Southern California Serious Personal Injury Attorney

While working as a law clerk and then as a labor lawyer, firm founder Matthew B.F. Biren came to realize that while our legal system may be the best in the world, it is skewed in favor of rich corporations and insurance companies.

Individuals and small businesses who suffer serious / catastrophic personal injuries and/or financial damage because of the wrongdoing of others cannot protect their rights unless they can hire lawyers who are better than those retained by the corporations and insurance companies. From its inception, the law firm BIREN/KATZMAN Trial Lawyers has been dedicated to providing the highest quality representation to individuals and small businesses who have sustained substantial damages.

We focus our entire legal practice on obtaining the best results possible for our clients. The key to our success is that we have a proven record of successfully taking cases to trial. That's why our firm name says Trial Lawyers. Insurance companies and corporations will not offer fair settlements unless they fear that you will win at trial.

BIREN/KATZMAN approaches the practice of law different than most other firms in a number of ways, including:

• Team Approach / Principal Lawyer Handling - BIREN/KATZMAN is unique in that every case accepted by the firm is handled from start to finish by the firm's principals, Matthew B.F. Biren and Marc J. Katzman. Every case is approached on a team basis where every member of the firm works on the case. This team approach involving hands-on involvement of the principal lawyers is much different than how most firms work, where the handling is basically done by an associate and the senior lawyers only get involved, if at all, in the later stages of the case. Our clients profit from this approach because they not only get the benefit of our senior lawyers' extensive experience and knowledge, but they also get the input from many people, which substantially increases the creative ideas generated about handling, which translates to better results.
  
  
• Contingency Fees - Another thing that sets BIREN/KATZMAN apart from other firms -- particularly with respect to the handling of business litigation and insurance disputes -- is that we are willing to represent clients who we believe have a winning claim on a contingency fee basis.
  
  
• Maximizing damages - It isn't enough to establish liability, the outcome of a client's case also depends on proving the full extent of damages. BIREN/KATZMAN knows how to find the best experts who can both provide the technical information necessary to maximize damages as well as effectively communicate their findings.

For more than 30 years, our attorneys have successfully represented thousands of seriously / catastroghically injured and/or financially damaged Californians, recovering more than $150 million for our individual and business clients. We have worked tirelessly to promote the rights of injured Californians and to further excellence in the legal profession. BIREN/KATZMAN's lawyers are:

• Active participants in politics and the legislative process
• Active participants in trial lawyer and consumer attorneys' organizations and bar associations
• Active educators and trainers, providing continuing legal education to train other lawyers how to effectively represent injured Californians

With more than 200,000 lawyers in California, selecting the right Southern California attorney handling serious / catastrophic personal injury and business tort cases is not an easy task. We invite you to browse through the various sections of this Web site to learn more about our firm and the results we have achieved for our satisfied clients. We have also provided some helpful information on how to successfully choose the right attorney for your case. We welcome calls or e-mail contact to schedule a free initial consultation to review your personal injury or business tort case.

1. How to Hire the Right Attorney
2. Questions Every Client Should Ask
3. Verdicts and Settlements
4. Courtroom Presentations
5. New Conquests and Work In Progress
6. Attorney Referral Fees