Many people think
that things are more or less the same anywhere – that even in
a glamorous and dangerous place like Las Vegas, filled with glamour,
riches and sudden tragic poverty, things are just about the same as any
town in the USA once you get past all of the tourism, the facade of the
hotels, the lights, the casinos. But as a personal injury lawyer
working in Las Vegas, I can tell you differently. During my career as a
Las Vegas personal injury lawyer, I have seen some things that I am
quite sure are not going on in main street USA.
When I started out, I was not a Las Vegas personal injury
lawyer, but instead was employed at a firm specializing in real estate
law. I got into the business as a favor to a friend, who had watched me
in court, and knew that I was one of the best. A business associate of
his had been injured in one of the casinos – seriously
injured, as in laid up in the hospital for 6 weeks – and
needed a Las Vegas personal injury lawyer as soon as
possible. I was about to see the dark side of my home town.
The judges are suspicious of any Las Vegas personal injury lawyer.
Everywhere in the United States, personal injury lawyers specialize in
twisting the law to their own advantage, but everyone knows that Las
Vegas personal injury lawyers are among the worst. But the things I saw
in this trial made me realize just how exciting and bizarre my soon to
be new career would be. From the day I took the case on, there was
never anything else I wanted to be but a Las Vegas personal injury
lawyer.
Apparently, my friend’s colleague was a heavy gambler with a
facility for counting cards, and a temper which did not serve to make
his life any easier. He had been kicked out of a casino when they saw
him practically running the tables, and when he had refused to go
quietly, they had ushered him into a back room under false pretenses,
and beaten hell out of him. This was just a matter of routine business.
I wasn't the first Las Vegas personal injury lawyer to take on this
casino for roughing up customers, who had over stayed their welcome,
but the casinos are so tight with the city government, they seldom get
more than a light fine. But that all changed when I came around.