Matthew J. Blancato

Let me start by talking about the attorney that I had prior to Matthew Blancato, with a different firm. I sustained a brain injury while working and spent several years fighting through the CA Work Comp. system with a lawyer that never even took the time to speak directly with me. Sometimes it would ...take several weeks for his paralegal to respond to a simple yet vital question through email. When my case reached a critical point and we finally spoke face to face, he was such an awful communicator that it caused me mental and emotional pain that actually ended up worsening the symptoms from my brain injury! Everything changed when I realized I needed to reclaim what little agency I could within the Work Comp. system and find a new lawyer. From the day I started working with Matthew Blancato and his firm, he was never more than a phone call or a short response time away. Often I would be blown away by how quickly and thoroughly he answered my questions. He was extremely adaptive to the ups and downs of my case and he never lost sight of the goal of getting me properly rated and compensated. Crucially, he always listened to me, responded compassionately and took any communicating with doctors and anyone else within the work comp. system that was too much for me to handle off of my shoulders. By the time my case settled, my rating was 3x what it was assumed to be before I hired him and my final settlement was significantly larger than what my previous lawyer literally screamed at me was "Insane to assume." When Matthew Blancato didn't have an answer or wasn't sure of the next step in the process, he would quickly admit it, seek guidance and return to me with an answer. The amount of anxiety that he was able to remove from the process as my attorney cannot be overstated. As a workplace brain injury survivor, having a caring communicator and diligent worker like Matthew Blancato as my attorney saved my life and I am so grateful that I found him.

After spending a couple months in the hospital as a result of a job-related injury of my husband, and things were not moving smoothly dealing with worker’s comp directly, we were advised to seek for legal help so my husband could continue getting the treatment he needed, we had no intentions of ever ...going this route, however time was extremely critical for a TBI case. We found the Law Firm of Hidden, Rott & Oertle , we met with Michael Ian Rott and Matthew Blancato for the first time, from the beginning, we felt they both had listened and care for our situation, they assure us that they would focus as a priority on getting the right help and care that my husband needed as getting the right treatment was very crucial at the early stage for my husbands case. From there on, Matthew took on our case, and I have to say, I was extremely impressed with Matthew on his knowledge and dedication to our case, he made some much-needed changes to make sure my husband was getting the right care. Matthew was very prompt on responding our questions regardless of the source, whether was email, text or phone call, he was always available for us, and I really appreciate it. Eight months after Matthew handling our case, we decided to settle, and we were very please with the end results with a large sum amount plus lifetime payments for my husband’s permanent disability. Although this is something, we did not originally plan we are very thankful for Matthew’s help to assure our family’s future. We are incredibly grateful with Matthew for all his help and dedication to our case, there for, we highly recommend Matthew Blancato to represent anyone dealing with a worker’s comp case.

I would definitely recommend this lawyer. Always great communication and he got all the treatment i needed. He fought to get my treatments approved, every time insurance denied it. My previous lawyer wanted to settle for $600k but when I met Matthew he settled my case for 2 million. Im so thankful f...or what he did for me, and couldn't ask for more. Im writing this review to help anyone might be in my same situation, don't think twice to hire Matthew he will fight for every penny that your case is worth. He definitely knows what he is doing, Matthew is nice person and. Excellent at explaining and going over everything step by step with you.

Well, long story short, my claim adjuster want to pay me off very little amount of money. Matthew here is the best, he got me 4 times more than what the claim adjuster offer. He's easy to get in touch, he replied to all my questions right away. He took care of me and help me all the way. He know what... he's doing. Excellent work Matthew. I will not forget you.

Matthew Blancato did a great job handling my mother's workers compensation claim. With his help, she was quickly under the care of a better doctor, received her much needed surgery, and he secured an interpreter for her so that where my language abilities failed, the interpreter was there to transla...te the technical terminology. Matthew is highly responsive via email and phone. Answering many of our questions almost immediately. We have recommended him to others already! In addition to being highly accessible, Matthew is highly knowledgeable and thoroughly explaining the transition from temporary monetary benefits to permanent benefits to SDI benefits through EDD and advised on other benefit opportunities. Lastly, he negotiated a fair settlement and continues to be of assistance when we have questions. Great service!