Rachel K. Fitzgerald

I was injured over three years ago and it had been an up hill battle from the start with Workers Compensation. We were referred to Rachel by another attorney we had seen for personal liability even before we would need her. Our personal liability lawyer had nothing but wonderful things to say about ...her and only recommends her out of his office and he is a highly known attorney in the valley also. We made contact with her, was sent her information, signed the forms and was told if we ever needed her in the future to give her a call, we were now on her client list. Well over a year and a half past and we needed her, WC stopped paying and I had not reached my end of healing time or level. She stepped up immediately and told us what we needed to do, sent the forms we needed to sign and what we needed to include back with it for other paperwork. She ALWAYS returned my phone calls when I left messages if I did not reach her right away. Of course if it was something that I just needed a quick answer on, of course I talked to her assistant or paralegal, they were awesome. They understood exactly what was going on in my case and what needed to be done and if not they would refer to Rachel. Every form or letter that was received in their office, yes I did receive a copy of for my file and it always had an explanation of what it was for and if it didn't, I had been told prior to receiving it, what it was for. I did have a lot of contact through email because of my injuries, so my husband did a lot of my correspondence but we never were out of the loop with their office. As we finally neared a court date with the WC insurance agency, I was brought in to meet with experts and I was told about them and also about the defenses appointments that I needed to attend. The team was with me each step of the way, Rachelle would follow up with a phone call and always made sure we did not have questions or concerns. Then as we got closer to the court date, we spoke often as to what we both thought was a good settlement offer. We had no idea what was good and fair but we had a number and it came in with what Rachel was thinking. We did not back down as Rachel felt we had a very strong case and could take it to court. A few days before the court date we were offered a very generous 6 figure settlement that was actually better than expected settlement. This was able to pay medical bills, pay the firm and allow us to have a monthly stipend to help out with household bills as I am still not able to work. I would recommend family and friends to Rachel and her team. She is also currently helping me out with my SSI disability claim as it does not look like I will be able to return to work anytime soon. Again, I am so very thankful that we had Rachel Fitzgerald as our attorney to help us weed through the paperwork and mess of a Workers Comp claim and lawsuit, it is no fun but she made it understandable and we were able to pay our bills. So do not hesitate to give her a call if you are need an amazing and knowledgable attorney.