However, before you talk to an adjuster, hire an attorney, or sign any papers, ask for a FREE PI/DUI Strategy Analysis Consultation. “If you don’t need a lawyer, I will advise and direct you”!!! You want an Esquire, not an Escort!
Sometimes, someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, makes your heart race, and changes you forever. Attorneys call those people COPS…IF YOU MEET ONE AFTER A DUI ARREST OR ACCIDENT…CALL ME! I’ll represent you.
Gribow has advised readers of his weekly legal column for 13 years, to only retain a “Local” AV “Preeminent” Martindale-Hubbell rated lawyer, who has also been an accident victim and walked in your shoes…and not some no name non local 1-800 lawyer. AV represents the highest and most respected national rating awarded to a select few, reflecting “confidential opinions” of Judges and Attorneys familiar with an attorney’s work, for Legal Ability and Very Ethical. It has been used by all Lawyers, for 150 years to find competent and trustworthy attorneys in another city. Every lawyer says they are the best! See who Judges and Attorneys select!
Accident victims are advised “to only hire a Local AV rated Accident Lawyer, who like Gribow, has also been an accident victim, and walked in your shoes!” He understands what you are, and will be, going through.” He advocates retaining a lawyer who can assist our local doctors, many of whom were not taught how to a write a medical legal report in their Medical School. The chances are your CV doctor falls into this category…and has been doing it wrong for years.
Gribow explains that Accident victims should use their cell phones at the scene to get the insurance info, license, registration, statements from all parties and wits, as well as pictures of the property damage, scene and injuries. With time, evidence disappears, and memories can, and will fade…thus he suggests clients continue to take photos, as treatment progresses over time. He constantly lectures, “People Don’t Plan To Fail, They Fail To Plan”…and after an accident or arrest, clients are often confused. He strongly suggests, considering ahead of time, who you would call if you had a DUI or Traffic Accident.
Of course PI and DUI clients should always remain SILENT. “It’s not just what you said, but what they THOUGHT they heard you say.” He reminds clients, REMEMBER, SILENCE IS GOLDEN AND Handcuffs Are Silver, So Keep Your Mouth SHUT! Remember the 3 S’s……SILENCE, SILENCE, SILENCE. DO NOT TALK, SIGN, SETTLE OR DEAL with ANYONE FROM THE POLICE OR INSURANCE COMPANY, WITHOUT YOUR LAWYERS OK…
Clients and followers of his legal column and talk shows are taught that the Police and Insurance Company are “Not on your Side” and you’re “Not in Good Hands,” because your “Friendly Neighbor” will not give you “A Piece of the Rock.” After your accident, don’t let the insurance company run you over too! You deserve Sound legal advice, not Soundbites!…and there is NO FEE, IF NO RECOVERY.
Suppose you have been in an Accident (Auto, Truck, Motorcycle, Bus, Bicycle, Dog Bite, Slip and Fall, Motor Vehicle, Pedestrian, Tractor-Trailer, or Wrongful Death), causing Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI doesn’t require hitting your head and a good analogy is Jell-O sloshing back and forth in your skull, but instead of Jell-O it is brain matter in your skull), Broken Bones, Soft Tissue, Nerve Damage, as well as DRUNK DRIVING & Domestic Violence matters. If injured, you may be entitled to a substantial recovery.
However, there needs to be an accident, Not your fault, Actual Injury, Medical treatment, Willingness to hire an attorney, and Insurance Coverage. An accident requires Negligence, which is made up of Liability and Damages, and like love and marriage, they go together like a horse and carriage.
Being Intoxicated is just as serious as being Intexticated. Drinking and Texting BOTH cause Arrests and Accidents and make a driver more likely to have a DUI arrest or Accident.
The bottom line: “DON’T DRINK, DRIVE OR TEXT… AND GET A DUI OR ACCIDENT. CALL A TAXI, LYFT, OR UBER…THEY ARE CHEAPER THAN CALLING ME.” REMEMBER, YOUR DOG WON’T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DIDN’T COME HOME!
PRINT THIS INFO BELOW AND PUT IT IN YOUR WALLET
GIVE IT TO THE ARRESTING OFFICER WITH YOUR LICENSE/INSURANCE/REGISTRATION
UPON ADVICE OF MY ATTORNEY, DALE GRIBOW, I EXERCISE MY RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT UNTIL YOU CONTACT HIM AT (760) 837-7500 OR DALE@DALEGRIBOWLAW.COM FOR AN OK, THEN I AM HAPPY TO DO WHATEVER YOU ASK.
MY ATTORNEY HAS ADVISED ME THE VOLUNTARY FIELD SOBRIETY AND BREATH TESTS, AT THE SCENE, ARE OPTIONAL (UNLESS ONE IS ON PROBATION). THUS I ELECT NOT TO TAKE THEM. I WANT TO COOPERATE AND AM HAPPY TO TAKE A BLOOD TEST.
