Miller & Zois, LLC

Profile

Miller & Zois provides quality legal representation to individuals who are seriously injured in truck or auto accidents or by medical malpractice or a defective product. Two of the firm’s attorneys, Laura G. Zois and Rodney M. Gaston, are listed in this edition of Maryland Super Lawyers®.

RESULTS The firm has a proven track record of achieving outstanding results for its clients in personal injury cases through settlement, arbitration and trial. In one recent case, a jury awarded $8 million to the family of a young man killed in an auto accident in a case in which the insurance company made no offer. The firm’s work has received local and national acclaim. Lawyers USA published an in-depth article on the tactics and strategies Miller & Zois’ lawyers utilize to maximize recoveries at trial, commenting that they know the other side’s playbook due to their experience as former insurance defense attorneys. James Publishing recently selected Ronald V. Miller, Jr. to author a two-volume treatise on maximizing the value of personal injury cases.

THE LAWYER’S LAWYER

Not surprisingly, the majority of the firm’s serious injury cases are referrals from other lawyers. Many of the referrals are from lawyers who do not handle personal injury or contingent-fee cases, but the firm also receives referrals from other personal injury lawyers that do not have the time or resources to properly pursue catastrophic and/or complex cases.

KEEPING THE REFERRING LAWYER INVOLVED IN THE CASE

Miller & Zois establishes a co-counsel relationship with its referring lawyers. The firm invites referring lawyers to remain involved as little or as much as they wish. While referring lawyers receive a smaller percentage of the recovery, it is not uncommon for them to receive a great deal more in co-counsel attorneys’ fees than they would have collected if they had kept the case. Most importantly, the lawyer comfortably knows that the client has been directed to counsel with the training, experience and resources to maximize the value of his or her case.

THE LEGAL COMMUNITY

The attorneys at Miller & Zois arecommitted to giving back to the legal community. The firm’s web site, millerandzois.com, is one of the leading resources in the country not only for injury victims but for lawyers handling injury cases. Miller is a professor at the University of Baltimore Law School, instructing students in insurance law, and a prolific writer on personal injury and insurance topics. Zois and Gaston are on the Board of Governors and chair committees of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association. Zois frequently lectures at seminars for lawyers in Maryland and around the country on handing personal injury cases.