{"id":2099,"date":"2020-03-20T06:19:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T14:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/?p=2099"},"modified":"2021-12-16T04:26:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T12:26:42","slug":"us-district-courts-personal-injury-litigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/us-district-courts-personal-injury-litigation\/","title":{"rendered":"UniCourt Legal Analytics Reports &#8211; U.S. District Courts Personal Injury Litigation 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Legal data is the fuel for business development and intelligence for law firms, legal support, litigation finance, and many others across the legal industry vertical. As we\u2019ve previously shared, our team at UniCourt released our intuitive analytics dashboard as a part of our Legal Data as a Service (LDaaS) offerings to empower our clients to make informed business decisions rooted in normalized, structured court data.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, we recognized the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/us-district-courts-property-litigation\/\" target=\"_blank\">nation\u2019s top attorneys and law firms in the area of property litigation<\/a>. Now, we are recognizing the top plaintiff attorneys and law firms and the top defense attorneys and law firms in the area of personal injury litigation across all U.S. District Courts for 2019. The specific types of litigation we consider within personal injury include issues like motor vehicle, medical malpractice, assault, battery, defamation, product liability, and more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top Plaintiff Attorney Analytics*&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/M4zhM8159DEknymRIgdT6c6c1FkJ31L4tVgCloXtF9iBfF0eAnb6Do6ihdqTnJZ6zQWA1xDMsYjJAinO_RPv-c-LnZ8G-hrlNLu6u62j7sAWiVzhrew5mgxj_oJOluInhnSWeY7c\" alt=\"Top Plaintiff Attorney Analytics\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\"\/><figcaption><em> *Litigation data as of 3-17-2020<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The top personal injury plaintiff attorney for 2019 is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downslawgroup.com\/attorney\/nathan-l-nelson-esq\/\">Nathan Lee Nelson<\/a> of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downslawgroup.com\/\">The Downs Law Group, PA<\/a>. A Florida native, Nelson attended the University of Central Florida before pursuing his JD at Nova Southeastern University with a certificate in Litigation. He has been recognized multiple times for his excellence as a member of the Nova Trial Association and has been inducted into the Order of Barristers, a highly regarded national trial advocacy group.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At The Downs Law Group, Nelson specializes in a spectrum of personal injury claims, from auto accidents to slip and fall cases and wrongful death. He is admitted to practice in all <a href=\"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/courts\/state-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Florida state courts<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/courthouse\/florida-southern-district-80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/courthouse\/louisiana-eastern-district-63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Nathan Nelson, we also recognize other noteworthy personal injury plaintiff attorneys McDonald Worley of McDonald Worley, Robert L. Kinsman of Krause &amp; Kinsman, LLC, Howard L. Nations of Nations Law Firm, and Michael Allen Akselrud of Lanier Law Firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top Plaintiff Law Firm Analytics*&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/KLl32nl__j50ZvKN_RwUEsFejFnulTzPP9jcx5vjJWu_stlzIH5g8aaj0FnJfhEuYQ7bE_Rv9W2AuzhbNfyulIPSPBa7OGRHFyym6oFXQ7N8F29G6lwr7bj6GWPZjEUHDBua1WQP\" alt=\"Top Plaintiff Law Firm Analytics\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\"\/><figcaption> *<em>Litigation data as of 3-17-2020<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationlaw.com\/\">Nation Law Firm<\/a> wins out as the top personal injury plaintiff firm for 2019. Based in Florida and founded in 1997, Nation Law Firm rests on a service-minded mentality, viewing law \u201cas an opportunity to be of service to others.\u201d Founding attorney Mark Nation\u2019s background in law enforcement informs his practice. Board-certified by the Florida Bar in civil trial law and business litigation, Nation focuses his practice on wrongful death, personal injury, and insurance litigation. The firm\u2019s mission statement is clear: \u201cAs trial attorneys, our clients can rest assured that we will aggressively pursue their case with integrity. Indeed, we cannot fully carry out our mission unless we perform with excellence, and are tenacious in our pursuit of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Nation Law Firm, we also recognize other noteworthy personal injury plaintiff firms, Fears Nachawati, PLLC, Johnson Law Group, The Gori Law Firm, and Rodriguez and Tramont.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top Defense Attorney Analytics*&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/a7svTeM5MJrAwD43wd75XQCwf52OgIaduLWJZqmp8p-6ne01mAj7kgsOqagYt6GLWuFFLpc86L8WWrSXfWlYYr7cOJFm9ZeCVcT8kxfeJM9mSrIE89lcG-FkHOHfFBfjClMlvH36\" alt=\"Top Defense Attorney Analytics\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\"\/><figcaption> *<em>Litigation data as of 3-17-2020<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The top defense attorney for personal injury litigation in 2019 is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dechert.com\/people\/d\/katherine-davis.html\">Katherine Unger Davis<\/a> of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dechert.com\/\">Dechert LLP<\/a>. Based out of the firm&#8217;s Philadelphia office, Davis handles complex commercial and appellate cases, focusing specifically on pharmaceutical products liability and mass tort matters. She also maintains a robust pro bono practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Davis\u2019 JD is from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she served as the Editor of the Journal of Law and Social Change. Prior to becoming a lawyer, she served as a Teach for America corps member in Philadelphia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Katherine Davis, we also recognize other noteworthy personal injury defense attorneys Kevin Michael Hodges of Williams &amp; Connolly, LLP, Don Keller Haycraft of Liskow &amp; Lewis, Catherine Pyune McEldowney of Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson &amp; Tardy, LLC, and Georgia Lee Lucier of Hunton Andrews Kurth, LLP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top Defense Law Firm Analytics*&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/l0LA3RvZ-QOKF3IrjwSwFrQ8FyIzET2DGCCVGWj3ehTNtWM4uvTuYYF8YksHtsTswwpsehp5JHt0gRg6lPYMb5Uyhml3nsrXjj5nyJSBFBk6VPkzsEl-vJ4nygoSQaYQEyyf7CAL\" alt=\"Top Defense Law Firm Analytics\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\"\/><figcaption> *<em>Litigation data as of 3-17-2020<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The top defense firm for personal injury litigation in 2019 is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liskow.com\/\">Liskow &amp; Lewis<\/a>. Founded in 1935, the firm has diversified over the years into a broad range of litigation and transactional practices across the Gulf Coast. The legal profession has consistently recognized the firm as among the best. In 2016, <em>U.S. News &amp; World Report <\/em>and <em>Best Lawyers <\/em>ranked Liskow &amp; Lewis as \u201cLaw Firm of the Year\u201d for oil and gas litigation in the U.S. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the firm employs nearly 140 lawyers across its four offices located in New Orleans, Lafayette, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Houston, Texas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Liskow &amp; Lewis, we also recognize other noteworthy personal injury defense firms Hunton Andrews Kurth, LLP, Vorys Sater Seymour &amp; Pease, Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP, and Nelson Mullins Riley &amp; Scarborough, LLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get Access to Legal Analytics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Without access to reliable data and analytics, legal professionals cannot keep pace with the continually shifting terrain in the legal profession.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UniCourt\u2019s legal analytics dashboard currently supports California, Florida, and federal court analytics. We provide on-demand analytics reports in our dashboard based on case type, jurisdiction\/court, judges, attorneys, and law firms to allow professionals to track case volumes and trends over time. We also develop custom reports for clients using normalized court data that is enriched and merged with other public data sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in accessing the legal analytics reports in our dashboard or finding out more about our custom analytics reports, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/features\/legal-analytics\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">you can learn more and signup here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UniCourt\u2019s legal analytics reports of top attorneys and law firms across all U.S. District Courts for personal injury litigation in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UniCourt Legal Analytics Reports - U.S. District Courts Personal Injury Litigation 2019 &#8211; UniCourt Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UniCourt\u2019s legal analytics reports of top attorneys and law firms across all U.S. District Courts for personal injury litigation in 2019.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/us-district-courts-personal-injury-litigation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UniCourt Legal Analytics Reports - U.S. District Courts Personal Injury Litigation 2019 &#8211; UniCourt Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UniCourt\u2019s legal analytics reports of top attorneys and law firms across all U.S. District Courts for personal injury litigation in 2019.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/us-district-courts-personal-injury-litigation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UniCourt Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-20T14:19:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-16T12:26:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.unicourt.com\/blog_resources\/uploadsproduction\/blog_resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20015304\/personal-injury-litigation.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"534\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"UniCourt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"UniCourt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UniCourt Legal Analytics Reports - U.S. District Courts Personal Injury Litigation 2019 &#8211; UniCourt Blog","description":"UniCourt\u2019s legal analytics reports of top attorneys and law firms across all U.S. District Courts for personal injury litigation in 2019.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/us-district-courts-personal-injury-litigation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"UniCourt Legal Analytics Reports - U.S. District Courts Personal Injury Litigation 2019 &#8211; UniCourt Blog","og_description":"UniCourt\u2019s legal analytics reports of top attorneys and law firms across all U.S. District Courts for personal injury litigation in 2019.","og_url":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/us-district-courts-personal-injury-litigation\/","og_site_name":"UniCourt Blog","article_published_time":"2020-03-20T14:19:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-12-16T12:26:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":534,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.unicourt.com\/blog_resources\/uploadsproduction\/blog_resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20015304\/personal-injury-litigation.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"UniCourt","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"UniCourt","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/us-district-courts-personal-injury-litigation\/","url":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/us-district-courts-personal-injury-litigation\/","name":"UniCourt Legal Analytics Reports - U.S. District Courts Personal Injury Litigation 2019 &#8211; UniCourt Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/be.unicourt.net:9879\/site-blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/us-district-courts-personal-injury-litigation\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/us-district-courts-personal-injury-litigation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/unicourtcache.s3.amazonaws.com\/production\/blog_resources\/uploadsproduction\/blog_resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20015304\/personal-injury-litigation.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-20T14:19:30+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-16T12:26:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/be.unicourt.net:9879\/site-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6c658b783214885c8568ab9a9f9c1c06"},"description":"UniCourt\u2019s legal analytics reports of top attorneys and law firms across all U.S. District Courts for personal injury litigation in 2019.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/us-district-courts-personal-injury-litigation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/us-district-courts-personal-injury-litigation\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/us-district-courts-personal-injury-litigation\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/unicourtcache.s3.amazonaws.com\/production\/blog_resources\/uploadsproduction\/blog_resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20015304\/personal-injury-litigation.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/unicourtcache.s3.amazonaws.com\/production\/blog_resources\/uploadsproduction\/blog_resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20015304\/personal-injury-litigation.jpg","width":800,"height":534,"caption":"U.S. District Courts Personal Injury Litigation 2019"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/us-district-courts-personal-injury-litigation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/be.unicourt.net:9879\/site-blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Use Cases","item":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/category\/use-cases\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Legal Analytics","item":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/category\/use-cases\/legal-analytics\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"UniCourt Legal Analytics Reports &#8211; U.S. District Courts Personal Injury Litigation 2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/be.unicourt.net:9879\/site-blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/be.unicourt.net:9879\/site-blog\/","name":"UniCourt Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/be.unicourt.net:9879\/site-blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/be.unicourt.net:9879\/site-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6c658b783214885c8568ab9a9f9c1c06","name":"UniCourt","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/be.unicourt.net:9879\/site-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e01a565716c5b9eeeae104d2236e698a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e01a565716c5b9eeeae104d2236e698a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"UniCourt"},"url":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/author\/vivek\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2099"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3914,"href":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099\/revisions\/3914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}