Personal Injury

Law Office of Andrew Winston represents individuals, families, and small businesses who have been injured or have incurred losses due to the actions or negligence of another party. The lawyers at the Law Office of Andrew Winston are trial lawyers, and as such, we aggressively pursue compensation from those who have caused you harm, whether an individual, corporation, institution, or insurance company. To better work on behalf of the injured, we ensure that our services are attainable to all by working on a contingency basis, which means that you don’t owe us a cent unless we recover the damages you are due. Though many personal injury firms will seek to settle your case outside the courtroom, Andrew Winston will work diligently and tirelessly to ensure that your compensation is just and appropriate. If a settlement is not in your best interests, we will take your case to court, no holds barred. This is an important distinction to bear in mind when considering the many attorneys and law firms who are competing for your trust. When you choose a law firm, you want to be sure that they have the experience and the resources to successfully prosecute complex matters and to take on large corporations and insurance companies. Be aware that there are personal injury firms who are quick to settle, even when it’s not in your best interests. Choose experienced, proven trial lawyers for your best result. The Law Office of Andrew Winston has depth of experience and expertise in cases involving auto accidents and taxi cab accidents; premises liability (such as slip and fall instances, casino accidents, and negligent security); product liability (dangerous or defective products); wrongful death; and insurance claim disputes. We also have abundant resources and a compassionate staff willing to see your claim through to a satisfactory resolution. We believe that every injury is significant, as is every insurance claim and every client, and it is this philosophy that drives our victories, and ultimately, successful claims on behalf of our clients. Our areas of practice are: Americans with Disabilities Act Claims (ADA Violations) Auto Accidents Bicycle Accidents Bus & Limo Accidents Casino Accidents Dog Bites (Animal Attacks) Drunk Driving (DUI) Accidents Hotel Accidents Legal Malpractice Medical Malpractice Motorcycle Accidents Pedestrian Accidents Premises Liability (Slip & Fall Accidents) Property Damage Claims Taxi Cab Accidents Truck Accidents Uber Ride Sharing Accidents Wrongful Death To learn more about The Law Office of Andrew Winston, our attorneys, and our track record of success with verdicts and settlements, we invite you to browse our website for information about the firm, or Call 954-606-6606. A consultation is free, and we generally work on a contingent fee basis, so you owe us nothing until we recover money for you. The Law Office of Andrew Winston has lawyers and case managers have the experience to make sure that you receive justice and fair compensation. The sooner you call, the sooner your path to recovering your losses can begin.

Adam’s practice focuses on family law, personal injury, and civil litigation. Adam’s family law practice focuses on issues such as divorce, child support, alimony, custody, protective orders, modification orders, and paternity actions. Adam helps clients through times of significant family transition through the court and mediation processes. Adam’s personal injury practice focuses on helping clients after car or motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, slip and fall accidents, and medical malpractice claims. Adam has a passion for helping people that have been injured through the careless action of others. Adam’s litigation and settlement practice is focused on helping individuals and businesses resolve disputes and solve problems in a wide range of litigation matters, including business and commercial disputes, real property, trust disputes, torts, and contract disputes. While Adam has significant litigation and trial experience, he also understands the value and benefit of alternative dispute resolution. He understands that litigation is not always the best course of action for his clients, and he works closely with his clients to analyze their needs and desires and to develop a course of action to best further those needs and desires. In all of his cases, Mr. Kaas is committed to ensuring that his clients fully understand the legal process and providing his clients with the counsel, information, and resources they need to feel comfortable with the process and to make the best decisions for them.

Josh Hodges has been lucky enough to have life experiences that set him apart from most lawyers. Soon after high school, he got a full-time job at a factory. This was not a summer job between semesters of college, this was his living. At this job, he ran a machine that dipped hot pieces of metal into liquid plastic and he came home every day dirty and smelling of burnt plastic fumes. This job led to another factory job where he worked 3rd shift. During this time, he went to class at Miami Hamilton often with nothing more than a thirty-minute nap in the parking lot. However, he kept getting up and going to work and showing up to class until he graduated with honors. Josh knows nothing other than putting his head down and getting the job done. He also knows what it is like to struggle and this gives him a valuable perspective when dealing with his clients many of whom are in his office due to some type of difficult situation. Josh has also been lucky enough to obtain professional experience that sets him apart from most lawyers. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Salmon P. Chase College of Law where he was elected Student Bar Association President and National Treasurer of NLLSA. Due to his outstanding academic record, he was offered a job at one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the Midwestern United States. In this role, he garnered experiences in many types of cases and represented large corporations and governmental entities. Namely, he was involved in defense side civil litigation including the defense of personal injury claims. Josh is one of the very few local lawyers with this type of big law firm experience and this proves invaluable to his clients. After getting valuable experience at other firms, and assisting clients both throughout the country and internationally, Josh decided to bring his practice to his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio. This is where he lives, where his child goes to school, where many of his friends and family are, and that is where he wants to serve. Josh practices personal injury law throughout Southwest Ohio. He lives in one of Hamilton’s great historic neighborhoods with his wife, son, and baby daughter. He loves his family, his community, and gives his clients everything he has.

Attorney Whalley is an experienced Trial Lawyer, Author, Lecturer and former Judge Pro Tempore. The secret to success for Marshall P. Whalley has been his widely varied interests and seemingly boundless energy to pursue them. Having immersed himself in such fields as physics, psychology, engineering, consumer protection and medicine, Mr. Whalley has acquired a wealth of knowledge directly applicable to the investigation and litigation of complex personal injury cases. He has over 32 years experience successfully handling multi-million dollar litigation in several states. Mr. Whalley’s father attended M.I.T., earning two engineering degrees and going on to design tanks for the government. His mother was a nurse educator with a Bachelor of Science, a Master’s degree and applied to Law School at 78! Growing up near the Motor City, Mr. Whalley spent long hours designing, building and racing cars and boats, and working on his grandfather’s farm in North Dakota. Mr. Whalley attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he studied physics and psychology, earning his B.S. in 1980. His graduate work there in psycho-physics at the Kresge Medical Hearing Research Institute involved training rare monitor lizards to respond to acoustic stimuli. His other pursuits included designing and implementing pilot programs at the Milan Federal Correctional Institute allowing inmates to obtain GED certificates and at the Maxey Boys Correctional Institute for troubled youth. During college, Mr. Whalley also worked in the Consumer Protection Division of the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s office, where he mediated consumer complaints, securing the largest consumer settlement to date in the Division’s history. At the same time, he worked for a Tenant’s rights group helping educate renters regarding their rights vis a vis large corporate landlords. During the summer months, Mr. Whalley continued to attend class at the University of Michigan while working 40 to 50 hours per week on the assembly line in Detroit building cars for Chrysler and General Motors. On the line, he ran presses, welded wheels, performed manual assembly, body work, and painted cars. Thereafter, Mr. Whalley received a scholarship to Valparaiso University School of Law. He continued to work on cars and drag raced to help pay college expenses. He then took a job clerking for a well-respected personal injury firm doing medical research, legal writing and investigation. He became a lawyer at the firm, then partner. As an Associate, he used his background in physics and medicine in his first year to facilitate settlements of the two largest brain-damaged baby cases in Florida’s history. Mr. Whalley’s background in physics allowed him to employ a waveform analysis of fetal monitor strips to prove when a critical tocolytic drug had been stopped. Over the past 30 some years, Mr. Whalley’s myriad interests have helped him be an effective advocate for his clients. Designing, building, racing and repairing all types of vehicles, Mr. Whalley developed insight into crash dynamics that few lawyers have. His training in physics, medical research and litigation has provided a unique perspective on the causes of complicated crashes and their medical consequences. Marshall P. Whalley has used this unique background to prove-up millions of dollars in valid claims that might otherwise have been lost.

Kevin Garrison is a personal injury attorney committed to fighting insurance companies and corporations to protect the rights of each client that he represents. Whether the injuries are caused by negligence or someone driving under the influence of alcohol or illegal substances, Kevin brings the same passion and intensity to every case. Mr. Garrison has been practicing law as a personal injury attorney for over 30 years and has won significant verdicts and settlements on behalf of his injured clients across Arizona. When deciding which personal injury lawyer you want representing your case, you should consider someone knowledgeable, compassionate, experienced, and who does not give up or take the easy way out. Kevin Garrison and his team have built a reputation and legacy of doing just that by providing expert legal representation with compassion to help our clients when they need us most.

Frank R. Fasel specializes in catastrophic injury cases including individual personal injury cases involving pedestrian related accidents, premises liability, business tort / civil fraud cases. Recently, In October 2013, Mr. Fasel obtained a million dollar settlement for a pedestrian struck in Long Beach by a vehicle. Mr. Fasel received his Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law. He was highly involved in the Student Bar Association and was the school’s sports director. While attending law school he worked pro bono for the Multiple Conflicts Office in downtown San Diego, a division of the Public Defender’s Office. While working for the Multiple Conflicts Office, he assisted staff attorneys in defending clients charged with serious criminal offenses, including felony murder. He is recognized as a top trial attorney with extensive trial and appellant experience. Not only is Mr. Fasel an attorney who works tirelessly and professionally for his clients, but he is dedicated, caring, and empathetic to the clients he represents. His compassion and dedication for individuals who have been injured has been evidenced by and through his professional success. Mr. Fasel is a proud member of the Orange County Bar Association and enjoys traveling, golfing and mountain biking.

Adam joined Fitzpatrick & Associates in 2017. He concentrates his practice in Worker’s Compensation, Social Security Disability, Personal Injury, Employment law, and Automobile accidents. Adam attended New England School of Law │ Boston, and received his Juris Doctor Magna Cum Laude in 2016 . While in Law School Adam was on the Dean’s list all semesters, received the New England Scholar Award from 2013-2015, was awarded the Trustee’s Academic Scholarship from 2014-2016. Adam served as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Judge Raymond Brassard in Superior Court and he served as a student Attorney for the New England Law│Boston Clinical law Office representing clients in Social Security Disability, Family Law, and Elder Planning. Adam also studied at the National University of Ireland, Galway where he participated in a course entitled Perspective on the U.S. Supreme Court taught by the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Adam is Admitted to Practice Law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Attorney R. Andrew “Andy” Rodriguez received his bachelor’s degree with honors from Texas Christian University in 1992. Mr. Rodriguez received his law degree in 1996 from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law where he was a merit scholarship recipient. Andrew Rodriguez is a respected lawyer with extensive experience representing clients in personal injury, wrongful death, and medical malpractice cases. Attorney Rodriguez has been recognized by the publication Texas Lawyer in the annual Top Verdicts and Settlements for his work in obtaining one of the top personal injury or medical malpractice settlements or verdicts in Texas in 1999, 2002, 2010, 2013-2017. These cases included Evans v. Children’s Medical Center (1999), Mays v. Palestine Principal Healthcare  (2002), Mulder v. Venture Transport, et al. (2010, truck accident case), Menchaca v. NTE I Houston LLC dba Cosmic Jump (2016), Opel v. Native Oilfield Services (2016, truck accident case), Rodriguez v. Brandt (2017, truck accident case). Mr. Rodriguez has been named to the Texas Super Lawyers list by Thomson Reuters and published by Texas Monthly from 2015-2019. This distinction is limited to no more than 5% of attorneys in Texas. He has also been named to the National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Texas list from in 2014-2017; this list is by invitation only and is comprised of premier trial attorneys in each state. Mr. Rodriguez has also been voted one of San Antonio’s best lawyers in the areas of personal injury or medical malpractice in the annual survey of attorneys conducted by S.A. Scene from 2011-2019. Attorney Andrew Rodriguez is admitted to the State Bar of Texas. He has also been admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Northern and Western Districts of Texas. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the American Association for Justice, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Director 2017, 2018, 2019), the San Antonio Bar Association, the San Antonio Bar Foundation (Fellow), and the San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association (Director 2014, Vice President 2015, President-Elect 2016, President 2017).

Alfred Theodor Lehmann is a practicing lawyer in the state of Florida handling personal injury and immigration matters.

Dan Christensen has been practicing law since 1994. He started his career working in military courts, notorious for their strict adherence to rules and procedures. For the last several years, Dan has focused his practice exclusively on representing injury victims. He has been involved in almost 200 trials during his career in numerous federal and state courts against the largest defendants, including the U.S. Government. Dan will utilize his experience and proven results while fighting for you. Regardless of the size of the opponent, Dan has the experience and legal knowledge to aggressively advocate for his clients. And, just as important, he will give you and your case the personal attention it deserves from the initial free consultation through trial. Dan received a bachelor’s degree with Honors in 1991 and his J.D. with distinction from the University of Iowa in 1994. After graduating from law school, he served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) in Fort Hood, Texas. He served as a prosecutor and defense counsel in numerous administrative hearings and courts-martial ranging from minor offenses to kidnapping, rape, and capital murder. After being honorably discharged from the U.S. Army JAG Corps, Dan joined a Texas personal injury law firm. Dan worked as the Chief of its Litigation Department and was the firm’s principle trial lawyer for years, trying numerous cases each year. Also, as the head of the firm’s personal injury division, Dan supervised and mentored between 15 and 20 trial lawyers at a time as they prosecuted thousands of cases.