Richard Zawtocki | Mesa Education Lawyer

• Rich is an active member of the State Bar of Arizona, the Maricopa County Bar and the MCBA Lawyer Referral Program and Arizona’s Finest Lawyers. He also accepts claims for those having Workplace Benefits.

• Rich is active in community service organizations and has current and past affiliations with Valley Big Brother/Big Sisters, the American Heart Association, Seton Catholic Preparatory High School, St. Benedict’s Parish, and the Special Olympics. Rich has served as a volunteer coach for Little League baseball teams and youth basketball teams. He is an advocate for all children and for education across the state.

I represented a woman who was involved in a rear-end collision. She went to the hospital and to a chiropractor and the bills were sufficient to recover the at fault parties policy limit. However, my client continued to experience pain in her right wrist and left knee. She had no health insurance, but we were able to get her in to see a pain management doctor who provided her with injections which resolved the pain. We then negotiated and recovered $100,000.00 from her Underinsured Motorist carrier.

The practice was built by providing personal service to each client. We take pride in working with and getting to know the client. This allows us to better represent them . I also have made it a practice to never take a fee which is greater than what our client receives once the case is resolved and all the bills are paid regardless of what we are entitled to under the fee agreement.

Clients want an attorney who knows the law and is willing to listen to the client and how they view the case. I believe that when an attorney really gets to know their client, they are much better able to represent the client and their interests.

Knowing the law, the adjusters, opposing counsel and the Judges is very important. Hiring an attorney with experience and who knows the locality and how to best pursue the clients case is extremely important.

When I do a phone consultation I am able to share with the client what the governing law is regarding their situation and my view regarding the way to proceed. If they need help to locate a physician who can help with their injuries we can assist with that.

I need to find out why the client wants to speak to me, meaning, what occurred, when did it occur and who are the other parties involved. I also need to learn what the client wants to have happen and discuss with them whether their preferred result is achievable, and if so, how we would proceed .

I think that I spend more time talking to my clients. I really want to get to know them, and not just the situation which brought them to me. Because of that, I like to find out about them as a person, their family, what they like to and where they work. I believe that by getting to know them, I can better represent them.

Helping people who feel that they have no one who can help them and allowing them to understand their situation and how we can resolve is extremely rewarding. Often my client feels that they have been damaged and have no idea what their rights are and how to go about asserting those rights. Helping them to understand that we can become a team and help them through the tough situation they face is extremely gratifying.

I love to read and to spend time with my family. My wife and I have four children and six grandchildren, so spending time with them is wonderful. Luckily, our grandchildren, all of whom are boys aged 7 and under, all live within two miles of our house, so we see them all the time. I also love sports, and have recently helped to coach my oldest grandsons baseball and basketball teams.

I have always believed that part of living in a community is being actively involved in in. As a result, I have volunteered as a youth sports coach, served on our local school board, become a member of the board of trustees at a local private high school and been a member of numerous charity boards.