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The site of a personal injury lawsuit generally lies either where the accident took place or where the defendant (i.e. the person who caused the accident) lives. This holds true even if the injured party lives in a different city or even state.

Does it matter if your personal injury attorney is located in San Diego yet your case occurred in San Francisco? Can a San Diego personal injury attorney represent an injury case in, say, Massachusetts? Remember the choice of an injury lawyer is a personal one and it is important for the plaintiff to be represented by the attorney of his/her choice.

A personal injury attorney in San Diego can represent an injured victim anywhere in the State of California. In fact, it is not uncommon for personal injury lawyers in San Diego to travel throughout California on behalf of their injured clients.

It is less common, although not terribly unusual, for personal injury lawyers to represent clients in accidents that occurred in other states. The most typical way this comes to pass is the attorney is known to the injured party already and/or the injured party resides in a location near the plaintiffs choice of personal injury lawyer. In order to represent personal injury victims in other states it is necessary for the i.e. California lawyer to apply to be admitted to practice in the courts of that state for the specific case only. The court will require the out of state personal injury attorney to have "local" counsel to be officially active and involved in the case.

It is not uncommon for me to travel both in and outside of San Diego on behalf of my personal injury clients. We are happy to evaluate potential personal injury cases wherever the accident took place.