Michael John Tario

I have been practicing law for over 40 years, handling over 5,000 cases for injured clients. I have negotiated thousands of favorable out-of-court settlements, but where settlement was not possible, I have taken hundreds of cases to trial; fighting hard to protect the rights and interests of my clients. My practice is focused on personal injury: auto accidents, other accident cases, wrongful death, negligence cases, and medical malpractice cases. Note that we do not take dental malpractice cases. For over 37 years I have also represented many persons harmed or killed by medical negligence.

It would be impossible for me to list every case that I have taken to trial and won since 1979 but the cases listed in my profile are examples of some of the cases I have taken to trial. Many cases are settled without a trial. Most injury cases are settled out of court because eventually I am able to get the insurance company to agree to pay my injured client fair compensation. Note that most of my biggest personal injury and medical malpractice cases can't be listed on this website because commonly, with a very large settlement, the insurance company requires that the settlement remain "confidential." My clients get the money they deserve, but neither the law firm nor the client are allowed to discuss the terms or amount of the settlement with anyone.

Since the beginning of my career, I have always fought hard to protect my clients' rights. If you have an attorney who has not regularly fought the insurance companies in court, or an attorney who is afraid to go to trial and settles for whatever the insurance company offers,  then you will definitely not be able to acheive the best possible result on your personal injury case. If the insurance company knows that your attorney is inexperienced, has no trial experience or has not earned a reputation of knowing how to win a case in court, you will be greatly disadvantaged.

All attorneys are not the same! One thing that has always bothered me is that the general public has no way of knowing just how competent their attorney really is. People often just don't know if their attorney has ever taken a case to trial and if the attorney can get the job done properly. It is a mistake to assume that if a person has gone to law school and has passed the bar exam that they will be able to competently represent you. Some attorneys are very competent and some are average and some are less than average. You should be very carefull in hiring an attorney. The skill, experience, and ability of your attorney matters very much.     

You can learn more about me by looking at my personal profile on my firm's website or by reading reviews left by my clients. Remember: Any attorney can spend a ton of money on advertising or say how good they are. I can show you what I have actually done in and out of court over the last four decades. No attorney can "win" every case, some cases will always end up better than others. No attorney will ever make 100% of their clients happy 100% of the time either but I am proud of my record of success and achievements over the last 40+ years practicing law. Thanks for listening to some of my thoughts.