked by a dog, Arizona law requires the dog owner to take care of your injuries, which sometimes can be just a little bite, or it could be a serious accident where someone actually gets seriously hurt, scarred, or even killed.

I’ve handled cases in
Continue Reading DOG-BITE INJURIES IN ARIZONA: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

Over the last several years, the number of accidents involving a motor vehicle striking a bicycle has been on the rise, and in Arizona especially so.

If you’re involved in a bicycle-motor vehicle accident, there are certain things you need to remember.

  • First, you want to call the police, if you can, so that a report is taken.

  • Take lots of photographs of the accident scene, the vehicle, the bike.

  • Seek medical care.

  • And call our office for a free consultation.

Bicycle accidents sometimes can be under-investigated by the police. I’ve had two this year alone where the police officer
Continue Reading ARIZONA BICYCLE ACCIDENTS INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE

Referrals are the lifeblood of any small business, especially small law offices. Frankly, we could not survive without referrals as we do not advertise. We succeed by doing good work for people at reasonable prices and hopefully our firm name gets out by word of mouth.

Having practiced law for thirty years now, I have had referrals from a wide variety of sources. These sources include: current clients, former clients, family members, other lawyers in and out of town, members from my Church, other parents from my son’s Boy Scout Troop, childhood friends, educators from my kids’ schools and business
Continue Reading MOST UNUSUAL, BUT COMPLIMENTARY, REFERRALS

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MOST UNUSUAL, BUT COMPLIMENTARY, REFERRALS

Referrals are the lifeblood of any small business, especially small law offices. Frankly, we could not survive without referrals as we do not advertise. We survive, by doing good work for people at reasonable prices and hopefully our firm name gets out by word of mouth.

 Having practiced law for thirty years now, I have had referrals from a wide variety of sources. These sources include: current clients, former clients, family members, other lawyers in and out of town, members from my Church, other parents from my son’s Boy Scout Troop, childhood friends,
Continue Reading MOST UNUSUAL, BUT COMPLIMENTARY, REFERRALS

Doing business in the midst of a pandemic is unchartered territory.

Despite the difficulties and concerns brought on by Covid-19, it remains each attorney’s primary ethical duty to protect the interests of their client. This essentially means to stay in regular and frequent contact with your clients and not let anything fall through the cracks.

Under the current circumstances, we at Brown Personal Injury Law as well as Brown Family Law Group recognize this duty includes an obligation that attorneys be “technologically competent” such that they can effectively communicate with our clients to achieve our clients’ objectives.

For these reasons,
Continue Reading COMMUNICATION IS ALWAYS KEY, ESPECIALLY DURING A PANDEMIC