I'm Griff Tonkin, and I'm one of the founding partners of the Arthofer and Tonkin Law Offices. We're a personal injury law firm based in Shasta County, California. I'm a local kid.
From where I'm talking to you today, in our main offices, to where I grew up, is about 5 miles. To where I live now, is about 15 miles from here. I left for college, I left for law school, and then I met a girl, and that brought me back to my hometown.
And I want to talk to you today about the importance of having good local counsel. We live in the internet age, where you can buy products through any number of vendors on the internet that literally can come from all over the world. Now, this has some great benefits.
You have access to more things that you need at better prices. But it's also come with some difficult changes. For example, the mom and pop shop where you used to get excellent service can no longer compete with some of the giant conglomerate companies.
Well, when it comes to your personal injury matter, you don't want to outsource your personal injury case to some giant law firm in a community that you don't live in. And there's good reason for that. Recently, we took over the handling of a personal injury case from a Southern California law firm.
And that lawyer in that case had the good sense to recognize that he couldn't properly help his client with her case. He couldn't investigate the accident scene because he didn't have connections with the investigator for this accident, which occurred on the north coast of California. He couldn't help our client to navigate the complicated world of medical treatment and insurance because he wasn't connected to providers and insurance companies in Northern California.
So he looked for another attorney for his client at that time and he found our office. We connected and we took over the handling of our client's case. We've been able to successfully resolve our client's matter and have handled it very favorably for our client in no small part because of our connection to the local community, our expertise in the local courts, our expertise in local medical providers and in local vendors that we need to use to handle your personal injury case properly.
When you do an internet search and most of them occur on Google for a lawyer in your area, check the area code for the phone number. You'll probably see it's not from the area where you live. Look for good local personal injury counsel and remember that the advertisements that you see on the internet and through search engines are bought and paid for.
We advertise as well. It's a competitive market space. We want to have your eyes on our firm because we think we can do a great job for you.
But more importantly, we'd like to have your eyes on a great firm in the area where you live so that you can get excellent care. My name is Griff Tonkin and I'd welcome the opportunity to consult with you on your personal injury case. My partner and I offer free consultations on all personal injury matters and we'd welcome the chance to talk to you.
So call us today.
