Ann Jacobs: We were talking about the issues that face women lawyers and the fact that despite women being 50% of law school classes, there’s tremendous attrition with women leaving… CONTINUE

A contingency fee agreement is where the lawyer agrees that they will begin work on your case immediately, in exchange for the promise to pay them at the end of… CONTINUE

Absolutely. This is one of those areas of law and medical science where things change all the time in our understanding of head injuries. You have to have a lawyer… CONTINUE

In Wisconsin, most (but not all!) injury cases have a three-year statute of limitations. If you received a mild traumatic brain injury from an accident, you are going to be… CONTINUE

When we’re looking at anything that manifests itself long-term, damage needs to be evaluated. We are often looking at a loss of earnings capacity, which means a meaningful reduction in… CONTINUE

The key experts tend to be neuropsychologists or neuropsychological testing evaluators. Sometimes psychologists will address the repercussions of the brain injury, but usually there’s the neuropsychologist who provides insight into… CONTINUE

One of the most challenging aspects of brain injury cases has to do with people who were very smart to begin with for whom a brain injury renders them slightly… CONTINUE

With any kind of an injury to the brain, there’s a risk of swelling of the brain, which then can cause additional damage to the brain. Another situation is when… CONTINUE

After a concussion or a mild traumatic brain injury the best way to describe it is that your brain is bruised. It has an injury that it needs to recover… CONTINUE