Brain Injuries Attorney In Thousand Oaks, California

Brain injuries can interfere with various aspects of normal life. Brain injury survivors may suffer permanent impacts to their mental, physical, and emotional health. If you or a loved one has suffered a brain injury, contact Maki Law Firm, APC for a free consultation. You could be eligible for financial compensation.

Why Choose Us?

We exclusively practice personal injury law. This gives us focused attention on practice areas such as brain injuries.

We have more than 20 years of experience handling complex personal injury and wrongful death claims.

We operate on a contingency-fee basis. You only pay attorney’s fees if we win your case.

Why You Need An Experienced Brain Injury Lawyer

Insurance companies often try to take advantage of brain injury victims; especially victims without legal representatives. Insurance companies want to save money by offering lowball settlements in the hopes that clients will not realize the true value of their claims. If you hire an attorney, you can receive an honest evaluation of your damages. Your lawyer will negotiate a fair settlement with insurance companies while you focus on healing. You can have peace of mind while your attorney handles complex legal processes.

Do I Need a Brain Injury Lawyer?

YES. The insurance companies employ experienced claims adjusters to settle your case for as little as possible. Their bonuses are based on tricking you into an unfair settlement as quickly as possible. Let’s face it, after an accident, many people are upset, injured, in pain, on medication, often without transportation, and want their life back to normal as quickly as possible. The insurance adjusters know this and prey on it. Do not talk to them! You need an attorney to represent YOUR interests and make sure you are protected now and in the future. And, at the end of the case, you want to make sure your personal injury attorney gets you the maximum settlement value for your damages. Maki Law Firm will handle all aspects of your case, and get you the settlement you deserve, while you concentrate on getting better.

Can I Afford a Brain Injury Lawyer?

YES. At Maki Law Firm, you owe NO FEE UNTIL YOU COLLECT. We advance all costs, and there is never a fee until you are compensated for your injuries, at the end of the case. You pay nothing up front, and you pay nothing until you collect. If there is no recovery, you pay nothing.

Don't Settle For Less.

The best possible result is our goal in every case. We work for YOU, NOT the insurance companies. There is never a fee until we win your case, and then you pay us a percentage of the amount we recover for you. There is no charge for a case evaluation. We serve clients in Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, Montecito, Ventura, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Camarillo, Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Moorpark, Agoura, Simi Valley and all over Los Angeles County.

Our offices are conveniently located in Ventura, Moorpark, Westlake Village, Northridge and Canyon Country.

To schedule a Free Consultation, please call 805-600-0794. We are available to speak with you every da.

Who Is Responsible for my Injuries?

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), each year in the United States nearly 1.7 million people suffer a traumatic brain injury (“TBI”). A great many of these TBIs are caused by car accidents and slip and fall accidents. Handling personal injury cases involving traumatic brain injury requires special training, experience, and resources. At Maki Law Firm, we have been successfully handling traumatic brain injury cases for twenty-five years. We have special training, experience, and resources to determine who is responsible for your injuries and get the best possible result in your traumatic brain injury case.

Traumatic brain injuries are caused by trauma to the head, which can occur a number of ways. Head trauma is broken down into categories: open head injury (a depressed, basilar, diastatic, or linear skull fracture); closed head injury (concussions, contusions, or intracranial hemorrhage); and, a particular type of closed head injury common in rapid deceleration situations like car accidents, called diffuse axonal shearing. Diffuse axonal shearing can result from whiplash, which is common in car accidents. Falls are also a common cause of traumatic brain injury.

Traumatic brain injury can affect an individual’s ability to live a normal life. Headaches, memory problems, concentration problems, sleep problems, irritability and personality changes are all common symptoms of brain injury. Changes in personality often affect marriages, families, and friendships. Head injury patients may be unable to return to work and may suffer significant wage loss and loss of earning potential. Some head injury patients require expensive long-term attendant care. No matter the level of your traumatic brain injury, we are here to help.

What Do I Do First?

GET TREATMENT IMMEDIATELY.

Any DELAY in getting treatment will be used by the insurance company to show you were not very injured, and instead sought treatment just to bring a “legal case.” If you don’t have health insurance or enough money to see a doctor, we can assist you in getting a qualified doctor right away; we can arrange for the doctor to wait for payment until the end of your case. After you start treatment, any GAP in treatment will be used by the insurance company to show you were not very injured, and instead sought treatment just to bring a “legal case.” At this point, you might see a theme. Insurance companies will say your injury was your own fault and you are exaggerating whatever injuries you really have.

How Do I Prove my Injuries?

Brain injuries are hard to prove – because they are usually invisible. In order to prove your brain injury case, we work with medical specialists – neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, life-care planners – who are able to accurately diagnose and treat you and testify regarding the cause, nature, and extent of the injury. This expert testimony is ESSENTIAL to prove your case at trial. At Maki Law Firm, APC, we prepare every case for trial; as a result, most of our clients obtain full compensation without having to go to trial. When the trial is necessary, we are ready and fully prepared to take your case to the jury and get the best possible result. We consistently obtain PROVEN RESULTS for brain injury victims.