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Brendan Flaherty
Attorney Brendan Flaherty Named a Rising Star
Pritzker Olsen is excited to announce Brendan Flaherty has been named a 2010 Rising Star by Minnesota Law & Politics. Only 2.5 percent of the state’s lawyers are included on the list, which highlights Minnesota’s best up-and-coming legal talent and has been published annually since 1998. Flaherty is one of only 12 general personal injury plaintiff lawyers on the list.
About Brendan Flaherty
Brendan Flaherty represents injured people and their families in car accident, foodborne illness, product liability and wrongful death litigation.
Brendan has represented many people who have been treated unfairly by auto insurance companies and is committed to changing the system one case at a time.
Follow Brendan on Twitter and learn about the life of a personal injury attorney.
Advocate for the Injured
Brendan said the following about representing people against insurace companies:
Over the last ten years, automobile insurance companies have been increasingly low balling injured people. Even though almost everybody will at some point have a car accident or have a loved one in an accident, most people do not realize how difficult it is to get fair compensation after a car accident.
Insurance companies know that most people cannot wait for trial to have their medical bills and wage loss paid. They know that a trial takes time and great effort. The companies have many lawyers working for them and all the time in the world. They use that advantage to force many people to take less than their injuries are worth.
To get fair compensation for wage loss, medical bills and physical injuries, injured people must go to trial. This process puts added stress on the injured person and their families, delays payment of medical bills and can drag out for years. The system will work better for everybody – both injured people and defendants – if insurance companies offered fair compensation outside the court system.
I am committed to making this system work better for injured people. If insurance companies refuse to pay fair compensation, I believe it is just and reasonable to exercise the right to a jury trial. With each verdict in favor of a person injured in a car accident, the insurance companies will face increasing pressure to pay a fair amount early on.
When a client allows me to help them fight insurance companies through the jury system, I am grateful and inspired. That is what this profession is all about.
Right now, Brendan along with Fred Pritzker and Eric Hageman, is representing people injured in Yamaha Rhino rollover cases.
Mr. Flaherty graduated with a degree in history from Grinnell College and earned a law degree, cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School. Prior to joining Pritzker | Olsen, Mr. Flaherty was an associate at the law firm of Campbell Knutson, P.A. where he specialized in civil litigation. Mr. Flaherty also spent two legislative sessions on staff at the Minnesota Senate where he drafted legislation and provided policy research for the Transportation, Environment & Natural Resources, Crime & Public Safety and Judiciary Committees.
Brendan is active in the community and regularly volunteers for youth organizations. He is a Bolder Options mentor and financially supports the YWCA. Every year he participates in a firm-sponsored bowling fundraiser for the Highland Park Friendship Club, an organization that provides teens and young adults with disabilities the opportunity to participate in social and recreational activities. This year, Brendan and other law firm staff members bowled with Friendship Club members and spent the afternoon with special guest Joe Mauer. Pritzker | Olsen has sponsored this event for the past two years. Read more about this event.
If you have been injured and need to consult a personal injury attorney, contact Brendan Flaherty at Pritzker Olsen law firm for a free consultation.
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Fred Pritzker Listed in The Best Lawyers in America
Fred Pritzker is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for his work in personal injury and wrongful death litigation.
Pritzker a Super Lawyer
In recognition of his achievements, Fred Pritzker was selected as a "Top 40 Minnesota Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics magazine.
Traumatic Brain Injury
Attorneys Fred Pritzker and Elliot Olsen spoke at the annual Minnesota Association for Justice Brain Injury Seminar. They represent brain injury survivors in personal injury cases throughout the nation.