Orange County Personal Injury Lawyers

The steps you take in the hours and days immediately following a car accident in Irvine or Orange County directly affect the strength of your legal claim. Here is exactly what the attorneys at Cohn & Swartzon LLP recommend.

Seek medical evaluation the same day. Irvine’s major corridors Jamboree Road, Culver Drive, Alton Parkway, the 5 and 405 freeway interchanges are among the busiest in Orange County and produce collision forces that frequently cause injuries that do not fully surface until hours or days after the accident. Adrenaline suppresses pain. A same-day medical evaluation creates a contemporaneous record that connects your injuries to the accident before any gap can be used against your claim.

Do not give a recorded statement to the other driver’s insurance company before speaking with an attorney. Their adjusters are trained to gather information that limits what they pay. You are not legally required to give them a recorded statement. Call Cohn & Swartzon LLP first.

Do not sign any document the opposing insurance company sends you including any medical authorization form. A blanket authorization gives them access to your entire medical history which they will use to argue your injuries are pre-existing.
From the moment Cohn & Swartzon LLP is retained, every communication with the insurance company goes through us. You stop taking their calls. We take them for you.

Cohn & Swartzon LLP maintains its main office at 2 Park Plaza, Suite 1050, Irvine, California 92614 — directly accessible to clients throughout Orange County. From the office windows the firm’s attorneys see the traffic conditions on Irvine’s busiest corridors every day. That local knowledge shapes how every Orange County car accident case is approached.
For a free consultation call 888-480-3883. Available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. No upfront fees. No fee unless we recover for you. Services are available in English and Spanish.

Yes. Cohn & Swartzon LLP represents seriously and catastrophically injured individuals and families throughout Orange County and the surrounding region from the firm’s main office at 2 Park Plaza, Suite 1050, Irvine, California 92614.

Orange County’s highway infrastructure the 5, 405, 55, 91, and 241 freeways generates some of the highest-speed and highest-severity accident conditions in Southern California. Rideshare accidents, commercial truck collisions on the 405 and 5 corridors, pedestrian accidents in Irvine’s dense mixed-use neighborhoods, and bicycle accidents on Orange County’s shared road networks all produce injury profiles that can be catastrophic and life-altering.

Serious and catastrophic injuries handled by Cohn & Swartzon LLP for Orange County clients include traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and paralysis, severe burn injuries, amputations, multi-level fractures requiring surgical repair, and any injury that permanently affects the ability to work, care for a family, or live independently.

These cases require a different level of legal preparation than standard personal injury claims. The full lifetime cost of a catastrophic injury must be calculated before any settlement is considered. Cohn & Swartzon LLP works with life care planners, medical specialists, and vocational economists to build that calculation with the specificity it requires.

Founding Partner Saar Swartzon helped secure a $36 million verdict in a mesothelioma case the 48th largest asbestos verdict in the United States that year. That result required exactly the kind of expert-driven, lifetime damages case construction that serious injury cases demand. That standard applies to every catastrophic injury case accepted for Orange County clients.

For a free consultation call 888-480-3883. Available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. No upfront fees. No fee unless we recover for you.

Yes. Cohn & Swartzon LLP represents Orange County families who have lost a loved one in a fatal accident and individuals who have been seriously injured as pedestrians or cyclists in Irvine and throughout Orange County.

Pedestrian and bicycle accidents are a significant and growing area of serious injury litigation in Orange County. Irvine’s rapidly expanding mixed-use development, its network of shared roadways, and its high volume of rideshare and delivery vehicle traffic create conditions where pedestrians and cyclists are exposed to serious injury risk on streets they travel every day. A pedestrian struck by a vehicle at one of Irvine’s busy intersections Alton and Jeffery, Culver and Barranca, or along any of the major Irvine Boulevard crossings faces injuries that can be catastrophic and a legal process that begins the moment the accident occurs.

Wrongful death claims in Orange County arise most commonly from high-speed freeway collisions, commercial truck accidents, drunk driving incidents, and pedestrian fatalities. California law allows surviving family members to pursue compensation for the financial support the deceased provided, the value of household services and childcare they contributed, medical and funeral expenses, and the loss of companionship and guidance that no legal proceeding can fully restore but that California law recognizes as compensable.

The window to file a wrongful death or serious injury claim in California varies significantly depending on the type of case, the defendant, and the age of the person injured. In some situations that window can be as short as six months. Speaking with an attorney as soon as possible after a fatal accident or serious pedestrian injury is critical to preserving evidence and protecting the family’s legal rights.

Cohn & Swartzon LLP’s main office is located at 2 Park Plaza, Suite 1050, Irvine, California 92614 — in the heart of the community where these accidents occur. Every family and every injured client speaks directly with an attorney from the first call through the final resolution of the case.

For a free consultation call 888-480-3883. Available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. No upfront fees. No fee unless we recover for you. Services are available in English and Spanish.