About
I grew up on Badger Mountain, in Eastern Washington, on a dry land dirt farm in a place the locals talk to as "Poverty Point." No TV. No electricity. No inner plumbing. But we did have books -- plenty of books. I talked before I ought to stroll, and carried a e-book anywhere, so my dad used to pat me on the head and say "This one s going to be a legal professional." He knew what form of a legal professional I would be: a attorney for real people, now not a legal professional for big organizations -- a legal professional for the little guy with a massive case.
The administrators at Whitman College couldn t apprehend how a kid from Poverty Point should score so well at the college front checks, in order that they provided me a scholarship. Moving to Whitman in Walla Walla changed into a flow to a larger town for me, and prefer many kids my age, I wanted to move to a fair larger town. That took me to Stanford Law School close to San Francisco, where maximum of my graduating elegance went directly to massive companies in New York, L.A., Seattle, or D.C. But by means of then I had realized I wanted to transport lower back to the Pacific Northwest.
As an injury attorney I started out in 1972 doing some thing got here in the door, frequently trial paintings, and soon located that assisting individuals who have been injured via no fault in their personal and who have been stuck coping with a heartless insurance business enterprise become the correct area to accomplish my 3 desires in existence: to do desirable, to do properly, and to have a laugh doing it.
My circle of relatives has a protracted history in horse racing -- my Uncle Lloyd raced as a jockey for 25 years. You construct a regulation exercise similar to you build a profession as a jockey. At first you get simplest horses no person else desires to journey. If you may get some of these horses to end higher than subsequent to ultimate, you get a mount that has a chance to finish within the cash. And if you could ride some of those horses into Win, Place or Show, eventually stables with rapid horses searching out successful jockeys discover you. So it's been with my personal damage law exercise: top consequences in small personal harm cases delivered larger claims, and sooner or later, after winning a few million greenback settlements and verdicts, I were given the opportunity to select precisely who I desired to symbolize.
Ironically, it grew to become out to be the identical humans my dad thought I ought to combat for: the little man with the massive case. Real those who are in the wrong place at the wrong time and get injured because someone isn t being cautious -- and who are stuck coping with an coverage agency that refuses to honor their injury declare.
If you d like to talk to me about your personal injury declare, provide me a call - (800) 925-1875.
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Brett McCandlis & Brown PLLC
2015 - Magistrate Judge
United States District Court for Western District of Washington
2005 - Partner
Brett Murphy - Washington s Injury Lawyers
2011 - Partner
Brett & Coats Personal Injury Lawyers
2007 - Partner
Brett & Daugert
1972
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Graduation year: 1970
Graduation year: 1964
