$4.2M
Commercial vehicle · spinal injury
Olu walked me through every step. The defense offered $185,000 four months in. He told me the file wasn't ready. Fifteen months later: $4.2 million. I'm glad I waited.
Okafor Civil Trial Group represents catastrophic injury and civil rights plaintiffs. We build files the defense reads twice — then we settle them, or we try them.
Three pressures are running in parallel right now. They don't slow down for grief, treatment, or learning curves.
Every recorded statement, every social post, every gap in treatment is being logged. Their job is to find the version of events that pays you the least — and to do it before you have counsel.
Hospitals, providers, lienholders — all want to be paid. You can't work. The math doesn't add up. Pressure to take the first offer multiplies by the week, regardless of what the case is actually worth.
Notice periods. Government claim deadlines. Limitations cutoffs. Every state has its own clock, and the clock doesn't pause because you weren't told it had started.
Volume firms run on settlement velocity — take the file, send a demand from a template, accept the offer that comes back. That's how cases worth seven figures settle for five.
We don't do that. We build every file as if it's going to a jury, with verdict comparables, treating-physician affidavits, and damages exhibits ready before any number is discussed. Then the defense decides whether to settle fairly or try it. Most settle. We're ready for the ones that don't.
A founding attorney reads the file before any commitment. 60 minutes, on the phone or by video.
We pull every record, identify gaps, retain experts. Demand letters wait until the file is complete.
Number is anchored to recent jury verdicts in your jurisdiction — not industry averages.
Lead attorney, on your calendar, every 90 days. Status, math, and what happens next — in plain English.
In-house negotiation typically reduces medical liens 30–60%. That's money in your pocket, not theirs.
A lead-attorney intake, a trial-built file, and a quarterly call you can put on the calendar — so the offer the defense sends is the one a jury would have written anyway.
Lead attorney, 60 minutes, video or phone. You leave with a written next-steps memo, an honest case-merit assessment, and the math behind any number we'd put in a demand.
Olu, Renata, or Vince — not a paralegal screener.
Honest assessment: take it, refer it, or pass — with reasoning.
Based on injury, jurisdiction, and 5+ recent comparable verdicts.
Every coverage layer identified, including under-insured motorist.
Hard deadlines specific to your facts, sent in writing.
If we take the case, fees are contingency only — we don't get paid unless you do. If we refer or pass, you keep the memo and the math. No retainer. No invoice. No surprise.
Olu walked me through every step. The defense offered $185,000 four months in. He told me the file wasn't ready. Fifteen months later: $4.2 million. I'm glad I waited.
Renata took the case three other firms had passed on. She built a record across two years — depositions, body-cam analysis, expert testimony. The municipality settled the week before trial.
After our daughter was killed, the carrier offered policy limits within a week. The firm rejected it — said the file wasn't done. They were right. The final number was four times that.
The medical liens were $341,000 on a $920,000 recovery. I thought I'd net almost nothing. The lien team got them down to $98,000. That's the math that saved my retirement.
My first firm wanted me to take $90,000. Vince said the file was worth twenty times that — if we did it right. We did it right. I have my brain rehab paid for, and there's still money for my kids.
Three years. Two depositions. Five expert affidavits. The firm did the work I couldn't have known to do alone. The settlement pays my mortgage for the rest of my life.
No retainer at signing. No hourly billing. No bills for the medical reviewer, the demand draft, the expert testimony, the filings, or the depositions. If we recover, the contingency comes out of the recovery — itemized, signed by you, before any disbursement. If we don't, your file closes at zero.
Standard is 33.3% if the case settles pre-suit, 40% if we file and litigate. Case costs (experts, filings, depositions) are advanced by the firm and reimbursed only from the recovery. No recovery means zero owed — including costs.
Pre-suit settlements typically resolve in 6–14 months from the end of treatment. Filed cases run 14–26 months on average. We update the timeline at every quarterly call and never use the word "soon."
Almost never permanently. We pull the recorded statement, identify what the defense will use, and build the surrounding record that contextualizes it. Don't keep talking — come in once, and let us route everything from here.
About 94% of our cases settle. We build every one as if it won't — which is exactly why most do. If trial is the right call, we tell you why in writing before filing, and we walk you through what to expect.
Civil rights, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death require different specializations. With three founding partners, the file is signed by the attorney whose practice fits — and the other two are available for case-strategy review.
We'll tell you. About 35% of the people who reach us are referred elsewhere or told the case shouldn't be pursued. The memo we send is honest, and it costs you nothing to receive.
No. Intake, signing, depositions prep, and quarterly calls can all be done by video. For clients who can't travel — hospital, rehab, home — we travel to you at no cost.
Depends on state, claim type, and defendant. Personal injury statutes typically run 1–3 years; civil rights claims under federal law have specific notice periods; government defendants often require formal notice within 6 months. The free evaluation includes your specific deadlines in writing.
Sixty minutes with Olu, Renata, or Vince. You leave knowing whether the case has merit, what it's likely worth, and what the next step looks like. No retainer. No pressure. No invoice.