Negligence Lawyers
6,780 verified negligence attorneys across the United States. Find experienced Negligence counsel to evaluate your case, explain your options, and represent you through every stage of the legal process.
Scott L. Anderson graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1982.
Kirsten E. Bennett is a lawyer practicing criminal law, dui/dwi, personal injury and 19 other areas of law.
National College for DUI Defense,Certificate (2010). National College of DUI Defense Summer Session taught at Harvard Law School (2010).
Originally from rural South Dakota, Justin Bice spent eight years in the United States Army working in the Military Intelligence Detachment of the 3rd...
Mr. Fine was born in New York, New York and was raised in the northeast, where he studied sociology at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
Personal: - Married to Laura Hollis Holleman of Memphis, Tennessee (1983) - Three Children: Sarah Gant Holleman, University of Mississippi; Leslie Dea...
Walter Antonio Arguelles is a lawyer practicing personal injury, automobile insurance, negligence and 2 other areas of law. Walter received a B.A. deg...
Listed: Leading Plaintiff Lawyers in America, Law Dragon 3000 (2012); Florida Super Lawyers, 2016; Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite, 2010. Member, ...
Mr. Joseph Alan Kaiser is a lawyer practicing automobile insurance, commercial insurance, insurance bad faith and 9 other areas of law.
Member, Heuisler Honor Society. Moot Court Champion, 1977-1978.
Andrew David Wyman is a lawyer practicing business litigation, civil litigation, commercial landlord and tenant and 15 other areas of law. Andrew rece...
Eduardo Enrique Neret is a lawyer practicing litigation, workers' compensation, negligence and 10 other areas of law. Eduardo received a B.S.B.A. degr...
Jeffrey Christophe Sevey is a lawyer practicing bicycle accidents, boat accidents, bus accidents and 46 other areas of law. Jeffrey received a B.A. de...
Gonzalo Andres Fernandez is a lawyer practicing auto accidents, truck accidents, medical malpractice and 5 other areas of law. Gonzalo received a B.A....
Ranked by Washingtonian Magazine as a top personal injury lawyer since December 2004, Mr. Somer has practiced personal injury, wrongful death, product...
Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Board of Advocates; Order of the Barristers; Texas State Moot Court Champion, 1980; St.
John W. VanDenburgh is a founding partner of the firm of Napierski, VanDenburgh, Napierski & O’Connor, LLP and has successfully tried numerous cases t...
Ms. Johns is a civil trial lawyer who has tried more than one hundred cases to verdict.
Brian P. Krzykowski is a lawyer practicing civil litigation, products liability, personal injury and 3 other areas of law.
Andrew Albert Jones is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice, personal injury, drug and medical device litigation and 1 other area of law. Andrew re...
Scott L Luedke is a lawyer practicing criminal law, criminal defense, dui/dwi and 126 other areas of law. Scott received a degree from Lawrence Techno...
Mr. William Davis Harvard is a lawyer practicing personal injury, civil litigation, wrongful death and 5 other areas of law.
Jay D Mukerji is a lawyer practicing personal injury, civil litigation, real estate and 26 other areas of law. Jay received a M.B.A. degree from Bened...
Mr. Paul L.
Resolving Business and Real Estate Disputes since 1986
Mr. Matthew Decker Trollinger is a lawyer practicing workers compensation, industrial insurance, workers compensation appeals and 37 other areas of la...
Pamela St. John Lynde is a lawyer practicing workers compensation, product liability, negligence and 3 other areas of law.
Timothy Louis Palazzo is a lawyer practicing criminal law, domestic violence, assault and 10 other areas of law. Timothy received a B.A. degree from U...
Doug Horn serves as the Lead Attorney at The Horn Law Firm, P.C., where he focuses exclusively on representing individuals injured in motor vehicle co...
Kathryn A Calibey is a lawyer practicing car accidents, negligence, medical malpractice and 1 other area of law. Kathryn received a B.A. degree from U...
Daniel Greene became an attorney at Swope, Rodante P. A. soon after graduating law school in 2017.
Christen Elizabeth Luikart is a lawyer practicing business litigation, securities & banking, finra/sec/state regulatory and 28 other areas of law. Chr...
Atty. Jeffrey Roy Zirgibel is a lawyer practicing trucking accident, personal injury, medical malpractice and 166 other areas of law.
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta (Treasurer, University of Richmond Chapter). Note Author: "Taking Superfund Presumptive Remedies to the Brownfields Ar...
Charles L. Simmons, Jr. is a lawyer practicing insurance & worker's compensation, negligence, admiralty and maritime and 8 other areas of law.
Claire Frances Rush is a lawyer practicing trial practice, automobile and transportation liability, construction liability and 43 other areas of law. ...
Ibiere Seck is a lawyer practicing civil practice, civil rights, personal injury and 7 other areas of law. Ibiere received a B.A. degree from Northeas...
Chief Law Clerk, Rhode Island State Trial Judges Law Clerk Pool, 1983-1984. Law Clerk, Rhode Island Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Thomas F.
Poorad Razavi is a lawyer practicing advocacy, automobile accidents, aviation and 21 other areas of law. Poorad received a B.S. degree from Indiana Un...
Abram Isaac Bohrer is a lawyer practicing admiralty & maritime, personal injury, aviation and 2 other areas of law. Abram received a B.A. degree from ...
Ronald J. Eisenberg is a lawyer practicing contracts, business litigation, civil litigation and 67 other areas of law.
Michael Trevor Howard is a lawyer practicing alcoholic beverage law, dram shop liability, liquor liability and 81 other areas of law. Michael received...
Robert W Carlson is a lawyer practicing elder law, trusts, professional trustee and 19 other areas of law. Robert received a B.A. degree from Universi...
Ms. Jordan Lindsay Reab practices at Walker, Hulbert, Gray & Moore, LLP Read Full Bio
Mr. Douglas Joseph Brown is a lawyer practicing consumer class actions, business disputes, individualsuits and 19 other areas of law.
Seth J. Smiley is a lawyer practicing construction law, negligence, contracts and 7 other areas of law.
"Fight With The Experience of A Former Prosecutor" - Steven R. Roach, Attorney at Law, provides each of his clients with tough, effective and experien...
Angela Bullock Gabel is a lawyer practicing administrative law, school law, election, campaign and political law and 10 other areas of law. Angela rec...
Robert J Haddad is a lawyer practicing arbitration & mediation, automobile, automotive products liability and 12 other areas of law. Robert received a...
Stephen L. Grimm is a lawyer practicing legal malpractice, negligence, breach of contract and 39 other areas of law.
Jeffrey M. Rich is a 1982 graduate of the University of Southern California and a 1985 graduate of Benjamin N.
David Vaughn Stiles is a lawyer practicing negligence, product liability, professional negligence and 3 other areas of law. David received a B.A. degr...
Douglas Robert Rosenzweig is a lawyer practicing construction / development, ethics / professional responsibility, labor law and 2 other areas of law....
Mr. Herman is an aggressive, client-minded advocate who has recovered millions of dollars for injured Floridians in nearly a decade of practice.
Mr. Matthew Jude Poirier is a lawyer practicing personal injury, automobile accidents, car crash and 24 other areas of law.
Theodore Geiger is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, business divorce, intellectual property litigation and 20 other areas of law. Theodore r...
Mr. Tristan Blain Morrison is a lawyer practicing personal injury, workers compensation, trucking accidents and 21 other areas of law.
Atty. Ralph J.
An attorney in good standing licensed in State of Georgia with 20 years of experience, Kellye has practiced with Walker, Hulbert, Gray & Moore, LLP si...
Mr. Bruce Evan Todd is a lawyer practicing governmental advocacy, construction litigation, insurance defense and 2 other areas of law.
What is Negligence?
Negligence is the branch of law that governs the rights, obligations, and disputes that arise within its subject matter. In the United States, negligence sits at the intersection of statutes enacted by Congress, the regulations issued by federal agencies, the laws passed by all fifty state legislatures, and the body of judge-made decisions known as the common law. Because every state writes its own version of the rules, the way negligence works in one jurisdiction can look noticeably different from how it works in another, and that is one of the main reasons attorneys in this area focus their practice geographically — to stay fluent in the local statutes, court rules, and judicial preferences that shape outcomes.
At a practical level, Negligence attorneys spend their time on three categories of work. The first is advice and prevention: counselling clients on how to structure transactions, draft documents, and conduct business so that legal risk is minimised before a dispute ever begins. The second is transactional execution: producing the contracts, filings, notices, and registrations that the law actually requires to make a decision legally binding. The third is contested representation: defending or pursuing a client's interests when a dispute escalates to negotiation, regulatory enforcement, arbitration, or litigation in court.
The clients who hire Negligence lawyers range from individuals navigating a single life event to multinational corporations with complex regulatory exposure. What unifies them is the need for an experienced lawyer who knows the relevant code sections, has appeared in the relevant courts, and can translate the strategic options into language a client can act on. AttorneyQnA currently lists 6,780 verified negligence attorneys across the United States, each with a public profile showing their bar admissions, years in practice, and the kinds of matters they have handled — with the deepest concentration of practitioners in Alabama.
When do you need a Negligence attorney?
Most people contact a negligence lawyer for one of two reasons: something is about to happen that they want done correctly the first time, or something has gone wrong and they need it fixed before it gets worse. The earlier you involve counsel, the more options you usually have, and the lower the cost of getting to a resolution tends to be. The scenarios below are the ones we see most often on AttorneyQnA from prospective clients searching for negligence representation.
Once your signature is on a contract, settlement, lease, or release, your bargaining leverage drops sharply. A short pre-signature review by a negligence lawyer is the cheapest insurance you can buy.
Cease-and-desist letters, regulatory notices, and demand letters all start clocks. Missing the response window can convert a manageable problem into a default judgment or formal enforcement action.
Statutes of limitations, filing windows, and appeal periods are jurisdictional — courts cannot extend them as a favour. If you can identify a date that matters, you need a lawyer before that date arrives.
The moment opposing counsel appears, the conversation moves out of normal English and into procedural language. Continuing unrepresented usually means losing ground you cannot recover later.
Forming an entity, choosing a venue, structuring a deal, or selecting a remedy each has long-term consequences. A consultation at the planning stage is far cheaper than redoing it after the fact.
Multi-state matters bring conflict-of-laws questions that change which statutes apply and which court has authority. An attorney licensed in the right jurisdiction is not optional.
If any of the situations above describes where you are right now, the next step is a focused consultation. Use the Ask a Lawyer tool for short written questions, or browse the 6,780 negligence attorneys listed above to book a paid consultation directly.
How to choose a Negligence attorney
The single biggest factor in choosing a negligence lawyer is fit with your specific matter. A lawyer with twenty years of negligence experience but no exposure to your particular sub-issue can easily be a worse choice than a five-year associate who has handled the same problem repeatedly. We recommend running every prospective lawyer through the same five-step checklist before signing an engagement letter.
- Bar admission in the correct jurisdiction. Confirm the lawyer is admitted in the state — and where relevant, the federal district — where your matter sits. The lawyer's profile on AttorneyQnA shows every bar admission on file, and the underlying state bar's "lawyer lookup" tool will confirm active standing in under a minute.
- Direct experience with your fact pattern. Ask plainly: "How many matters like mine have you handled in the last three years, and how did they resolve?" An honest answer reveals more than years-in-practice alone.
- A written fee agreement. Whether hourly, flat fee, contingent, or hybrid, the engagement letter should specify what is included, what triggers additional charges, and how disputes are handled. Avoid lawyers who resist writing the terms down.
- Communication cadence. Decide upfront how often you expect updates, who your day-to-day contact will be, and what response time is reasonable. The number-one complaint filed with state bar grievance committees is not malpractice — it is non-communication.
- Conflict check + reputation pulse. Make sure the lawyer has run a formal conflict check, then spend ten minutes reading independent reviews and any public disciplinary history. The state bar's website is authoritative for the second; the lawyer's AttorneyQnA profile collects the first.
Once you have a shortlist, schedule consultations with two or three. Lawyers vary widely in temperament, and the right strategic match for your case is sometimes the second or third lawyer you meet — not the first.
How much does a Negligence lawyer cost?
Legal fees in the United States are not regulated by a uniform schedule, so what you pay a negligence lawyer depends on the billing model the lawyer offers, the complexity of your matter, and the local market. There are four billing structures used in this practice area; most engagements use one, but hybrid arrangements are increasingly common.
1. Hourly billing
The default model for most non-contingent matters. Rates for negligence attorneys in the U.S. typically range from $150–$250/hour in smaller markets to $400–$700/hour in major metropolitan areas, with senior partners at large firms commanding $900/hour and above. Hourly billing is fairest when the scope of work is genuinely unpredictable, but it creates an incentive structure that the client has to monitor.
2. Flat fee
Increasingly used for well-defined transactions — incorporations, will drafting, single-issue filings, uncontested matters. A flat fee tells you exactly what the deliverable will cost, and the lawyer absorbs the risk of unexpected complexity. Ask whether the flat fee includes filing fees, third-party costs, and any post-filing follow-up.
3. Contingency
Where it is permitted by the rules of professional conduct — most often in plaintiff-side negligence work involving monetary recovery — the lawyer is paid a percentage of the proceeds, typically 33% before suit is filed and 40% after. The client pays nothing if there is no recovery. Contingency fees align the lawyer's economics with yours, but the percentage compounds across time, so very strong cases sometimes do better on hourly billing.
4. Retainer / subscription
A monthly fee that buys a defined block of access or hours. This is common for businesses with ongoing negligence needs — contract review, employee questions, regulatory check-ins. A subscription smooths out spending and gives the lawyer a reason to know your operation in depth.
Whichever model you choose, ask for an itemised written estimate before the engagement begins, and ask explicitly what is not covered. Surprise expenses are the most common source of attorney-client friction.
Frequently asked questions about negligence
How quickly can a negligence lawyer review my matter?
Most lawyers can schedule an initial consultation within 1–3 business days. Urgent matters — pending deadlines, time-sensitive notices, court-ordered hearings — should be flagged in your first message; many lawyers reserve emergency consultation slots for that reason. If you need a written answer faster, the Ask a Lawyer tool typically returns answers in under 24 hours.
Do I need a negligence lawyer in my exact city, or anywhere in my state?
Bar admission is the controlling rule: any attorney licensed in your state can represent you in that state's courts and agencies, regardless of which city they're based in. Practical proximity still matters for in-person meetings, local court familiarity, and access to the local bench and bar. For state-level filings and remote-friendly matters, an attorney elsewhere in the same state often works fine.
Will an initial consultation cost me anything?
Many negligence attorneys offer a free 15- to 30-minute initial consultation; others charge a flat consultation fee that may be credited against the engagement if you hire them. The lawyer's profile lists the consultation policy. Free does not always mean better — a fee-based consultation is sometimes the sign of a lawyer who treats their time, and yours, seriously.
What documents should I bring to the first meeting?
Bring every contract, notice, letter, filing, or written communication connected to the matter; a written timeline of events with dates; the names and contact details of every other party involved; and any deadlines or hearing dates you are already aware of. Even an incomplete file is more useful than a verbal summary alone.
Can I change lawyers if I am not happy with mine?
Yes. Clients can discharge their lawyer at any time, for any reason, by written notice. Your case file belongs to you and must be transferred to your new counsel. Any unpaid fees through the date of discharge remain owed; any unearned advance must be refunded. If you are mid-litigation, the court typically must approve the substitution, but approval is routine.
How long does a typical negligence matter take?
It depends almost entirely on whether the matter is transactional or contested. A transactional matter — a contract, a filing, a single-step transaction — can resolve in days to weeks. A contested matter — anything involving disputed facts, court intervention, or regulatory action — typically takes months at minimum, and complex cases can run multiple years. Your lawyer should give you a realistic outside estimate at intake.
Are negligence lawyer fees tax-deductible?
It depends on the nature of the matter and current tax law. Fees connected to producing or collecting taxable income, managing investment property, or operating a business are often deductible; fees for personal matters generally are not. Because rules change, confirm deductibility with a tax professional for the year in which the fees are paid.
What is the difference between negligence and the related practice areas?
Negligence overlaps with several adjacent areas — see the related-practice-area grid below for direct links. Choosing the right lawyer often means picking the one whose primary focus matches the heart of your problem, even if multiple labels could technically apply. When you are unsure, list your situation in your own words to two lawyers from neighbouring areas and ask which one of them is the better fit; honest lawyers will tell you.
Find negligence attorneys by state
Each state link below opens the negligence roster for that jurisdiction, with the local statute of limitations, court-system overview, and verified attorneys.
Negligence Law Firms
Main Law Firm
Winter Park
Walton Law Firm
San Marcos
Bruner Law Firm
Fort Walton Beach
J&Y Law Firm
Los Angeles
West Law Firm
Charleston
John T. Floyd Law Firm
Houston
Negligence by State
All states →Find negligence attorneys in every US state. Each state link opens a hub with verified attorneys, the state filing deadline, and a free attorney match.