Slip & Fall / Premises Liability Attorneys
29,187 verified slip & fall attorneys across the United States. Cases involving property owner negligence leading to injuries on premises. Compare verified slip & fall attorneys nationwide by experience, peer ratings, and client reviews — get matched with counsel in any state, free for clients.
My name is Humberto Tijerina, and before we go any further, I want to personally thank you for viewing my website. Most likely you have fallen victim ...
David Wolf, an A.V. rated attorney, is a graduate from the University of Florida (B.S., Finance, Cum Laude, 1987) and the University of Florida Colleg...
For more than 20 years, John B. Shook has gone to battle for injured children and adults.
Farid Yaghoubtil is a lawyer practicing personal injury, uber / lyft accidents, catastrophic injuries and 12 other areas of law. Farid received a B.A....
Philip L. Arnel practices at Law Office of Philip L.
Mr. Jesus Gonzalez is a lawyer practicing personal injury, oil field explosions, wrongful death cases and 22 other areas of law.
Scott L. Anderson graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1982.
Arsen founded the Law Offices of Arsen Sarapinian, P.C. after years of litigating cases throughout Southern and Northern California while working with...
Seni Popat is a lawyer practicing bankruptcy, bankruptcy chapter 7, chapter 13 and 26 other areas of law. Seni received a B.A. degree from Hofstra Uni...
Mr. George Leroy Powell is a lawyer practicing criminal law, dui/dwi, sex crimes and 109 other areas of law.
Sandy Van practices at Van Law Firm Injury and Accident Attorneys Read Full Bio
Sam Tabibian practices at Century Park Law Group Read Full Bio
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...
Omid Khorshidi is a lawyer practicing personal injury, landlord & tenant, car accidents and 2 other areas of law. Omid received a B.A. degree from Uni...
Legal matters can be emotionally difficult unless one has an aggressive, intelligent, and vigilant lawyer who understands the legal system and who can...
J. Todd Tenge has been practicing personal injury law for over 25 years.
Ryan L. Thompson is the managing partner of Thompson Law Injury Lawyers.
Jerry Knafo is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Villanova University where he ranked third in his Business Administration major. He obtained his law degr...
Tullio has been practicing exclusively in the area of personal injury since 2000. He started off his career in the insurance defense field and practic...
Craig Swapp has committed his career to helping people who have been injured or killed because of someone else’s wrongdoing or negligence. As a Person...
Bobby Saadian, Esq., a renowned attorney and nationally recognized law firm business operator, is the Founder of Wilshire Law Firm, one of California'...
Morris & Morris Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers and U.S. News and World Report "Best Law Firms" for 8 consecutive years.
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.
Mark Daniel Laderman is a lawyer practicing labor and employment, age discrimination in employment, employment breach of contract and 24 other areas o...
Charles Sanders is a lawyer practicing personal injury, wrongful death, slip and fall and 7 other areas of law. Charles has been licensed for 7 years.
Evan Stein is a sharp defender. A personal injury and litigation attorney with a heart for empowering others, Evan skillfully defends his clients with...
Atty. Jerome W Perry is a lawyer practicing personal injury, products liability, wrongful death and 30 other areas of law.
Daniel James Baker is a lawyer practicing litigation, civil litigation, commercial litigation and 6 other areas of law. Daniel received a B.S. degree ...
Mike goes to bat for injured workers and negligence victims each day for the past fifteen (15) years. Since 2015, Mike has been recognized by the Penn...
Mr. Jonathan Wesley Johnson is a lawyer practicing personal injury, products liability, airplane crash litigation and 11 other areas of law.
William Melton is a lawyer practicing criminal law, dui/dwi, misdemeanors and 21 other areas of law. William has been licensed for 6 years.
Walter Antonio Arguelles is a lawyer practicing personal injury, automobile insurance, negligence and 2 other areas of law. Walter received a B.A. deg...
I am an attorney who represents hurt people. Whether it is an injury on the roadways (18-wheeler, car wreck, motorcycle) or in the workplace.
Marc Evan Reisman is a lawyer practicing appellate practice, civil rights, family law and 8 other areas of law. Marc received a B.S. degree from Unive...
Marc A. Wites is a founding shareholder of Wites & Rogers Attorneys at Law and brings 28 years of trial and litigation experience to his practice.
Bill Bone has dedicated his law practice, and a lot of his spare time, to helping people. From his service work in college as a member of the exclusiv...
Bill Bone has dedicated his law practice and much of his spare time to helping people in need. From his service work in college as a member of the exc...
Jonathan Stephen Burns is a lawyer practicing general liability, products liability, personal injury and 8 other areas of law. Jonathan Stephen receiv...
Jayson graduated from Michigan State University College of Law in 2000. He has practiced in the area of workers' compensation for the majority of his ...
Mr. Jonathan Stephen Burns is a lawyer practicing general liability, products liability, personal injury and 9 other areas of law.
Mr. John David Hadden is a lawyer practicing personal injury, car accidents, motorcycle accidents and 10 other areas of law.
Recipient: Ann Q. Lynch Award, University of Florida, 1998, for Dedication and Achievement Benefiting
David Scott Farber is a lawyer practicing personal injury, insurance coverage claims and disputes, intellectual property and 10 other areas of law. Da...
Listed: Leading Plaintiff Lawyers in America, Law Dragon 3000 (2012); Florida Super Lawyers, 2016; Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite, 2010. Member, ...
Jennifer Smith Thomas is a lawyer practicing personal injury defense, negligent security, premises liability defense and 3 other areas of law. Jennife...
Dmitry Gorin is Of Counsel at Injury Justice Law Firm and a seasoned trial lawyer. During his decade as the Senior Deputy District Attorney in Los Ang...
Nick M. Bajalia, Sr. is a native of Valdosta, Georgia.
Ms. Marcy Lou Allen is a lawyer practicing criminal defense, personal injury, dwi and 23 other areas of law.
Matthew H. Bligh graduated from Brooklyn Law School, cum laude and the United States Merchant Marine Academy, magna cum laude.
Rachel Studley is a lawyer practicing automotive, civil litigation, premises liability and 3 other areas of law. Rachel received a B.A. degree from Fl...
Peter Wesley Hansen is a lawyer practicing car accidents, dui & dwi, chapter 7 bankruptcy and 21 other areas of law. Peter received a B.A. degree from...
Over two decades of practicing law, Robert F. Goings has earned a reputation as one of the leading trial lawyers in South Carolina, known for taking o...
Mr. Joseph Alan Kaiser is a lawyer practicing automobile insurance, commercial insurance, insurance bad faith and 9 other areas of law.
I was born in Chicago and have been a South Florida resident since the age of 4. I fondly recall many weekends spent with my Dad, fishing the clear wa...
Member, Heuisler Honor Society. Moot Court Champion, 1977-1978.
Mr. Scott Jeffrey Jontiff is a lawyer practicing slip and fall accident, personal injury / negligence cases, catastrophic injuy cases and 10 other are...
Born and raised in New Orleans, attorney John W. Redmann is the son of William V.
Craig Robert Karpe is a lawyer practicing automobile accidents, motorcycle accidents, corporate & incorporation and 4 other areas of law. Craig receiv...
Hilary W. Hunter is a lawyer practicing personal injury, premises liability, business litigation and 2 other areas of law.
What is Slip and Fall?
Slip and Fall is the branch of law that governs the rights, obligations, and disputes that arise within its subject matter. In the United States, slip and fall 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 slip and fall 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, Slip and Fall 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 Slip and Fall 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 29,187 verified slip and fall 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 Florida.
When do you need a Slip and Fall attorney?
Most people contact a slip and fall 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 slip and fall representation.
Once your signature is on a contract, settlement, lease, or release, your bargaining leverage drops sharply. A short pre-signature review by a slip and fall 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 29,187 slip and fall attorneys listed above to book a paid consultation directly.
How to choose a Slip and Fall attorney
The single biggest factor in choosing a slip and fall lawyer is fit with your specific matter. A lawyer with twenty years of slip and fall 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 Slip and Fall lawyer cost?
Legal fees in the United States are not regulated by a uniform schedule, so what you pay a slip and fall 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 slip and fall 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 slip and fall 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 slip and fall 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 slip and fall
How quickly can a slip and fall 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 slip and fall 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 slip and fall 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 slip and fall 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 slip and fall 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 slip and fall and the related practice areas?
Slip and Fall 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 slip and fall attorneys by state
Each state link below opens the slip and fall roster for that jurisdiction, with the local statute of limitations, court-system overview, and verified attorneys.
Slip and Fall 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
Slip and Fall by State
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