Our Responsibilities as South Carolina Injury Lawyers

COLUMBUS, OH, April 23, 2012

The responsibilities of a South Carolina injury lawyer extend far beyond the courtroom. We are not only advocates, but resources in our community. We possess the unique opportunity to provide the public with a great deal of information concerning their legal rights and responsibilities.

It is why I wrote the book Your Guide to South Carolina Personal Injury & Workers' Comp, and why its pages are filled with straightforward answers and safety tips rather than confusing legalese.

We are also counselors. Our job is to listen to clients' concerns, answer their questions, guide them through the process, and achieve the best possible outcome. We must approach this task with a sense of urgency. As my staff and I often discuss, each moment in our office provides an opportunity to make a client's life better. It is the reason we show up early, stay late, and devote our full resources to each case we accept.

Safety rules are violated everyday, people get hurt, and there will always be work for accident attorneys. However, I believe it is our duty not only to protect the rights of injured people, but to help create a safer community.

As lawyers, we must work to strengthen the city, state, and nation in which I live. It is why my firm actively participates in the community and has already begun plans for a 2013 fundraiser aimed at benefiting St. Jude Children's Hospital. These are but a few of the responsibilities I believe we have as attorneys. Our good name can only be restored with good acts.

Kenneth E. Berger is a Columbia, South Carolina, personal injury lawyer.
Contact the firm at 803-667-3785 or visit the website at http://www.bergerlawsc.com