No fee unless we win your case

You were hurt. Finding out where you stand should cost you nothing.

Most people wait too long to call a lawyer because they assume they can't afford one. You can. We're paid out of what we recover. If we recover nothing, you owe us no fee. The first conversation is free either way, and it usually takes about fifteen minutes.

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$48.6Mrecovered for clients 27 yearsin Lucas County 1,100+injury cases handled

Attorneys Maeve Halloran and Daniel Reece in their Toledo office

Maeve Halloran and Daniel Reece. Between them, 27 years of Ohio injury work.

$48.6MRecovered since 1999

No feeUnless we win

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Case results

What we've recovered, and what it was for.

Amounts are gross recovery before fees and case costs. Every one of these was a real client in northwest Ohio.

$4.2M

Commercial truck collision

Jackknifed semi on I-75, spinal injury

Carrier denied liability for eleven months. The logbook showed the driver had been on the road nineteen hours. Settled four days before trial.

$1.85M

Wrongful death

Unguarded machinery, manufacturing plant

A safety interlock had been bypassed to speed up a line. Two prior near-misses were in the plant's own records.

$780K

Auto collision

Rear-end crash, traumatic brain injury

Insurer offered $40,000, arguing the symptoms were pre-existing. Neuropsychological testing showed otherwise.

$310K

Premises liability

Fall on an unmarked wet floor, grocery store

Hip fracture in a 71-year-old client. Store's own camera footage had the spill sitting for 38 minutes.

$96K

Dog bite

Facial injury to a child, neighbor's dog

Small on this page, large for that family. Covered the reconstructive surgery and the follow-ups through adulthood.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case turns on its own facts, the available insurance coverage, and the evidence that can actually be proved. Anyone who tells you what your case is worth before reading the file is guessing, or selling.

Do I have a case?

The honest version, in plain words.

Most people who call us aren't sure they should have. Here's roughly how it works, and one situation where the answer is usually no.

✓

Someone else was careless, and you got hurt

That's the whole test, in essence. A driver on their phone, a store that left a spill, an employer who removed a guard. You don't need to prove they meant it.

✓

You were partly at fault

In Ohio you can still recover as long as you're not more than 50% responsible. Your share just reduces the award. Being partly to blame is not a reason to stay quiet.

✓

You didn't go to hospital straight away

Common, and not fatal to a claim. Adrenaline hides a lot for a day or two. It does make the case harder, which is a reason to call sooner rather than a reason not to call.

✓

The insurer already offered you money

First offers are opening positions, made before anyone knows what your treatment will cost. Don't sign the release. Once signed, it's finished, even if you need surgery in March.

Usually not: you were hurt but nobody was at fault

Genuine accidents happen: black ice, a medical event, a fall with no hazard involved. There may be avenues through your own coverage, but there often isn't a claim against anyone, and we'd rather say so in the first call than string you along for six months.

Watch the deadline

Ohio generally allows two years from the date of injury to file, and less against a government body. Miss it and the strongest case in the world is over. If your accident was a while ago, call today rather than next month.

Practice areas

Injury work only. That's deliberate.

We don't do closings, divorces or wills. A firm that does everything is learning on somebody, and we'd rather it wasn't on you.

Car & motorcycle collisions

The bulk of what we do. Includes uninsured and underinsured motorist claims against your own policy, which people routinely don't know they have.

Commercial truck crashes

Different rules, federal logbooks, and a carrier's investigators on scene within hours. Evidence disappears fast. These are the cases where calling in week one matters most.

Workplace injury

Ohio workers' comp, plus third-party claims where a contractor or equipment maker shares blame. The two run in parallel and most people only pursue one.

Premises liability

Falls, unsafe stairs, inadequate security. Turns on notice: how long the hazard was there, and who knew about it.

Wrongful death

Brought by the estate for the family. We keep these quiet and slow-paced; there is no version of this that should feel like a transaction.

Dog bites

Ohio is a strict-liability state, so the owner is generally responsible even with no history of biting. Most resolve through homeowner's insurance.

Our fee

How we get paid, stated plainly.

This is the part most firms leave vague. It shouldn't be. It's the reason people don't call.

To speak with us

The first consultation is free and carries no obligation. If we don't take the case you owe nothing and you keep whatever we've told you.

33%

If we settle before filing suit

Our fee is one third of the recovery. Most cases resolve here, without anyone seeing a courtroom.

40%

If we have to file and litigate

Litigation costs far more to run: depositions, experts, years of it. The rate rises to 40%, and we'll tell you before we file, not after.

If we lose

No fee. We also absorb the case costs we've advanced rather than billing you for them, which is not universal. Ask any other firm you talk to whether they do the same.

Fees and costs are two different things

The percentage above is our fee. Case costs (filing fees, medical records, expert witnesses, deposition transcripts) are separate, and we advance them so nothing comes out of your pocket while the case runs. On a settled case they're deducted from the recovery alongside the fee, and you'll see an itemized statement showing every dollar before you sign anything.

A realistic example: a $90,000 settlement before filing, with $6,400 in advanced costs, leaves roughly $53,600 to the client after a one-third fee. We'd rather show you that arithmetic now than have it be a surprise at the end.

One thing we won't do: tell you what your case is worth on the phone before we've seen a single medical record. Any firm that does is trying to win your signature, not your case.

The attorneys

Two lawyers. You'll have both their cell numbers.

Not a case manager, not an intake team. The person you meet is the person who handles your file.

Maeve Halloran

Partner · trial

Started in insurance defense, which means she spent six years learning exactly how the other side values a file. Tries the cases that don't settle.

Ohio Bar, 1999 · Michigan Bar, 2004
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Ohio Association for Justice

Daniel Reece

Partner · trucking & workplace

Handles the commercial vehicle and industrial cases. Reads federal hours-of-service logs for fun, which is as tedious and as useful as it sounds.

Ohio Bar, 2007
Former OSHA compliance consultant
Lucas County Bar Association

Clients

In their words.

★★★★★

"The insurance company offered me $6,000 and I nearly took it because I didn't think I could afford a lawyer. Maeve took the case for nothing up front. It settled at $214,000 fourteen months later."

Curtis B. · Toledo · auto collision

★★★★★

"After my husband died I could barely make phone calls, let alone chase a company. Dan handled all of it and rang me every second Friday whether there was news or not. That call mattered more than he probably knows."

Yolanda P. · Oregon, OH · wrongful death

★★★★☆

"They were straight with me from day one, including telling me my case was worth less than I hoped. I appreciated the honesty even when I didn't like it. It took two years, which nobody warns you about properly."

Rafael S. · Maumee · workplace injury

Common questions

What people ask in the first call.

How long do I have to file?

In Ohio, generally two years from the date of injury for a personal injury claim, and two years from the date of death for wrongful death. Claims against a city, county or state body run on shorter notice periods, sometimes as little as a few months for the initial notice. There are exceptions that extend the clock and exceptions that shorten it, which is precisely why the first call should be sooner. Missing the deadline ends the case regardless of its merits.

The other driver's adjuster keeps calling. Should I talk to them?

You're not obliged to give a recorded statement to the other side's insurer, and we'd generally suggest you don't before speaking to a lawyer. Adjusters are trained, professional, and paid to reduce what the company pays out. That's their job and it isn't personal. What sounds like a friendly check-in ("how are you feeling today?") produces a recording of you saying you feel fine. Tell them you'll be in touch, and pass it to us.

Will I have to go to court?

Probably not. The large majority of injury cases settle without a trial, and many settle without a lawsuit ever being filed. That said, cases settle for more when the other side believes you're prepared to try it, so we prepare every file as though it's going in front of a jury, and sometimes that's what happens.

How long will it take?

The honest range is four months to three years. A clear-liability case with completed treatment can resolve quickly. The main delay is usually medical, not legal. We can't value a claim properly until your treatment has reached a stable point, because settling early means settling before anyone knows what the injury actually cost you. Cases that go into litigation add a year or more.

Who pays my medical bills while this goes on?

Usually your own health insurance, or med-pay coverage under your auto policy if you have it. Some providers will treat on a lien, meaning they wait to be paid out of the settlement. It's an area where mistakes get expensive, because health insurers and Medicare have reimbursement rights against your recovery. Sorting that out properly is a real part of the job and one reason the final number differs from the headline settlement.

I already have a lawyer but I'm unhappy. Can I switch?

Yes. You can change lawyers at any point, and it doesn't increase what you pay in total. The fee gets divided between the firms according to the work each did. We'll look at a file that's already open and say plainly whether we'd do anything differently. Sometimes the answer is that your current lawyer is handling it correctly and the case is simply slow.

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Five questions. An attorney, not an intake screener, reads every one of these and calls back, usually the same day.

It costs nothing to ask. No fee unless we recover money for you. We'll tell you if you don't have a case. Roughly a quarter of the time, that's the answer. Nothing you tell us goes anywhere. The conversation is confidential whether or not you hire us.

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