Birmingham Personal Injury & Wrongful Death Lawyers

Drake Law Firm

1000 Urban Center Drive
Suite 550
Birmingham, Alabama 35242
USA

(205) 545-8216 or(866) 779-9690

(205) 970-8809

www.drakelawal.com

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The Drake Law Firm, located in Birmingham, Alabama, is a personal injury and wrongful death trial firm.

In 1998, attorney Whit Drake founded our firm with a single focus: To provide responsive, effective, representation for plaintiffs seeking full and fair money damages from parties responsible for their serious injuries and financial losses.

Our law firm is well-equipped and experienced at handling severe and catastrophic personal injury claims such as paralysis, wrongful death, traumatic brain injury, amputations and burn injuries. In a challenging litigation environment, we are proud of the numerous settlements and jury awards in excess of $1 million we have obtained for our clients.

We offer a free consultation to evaluate your case and explain your legal options. If you decide to hire us to pursue litigation, we require a standard retainer fee. We handle all costs of investigating and preparing your case for settlement negotiations and trial. You will not be billed further for attorney’s fees. If we help you recover compensation, your fees will be paid as a percentage of your final settlement or jury award.

Year this Office was Established: 1998

Languages: English

Chairman

Mr. Whit Drake
Attorney
Accident, Admiralty and Maritime, Animal Bites, Animal Law, Appellate Practice

Attorneys

Mr. Drew Barnett
Attorney
Accident, Back and Neck Injury, Bicycle Accident, Brain Injury, Burn Injuries

Mrs. Katherine Drake
Attorney
Accident, Animal Bites, Arbitration, Asbestos Mesothelioma, Assault

Areas of Law

Additional Areas of Law: Day Care Injuries; Hospital Negligence; Amputations; Concussion/Head Injuries; Disfiguring Injuries; Electrocution; Eye Injuries; Ambulance Accidents; Auto Defects; Seat Belt and Airbag Failure; Drinking and Boating Accidents; Drunk Driver Accidents; Freeway and Highway Accidents; Hit-and-Run Accidents; Intersection Accidents; Rear-End Collisions; Single Vehicle Accidents; Speeding and Reckless Driving Accident; Texting, Cell Phone, Distracted Driver; Uninsured and Underinsured Driver; Transportation Injuries; Nursing Home Assault Injuries; Personal Injury Litigation; Pharmacy Prescription Errors; Smoke and Fire Injuries; Swimming Pool Accidents; Farm Accidents; Third Party Lawsuits; Wrongful Death of an Unborn Child.

Areas of Law Description

Drake Law Firm has extensive experience in the following areas:

- Personal Injury

Our firm handles serious personal injury and accident claims throughout Alabama. Whether it is an automobile accident, wrongful death claim, 18-wheeler accident, work injury, construction accident or product liability claim, our attorneys are experienced in these matters. If you have a personal injury claim that occurred in Alabama, we will be happy to sit down with you at either our Cullman or Birmingham offices and discuss your options. Our attorneys place particular emphasis on serious injury claims such as those that arise from truck accidents, work injuries and high-impact car accidents.

- Wrongful Death

If you have lost a loved one in an accident that you believe was the result of someone's misconduct or negligence, talk to an attorney at the Drake Law Firm. Our firm focuses strictly in the legal arena of fatal accidents, wrongful death damages and personal injury litigation. Fatality claims are often two legal matters. First, we will investigate to prove that your loved one died as a direct result of a negligent act on the part of a single party or multiple parties.

- Car Accidents

Thousands of people are injured or killed in car accidents every year. In Alabama alone, statistics show that every year more than 1,000 people are catastrophically injured or killed. Drake Law Firm's Birmingham car accident lawyers handle a wide-variety of auto accident cases, including head-on collisions, drunk-driver cases, texting accidents, rear-enders, etc. Our clients sustain a broad range of injuries in these accidents such as spinal injury, brain trauma, closed head injury, internal injury, etc.

- Truck Accidents

Truck companies put their investigators on the scene of a truck accident within hours of a crash involving one of their drivers and vehicles. Don't let them get the advantage. Get an attorney from our team on your side as soon as possible. If you have been in an accident with a truck, time is of the essence. Your medical bills are piling up and the insurance adjuster for the truck company is calling you every day for a recorded statement. An experienced truck accident lawyer can guide you through the legal process.

- Motorcycle Accidents

The general public has a prejudice against bikers and insurance companies know it. Due to the design of motorcycles, motorcyclists are physically exposed while riding. As a result, motorcyclists are also more susceptible to injury than automobile drivers. Drake Law Firm has represented people in the Birmingham area and throughout the state of Alabama who have suffered serious injuries as the result of motorcycle accidents.

- Texting While Driving Accidents

It's the subject everyone is discussing: Accidents caused by distracted drivers using their cellphone. While Alabama has become the 38th state to ban texting while driving, enforcement efforts are not expected to cause a substantial decline in texting accident injuries. Our firm has experience in handling crashes across Alabama. Talk to an Alabama texting accident attorney at Drake Law Firm today if you have been injured due to the carelessness of a distracted texter.

- Drunk Driver Crashes

Our Birmingham DUI accident lawyers have handle numerous injury claims resulting from impaired drivers. Additionally, we can also sue the bar or liquor dispenser in what is known as a Dram Shop claim, if they sold the intoxicating liquor in violation of Alabama law. Finally, even if the drunk driver was not covered with insurance, we will help you make an uninsured driver claim with your own insurance coverage.

- Uninsured or Underinsured Driver Claim

It happens too often: You are hit by a negligent driver who does not have insurance coverage. Despite Alabama law requiring mandatory liability insurance, over 20% of all motorists do not have coverage. Fortunately, your own coverage can help, as Alabama mandates that all policies have uninsured or underinsured protection. Speak to our uninsured accident lawyers for a free consultation and see how we can help you receive fair and adequate compensation for your personal injury.

- Pedestrian Accidents

Pedestrian or jogging accidents occur in residential neighborhoods across Alabama. Auto drivers are supposed to take heed and pay attention, particularly around crosswalks and designated areas. An Alabama pedestrian accident attorney can review the incident report and investigate the claim for you, to determine your specific rights.

- Boating or Jet Ski Accident Injuries

The waterways and lakes of Alabama are a common site of tragic holiday boating accidents. Many of these involve impaired or drunk operators. Alabama law allows a claim to be made for personal injury compensation when a negligent boat driver causes their vehicle to impact another water craft. Much like an auto accident claim, medical bills, lost wages and pain and suffering can be claimed. Whether your injury occurred on Logan Martin, Smith Lake, Lake Guntersville or any other Alabama waterway, talk to Drake Law Firm's boat and jet ski injury attorneys in Birmingham, Al.

- Auto Defects

Our Birmingham auto defect lawyers are skilled in a number of areas pertaining to defective autos. We have dealt with seat belt failure, airbag failure, roof crushes, rollover accidents, post-collision fires, etc. These automotive product liability claims are time-consuming and expensive but we aggressively pursue them in instances where our client sustains catastrophic and permanent injuries.

- Catastrophic Injury

An accident resulting in a catastrophic injury affects the victim's entire family. While the injured person deals with the medical treatment, the family must struggle with the loss of income and emotional support, while coping with providing a higher level of physical and social support. The Drake Law Firm has built our reputation on successfully representing individuals and families affected by a life-changing injury resulting from someone else's negligence or misconduct.

- Traumatic Brain Injury

If you or a loved one recently suffered a concussion or other closed head injury in an accident in Alabama or anywhere in the U.S., don't assume the injury isn't serious just because the headaches went away. Talk to a member of the personal injury litigation attorneys at the Drake Law Firm in Birmingham. We have the experience and resources necessary to protect your rights by seeking full and fair money damages for your immediate medical care, ongoing therapy and rehabilitative devices and equipment necessary over a lifetime.

- Burn Injury

If you or a loved one has suffered a serious burn from an explosion, fire, chemicals or electrical shock, don't assume the injury is healed when the pain on the skin goes away. A serious burn can put stresses on muscle tissues and internal organs that can cause a lifetime of disability, medical problems and pain. If you suffered a serious burn in an accident in Alabama or anywhere in the U.S., talk to the Drake Law Firm about your options for seeking full and fair money damages from the party or parties responsible for your injuries.

- Spinal Cord Injury

Choosing the right personal injury trial lawyer for your spinal cord accident is extremely important due to the life-altering effects of this type of injury. Our spinal cord injury attorneys provide more than 23 years of experience successfully representing plaintiffs with spinal cord injury claims. We will conduct a thorough investigation into your injury and seek compensation for your injury, including past and future medical expenses, future lost wages, wheelchairs and other life-care equipment, as well as mental anguish, and pain and suffering resulting from the paralysis or disability.

- Amputations

Whit Drake, founder and Owner of Drake Law Firm, has handled scores of amputation claims, most arising from work or construction accidents with defective products. We know how a loss of limb or a digit can affect your life, from dealing with a disability to the daily struggle with phantom pain. Our amputation attorneys have dealt with losses of fingers, arms, legs and toes. Feel free to visit our website and blog to check out the different kinds of claims we have successfully handled for Alabama amputee victims.

- Workplace Accidents

Workers injured on the job in Alabama often don't realize that they may be eligible to seek additional money damages, beyond benefits from Alabama workers' compensation. Under the law, if you file for workers' compensation, you are typically restricted from seeking further damages from your employer, except under instances of gross negligence or willful misconduct. However, you have the right to seek additional compensation from a 'third party' found to be liable for your accident or injuries.

- Construction Accident Claims

At the Drake Law Firm, in Birmingham, we fight for justice on behalf of construction workers who have suffered a serious injury on the job in Alabama. We take your on-the-job injury claim beyond workers' compensation. We investigate the accident to determine whether you are entitled to seek additional money damages from any negligent party held liable for the accident and injuries. Our attorneys have a proud record of giving voice to workers injured on job sites in Alabama.

- Product Liability

Alabama law requires all products to be reasonably safe for their intended purposes. This means that if you are using a product in a foreseeable fashion and it causes you to be injured, a claim may be brought against the manufacturer. Through the years, the Drake Law Firm has handled a wide-variety of product liability accident cases. We have a strong record of significant verdicts and settlements in product liability cases we have handled for our clients since we opened our doors in 1998, including multi-million dollar jury verdicts.

-Premises Liability

Premises liability claims are becoming more difficult to win as the public builds up a prejudice against 'frivolous lawsuits.' The truth is, many people are seriously injured or die every year because of negligence on the part of the property owner. If you suffered an injury in a slip-and-fall accident in Alabama on a private or public property, or personal residence, talk to an attorney at the Drake Law Firm in Birmingham. We are well-equipped and experienced at handling complex cases involving multiple-party liability and technical evidence concerning design flaws and maintenance expectations.

- Nursing Home Abuse

If you suspect that your loved one's injuries are the result of abuse, neglect or misconduct by a staff member or resident, don't wait to find out what will happen next. Talk to the nursing home or health care services administrator, then talk to us. The Drake Law Firm is recognized for our aggressive, focus-driven protection of peoples' rights in nursing home injury cases. We have earned a reputation among satisfied clients, judges and opposing insurance defense attorneys as a preeminent personal injury and wrongful death litigation firm serving victims of negligence throughout Alabama.

- Hospital Negligence

Many types of injuries to patients being treated for illness or recovering from surgery are the result of hospital errors, rather than physician negligence. Most of these types of injuries can be prevented by quality control procedures that every hospital is required to have in place and monitor constantly. If you or a member of your family has suffered an injury in a hospital in Alabama, or anywhere in the nation, a hospital error may have been a contributing cause. Talk to an attorney at the Drake Law Firm in Birmingham to discuss the circumstances of your case.

- Day Care Injury

When you send your child to a day care facility, you have a right to expect that he or she will be closely monitored and cared for by responsible professionals. While many day care facilities provide quality services, the sad truth is that many fail to properly safeguard the well-being of children in their care. When day care providers fail to properly supervise and monitor children, serious consequences may result. Tragically, many children suffer serious or fatal injuries every year while in the care of a day care provider.

- Prescription Errors

Pharmacy errors may cause people to suffer serious or fatal injuries. When people receive the wrong medication, they may suffer an allergic reaction or serious side effects that were not anticipated. If a patient has high blood pressure, a bad heart, serious cholesterol problems or other health issues, they could potentially suffer a fatal injury if they do not receive the correct medication in a timely fashion. If a patient suffers from mental health challenges, receiving the wrong medication could increase his or her chances of depression, wild mood swings or other serious dangers.