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How to Choose a Vaccine Injury Attorney
If you’re experiencing a vaccine injury, you want the best attorney on your side representing you. That’s why it’s so important to choose the right type of attorney. There are several key differences between Vaccine Injury Attorneys and Personal Injury Lawyers. Take a look at the differences, check out our attorney bios, and see who you think would be best to represent you.
Hiring a local personal injury lawyer is not the best idea for a vaccine injury; they usually handle insurance and liability issues involving various types of accidents. However, vaccine injury cases are tightly focused on issues as they relate to medical science, immunology, and neurology.
IMPORTANT: This information does NOT apply to injuries from the COVID-19 vaccine.
Vaccine Injury Attorneys Practice Law in the Court of Federal Claims
- Vaccine injury attorneys like the ones at mctlaw are licensed to practice exclusively in the United States Court of Federal Claims. This is a highly technical and specialized area of law.
- There are fewer than 200 attorneys in the entire United States listed on the VICP website as practicing in this area of law.
- The vaccine injury team at mctlaw ONLY represents people in vaccine injury cases.
- Our attorneys train other lawyers in how to try cases in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
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Personal Injury Lawyers may be Inexperienced with Vaccine Cases
Personal injury lawyers deal primarily with injuries from accidents and liability and insurance dilemmas. This area of practice is vastly different from the skills needed to file vaccine claims in the Court of Federal Claims. Below are reasons why you should not hire a personal injury attorney to represent you in a vaccine injury claim.
- Personal injury lawyers typically only practice in local and state courts.
- May not be licensed to practice law in the US Court of Federal Claims, where the Vaccine Court is based.
- Takes injuries of all types, but usually due to an accident.
- Most local personal injury lawyers have little to no experience in the Federal Vaccine Court.
- The legal procedures in the Vaccine Court are very different from a personal injury case.
How mctlaw is Different from a Personal Injury Firm
At mctlaw, vaccine injury cases are what we do. We are experienced and have won more for our clients than any other firm in recent history. In fact, we won the largest settlement in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program’s history.
Our Washington D.C. office is blocks away from Vaccine Court. This makes it easy for us to stay on top of your case. We have a 25 year track record of successfully advocating for our clients, and getting them the compensation they deserve. Call or email us for a free case review if you need a powerful advocate on your side.
Joseph Vuckovich represents clients in the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. He is based in mctlaw’s Washington, DC office. Joe studied neuroscience and psychology at Harvard where he earned his B.S. degree. He earned a Master’s Degree in biology from the University of Cambridge in the UK, and his law degree from New York University School of Law. Joe grew up in Pittsburgh and now lives in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and daughter.
