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For Paul Zuckerman, hard work has always been a way of life.

Zuckerman grew up in Long Island, NY as the youngest son of a self-made man who himself had worked odd jobs to help his struggling family survive the Depression, served in World War II and eventually became a doctor.   Despite his professional and financial success, the elder Zuckerman shunned the trappings of privilege, and insisted that his children discover  their own strengths and passions by doing hard jobs among real people.

At only 13, at the urging of his father, Zuckerman took a job as a dishwasher in a local Chinese restaurant.  The owner was skeptical that a doctor’s son  — one who didn’t really need the job – would have the necessary work ethic.  But Zuckerman quickly proved himself.  He found that he loved the camaraderie of his fellow kitchen workers.  They were honest, genuine, hard working, optimistic, empathic, loyal and true to their word.  He looked forward to going to work.

Through high school, college at the University of Southern California, and Southwestern Law School, Zuckerman worked in a series of similar jobs.  At turns he was a busboy, a waiter, a door-to-door salesman, a flea market merchant, and a cold caller.  He loved interacting with his co-workers and customers.

In 1991, Zuckerman graduated law school near the top of his class, and passed the California bar on his first attempt.  Soon thereafter, he took his first “professional” job with an insurance company.  Zuckerman approached the job with optimism, believing the company’s advertised assertions that it would be there to help when needed.

Zuckerman thought he would be helping injured people receive fair compensation, but he soon discovered that his efforts were padding the pockets of his employer, not helping the injured clients – many of whom had faithfully paid premiums for years.

Zuckerman was great in the role, but hated himself for doing it, and felt he was betraying the values his father had instilled in him.   Furthermore, he loathed beating up on people like his fellow dishwashers.   After only three years, dispirited by the job and the death of his father, Zuckerman quit the insurance company, vowing to return to the core values his father had taught him.

With a law school classmate, Zuckerman founded a new law firm.  They agreed the firm would only represent injured people – not corporations.  The firm would serve its clients and their best interests, recognizing the difficulties and challenges that face them.

Zuckerman and his partner also vowed to recognize that insurance companies treat people unfairly and fail to keep promises.  Most importantly, this firm would be a best friend to injured people, working to secure for them the fair compensation to which they are entitled.

And for more than 15 years, that is what Zuckerman and his law firm have done.  They have recovered tens of millions of dollars for injured people who otherwise could not get a fair shake.

In 2004, Zuckerman represented a homeless drug addict who was run over by a garbage truck while sleeping in an alley.  The truck fled the scene and the police refused to investigate.  Zuckerman and his firm demanded that the garbage company’s insurer compensate the homeless man who had lost his leg.    The insurance company refused, and even claimed that the garbage truck had not been present at the accident.   The company refused to settle, believing no lawyer would spend hundreds of hours fighting for a drug addicted homeless person.

The insurance company was wrong.   Zuckerman and his firm conducted their own investigation.  The firm hired experts to reconstruct the accident and to perform paint-chip analysis to prove the garbage truck was at the scene.  The firm placed the client in a drug rehabilitation program, helped him develop work skills, and arranged for him to receive medical care for his injuries.

When the insurance company still refused to settle the case, Zuckerman and his firm took the case to trial.  The firm helped the jury to see the homeless client as a person deserving of compassion, and as a result awarded him more than $2,000,000.  Today, the once homeless client is clean and sober, has an apartment, a job, and assists a Los Angeles mission in helping other homeless men and women get off the street.

Years later, however, insurance companies continue to deny injured people their fair compensation.  Paul Zuckerman and his firm stand ready to work hard for justice on their behalf.

If you are hurt due to a vehicle accident or another personal injury, you should not endure tribulations of dealing with insurance companies and other drivers by yourself. You need the help of a Los Angeles injury lawyer who can get results. Mr. Zuckerman is qualified and has the experience you need to get the compensation you have coming to you.