Daily News Star - You have probably seen the commercials on televisions; attorneys asking if you've been hurt or injured on the job. But, what is a personal injury attorney? What type of people do they represent? Personal injury lawyers represent a wide variety of people and there can be personal injury attorneys that focus on a specific area of law. Injury attorney represents people who have been hurt or injured due to negligence from another person or business.Personal injury lawyers can also represent people who have been hurt psychologically and physically. Cases can also be against government agencies. Many injury lawyers are able to practice in any field of law. However many injury lawyers deal with cases and have more experience with tort law. Tort law is about negligence and have the responsible parties pay damages for injuries sustained at work, in a car accident, a defective product, accidents involving a homeowners property, having the wrong procedure done in a hospital and so on.
Basically, if you think you have been wronged in some way due to an accident or another incident you may need to see an injury lawyer. Fortunately, in the United States lawyers generally go through rigorous training and study. All lawyers including injury lawyers must pass the bar in order to practice law in the United States. In the United States, most states require that a lawyer have a four-year degree from an accredited college as well as a law degree from an accredited law school. Law school typically takes about 2 or more years to complete, more if you are on the extended part-time program. The bar exam is lengthy and sometimes must be taken over if the scores are not high enough.
As a personal injury lawyer, most states require that you take in addition to the bar exam the Multistate Bar Exam or MBE. The bar exam itself varies from state to state. So, if you take and pass the bar exam in Colorado you can practice in that state. If you move to Texas you will have to take the bar exam and fall under whatever qualification that is needed for that state to practice law in Texas. The MBE as the name suggests deals with more multi-state issues and not solely on issues of the state where you will be practicing law. There are other tests that may be needed as well. When looking for an attorney check their qualifications are up to date.
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