Terry J. Fong has devoted a substantial portion of his 30 years of law practice protecting the rights of those injured in motor vehicle accidents. He brings a unique perspective to handling motor vehicle accident claims because he has practiced both sides of personal injury law. Early on in his legal career, he represented insurance companies in defending motor vehicle accident claims. In the past 25 years, he has exclusively represented persons injured in motor vehicle accidents to pursue fair compensation for their injuries. Having represented insurance companies previously gives Terry J. Fong invaluable insights into how insurance adjusters and defense attorneys evaluate, settle and defend personal injury claims. This enables Mr. Fong to be more effective and persuasive in prosecuting his clients’ personal injury claims and obtaining maximum compensation for their injuries.

Terry J. Fong will not hesitate to take a motor vehicle accident case to arbitration or jury trial if the insurance company refuses to offer his client fair compensation for their injuries. He has a track record of success in litigating personal injury claims. In one case, Mr. Fong’s client was rendered a paraplegic when his vehicle was hit by a semi-truck on the freeway. When the insurance company refused to offer his client adequate compensation, Mr. Fong filed suit and took the case to a Jury Trial. The Jury returned a verdict exceeding $6 million for his client. That became the 4th largest Jury Verdict in the State of Arizona that year

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If you are injured in a motor vehicle accident, do not let the insurance company pressure you into a quick settlement for less than the amount you deserve. Often, when people are injured in car accidents, they do not realize how hurt they actually are. It is human nature to try to “be tough” or to brush off your pain lest you are perceived as weak. However, the full extent of an injury from a motor vehicle crash is not always known until days, weeks or sometimes months after the crash. Until that time, it is best not to settle your motor vehicle accident claim. Furthermore, you may be stressed and not thinking clearly after a motor vehicle accident. That is not the time to make a quick decision. A fast settlement usually benefits only the insurance company, not you.

If you are uncertain as to what to do following a motor vehicle accident, consult a knowledgeable personal injury attorney at TERRY J. FONG LAW GROUP. The consultation is free and your case is handled on a contingent fee basis which means you do not pay a fee until we recover compensation for you.

Dealing With Insurance Companies After Your Car Accident

If another driver’s insurance company wants to talk with you about your motor vehicle accident, don’t be fooled. They are not on your side. Talk with a lawyer at Terry J. Fong Law Group, first. We can deal with the insurance company so that you don’t have to. Instead, you can focus on getting the medical treatment that you need so that you can get back on your feet, regain your health and be back at work. While we cannot guarantee results, we can tell you that injury victims who are represented by attorneys generally receive higher settlement amounts than those who represent themselves.

What’s more, there is no upfront fee for representation. At Terry J. Fong Law Group, our Chandler-area car accident attorneys represent clients on a contingency fee basis, which means that we do not collect attorney’s fees until we collect compensation for you. Your initial consultation is free, confidential and at no obligation.

Our law firm handles a wide range of motor vehicle accident cases, including:

Car accidents
Semitruck accidents/18-wheeler accidents
Commercial vehicle accidents, including cargo van accidents, bus accidents and airport shuttle accidents
Aviation accidents, including small, private plane accidents, helicopter accidents and commercial airline accidents
Bicycle accidents
Motorcycle accidents
Pedestrian accidents

A Personal Note From Terry Fong

Before I was a plaintiff’s lawyer, I was a defense lawyer. I represented insurance companies defending motor vehicle accident cases. I was often skeptical of the plaintiffs’ claims, especially those involving whiplash or closed head injuries. I just didn’t see how an apparently minor car accident could cause such major damage – until it happened to my own daughter.

When my daughter was a sophomore at Arizona State University, I got the phone call that no parent wants to receive. I learned that my daughter had been struck by another driver, and I rushed to the hospital to see her.

When they wheeled her out in a wheelchair, I was relieved. Other than a headache, sore neck and a sore back, she seemed fine – just a little dazed. I attributed this to the stress of the accident, but that wasn’t the case.

As weeks went by, my daughter wasn’t the same person that she was before the accident. It became clear that her emotional and physical health had been greatly affected. She could not perform simple things like reading a newspaper or magazine and reading her textbooks was out of the question; she could not understand what she was reading and felt “stupid;” she was constantly angry, moody, irritable and lashed out verbally at those close to her (prior to the accident, my daughter was a bubbly, happy young woman); she cried a lot and slept most of the time; she dropped out of ASU and stopped socializing with her friends. Finally, a neurologist diagnosed her with a closed head injury, and we learned that her symptoms were classic for those who had suffered a closed head trauma. With that diagnosis, we were finally able to get her appropriate medical treatment. It took almost a year before she was rehabilitated back to preaccident condition.

Our story has a happy ending. My daughter was able to return to school and to her normal life and has now graduated from ASU I know that it could have been worse, and I am grateful that we didn’t lose her or her sparkling personality to a brain injury.

My personal experience changed my perspective entirely. Today, as a plaintiff’s lawyer, I represent people who have been injured in car accidents and truck accidents. When an injury victim tells me about a closed head injury, I never take the matter lightly. I know just how seriously a brain injury can affect a person and his or her family. That is why I fight hard to get the best possible results for the victims of accidents that I represent.