Tara Reck, Managing L&I Attorney at Reck Law PLLC - Workers' Compensation Attorneys

Month: November 2018 (Page 2 of 2)

Representing Injured Workers Across the State

I represent injured workers from all different parts of Washington State. From Vancouver to Twisp, Spokane to Aberdeen, Sequim to Walla Walla. Many of my clients can’t easily travel to my Port Orchard or Mercer Island locations. Technology enables me to effectively represent these injured workers, even if I’ve never met them in person.

At the same time, it is also nice to have an office in a comfortable location where local clients can drop in. Whether they want to discuss their claims or just say hello. Today I got to meet two clients that I hadn’t met in person before. It is always nice to shake hands with someone you represent.

I guess what I’m saying is, whether they live on the other side of the State or just around the corner, I appreciate my clients and I consider it a privilege to represent injured workers.

Trusting Me with Life-Changing Decisions

My days have been filing up quickly. Lately it seems that if I’m not in a meeting, then I’m on a telephone conference. Throw in the impromptu meetings with clients that need to drop in for a variety of reasons, the days seem to fly by in the blink of an eye. Sometimes at the end of the day, I wonder if I’ve accomplished anything at all.

Luckily today I know I accomplished something. Today I had a great meeting with a client and his vocational counselor, and we exchanged a lot of important information. After the meeting my client and I had a good conversation about his opinions and he was able to confidently make an important decision that will, no doubt, impact the rest of his life.

Getting to be a trusted adviser at a critical time in my clients’ claims and lives is a source of great pride and accomplishment for me. Knowing that my client and I were on the same page, and that he trusted me enough to be able to make his own decision with complete confidence has made me feel like I accomplished a lot today.

Workers’ Compensation Claims Can Be Very Frustrating

Today I had a difficult conversation with an upset client. The difficulty is that many of the things he was upset about may have been very valid, but had occurred in the past and aren’t necessarily things I can fix now.

 

Luckily, both of us stuck with the conversation long enough to get to a much more productive place. We were able to communicate effectively and create a plan for moving forward that we both could understand and agree too.

 

Workers’ compensation claims are frustrating and injured workers have multitudes of reasons for being angry and upset. But interactions with their attorney shouldn’t be one of them. I’m so happy that today my client and I could get on the same page so that going forward, I can be a source of knowledge, advice, and support rather than another frustration.

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