Mike Thomson

Reviews

• ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ via AVVO

  I hired Mr. Thomson two years ago after being beat up pretty good in a Car Accident. He was not only kind and caring through the entire process, but he made sure he fought for me every step of the way. He also made sure I had the proper testing and treatments going on. I can’t thank him and his team enough.

• ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ via AVVO

  I had always thought hiring an attorney for a car accident was unnecessary and that the commercials on television for personal injury attorneys were distasteful. After I was involved in a car accident, I quickly came to understand why people seek legal counsel: the at-fault person’s insurance company was nasty, pushy, heavy-handed and manipulative. After interviewing several attorneys and even working with a lawyer who turned out to be a poor fit for our needs, we got to work with Mike. Mike understands mild traumatic brain injury and how a bad head gonk can alter how a person's judgment and normal way of thinking. My husband and I found Mike to be not only incredibly capable but also compassionate. Perhaps Mike's greatest assets are that he is very even, patient and reasonable: At one point we disagreed about a relatively large issue and were concerned about disagreeing with him as our legal counsel because a different attorney essentially fired us for disagreeing with his recommendations. When discussing the situation, Mike was respectful and as fair-minded as anyone could have been. Although we disagreed, I felt that Mike looked at the situation from our perspective. Several times over more than year of working together rather closely, he could have easily been condescending, rude or arrogant. For me, that would have been devastating, making everything from the car accident even worse. I already felt incredibly vulnerable; I wasn’t thinking clearly from the mild TBI and was very messed up physically and emotionally. It was so hurtful to me to be blamed for an accident that was not my fault and then accused of making up fictitious injuries. Having never been involved in legal proceedings, the process and gaminess was bewildering to me. I was pretty much horrified to learn that the truth doesn't matter. What matters is what the jury believes—as explained by a former judge who was the first mediator. I also found it absolutely humiliating to be interviewed by a "medical expert" from the other side and read what he concluded about me. (It turns out this "medical expert" does not practice medicine; he is an physician who works exclusively for insurance companies interviewing people who have been hurt then testifying against them for huge compensation). The overall conclusion in his report was my injuries simply weren't that serious and that I saw an opportunity for a large monetary settlement. I was so very naive; I had no idea this sort of thing was even part of our legal system. Mike’s kindness, wisdom and brain power made a hugely difficult (physically and emotionally) period of my life easier. I never felt talked down to, rushed, or anything less than valued as a person working with Mike; (my husband felt the same way). He's not a slick, fancy guy; instead he was a trusted advocate–he did not try and dazzle us with “legal-ese” or push us into decisions we weren’t comfortable with. He was hardworking, smart, kind and showed us compassion. At one point during the case when I was completely broken down, I revealed some incredibly personal details as examples of how the accident had affected my life. I felt safe enough to disclose private medical information to Mike because he is so professional and I believed (and still believe) he cared about us and our case. What a huge relief—a true gift and a blessing, really--to have Mike on our side. I could have been easily been traumatized a second time from the lengthy, difficult legal aspects surrounding my accident, but because of Mike, that did not happen. The legal process after a car accident can be horrible and Mike worked hard to minimize that pain. Mike took hold of the legal case and negotiated a flawed, imperfect system, helping us in all ways possible. We will forever be grateful to Mike and I can’t imagine a finer advocate.