Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. is a full-service nationwide subrogation and insurance litigation law firm.
Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. (“MWL”) coordinates a National Subrogation Recovery Program involving representation of more than 250 insurance carriers, third-party administrators (TPAs), and self-insured entities in all lines of subrogation, including personal lines insurance, automobile, Med Pay/PIP, transportation and cargo, workers’ compensation, property, fire, group health, casualty, fidelity and surety bonds, inland and ocean marine, ERISA, longshore and harbor workers’ compensation, product liability, aviation, hospital liens, group health and disability, conversion claims, mistaken payment of benefits and recovery of premiums. MWL is headquartered in Hartford, Wisconsin with a branch office in New Orleans, Louisiana and in Orange, California.
Services and Benefits of Using MWL
By utilizing national subrogation counsel, you are not dealing with hundreds of attorneys across the country. You have one point of contact for file updates and one point of contact calling for authorization on settlement negotiations – you remain in the driver’s seat at all times. We are not your typical “file forwarder” firm which, in our opinion, does subrogation an injustice. Rather, we apply our expertise and experience as the industry leaders in subrogation and our local counsel, if needed, serve as our “boots on the ground” getting pleadings filed and attending routine hearings, etc. We stay heavily involved with each file, from the initial investigation to settlement or verdict. If local counsel is needed, you are still only paying for one attorney as we share the agreed upon contingency fee with our local counsel and, if the file is hourly, we make sure no work is duplicated. MWL has spent considerable time and effort developing a local counsel network of legal professionals throughout each state in the country. We can instantly tap into that knowledge in helping you evaluate the subrogation potential of your files.
MWL has an extensive subrogation research bank which consists of every subrogation case and issue we have ever encountered. Rather than re-inventing the wheel for each file, we have most of the answers to complicated subrogation issues at our fingertips. We have a database of thousands of experts in every discipline and price range imaginable, which we have meticulously gathered and assembled over the past 33 years, so we are able to select the right expert at the right price regardless of the venue.
MWL will conduct an investigation of subrogation potential whenever there is a serious injury or catastrophic property loss, even in instances in which it appears that there is no visible source of recovery. It is paramount that this investigation is initiated while memories are fresh, witnesses are available, and the evidence has not been destroyed or tampered with. Our expansive collection of expert witnesses covers the nation and allows us to get the best quality professionals involved early and at the right price. If an investigation is warranted in a file or an expert needs to be obtained, MWL will discuss same with you and obtain authorization prior to proceeding.
We take the $1,500 automobile collision case as seriously as the $50 million plant explosion, workers' compensation quadriplegic third-party action, or the casualty CAT loss. Product liability files referred to MWL are handling by MWL attorneys who also have engineering degrees. We are known for turning over every stone to find third-party liability - even in areas traditionally turned down by other firms due to possible Act of God defenses, such as floods, windstorms, and naturally-occurring fires. Our four largest recoveries - all in the ten figure range - share one similarity. The client in each of them had written off any subrogation potential. This is where our strength lies - recognizing and acting promptly on even the slightest third-party liability potential, when others would have closed their files or given up.
MWL is a full-service subrogation law firm - our webinars, website, subrogation charts, subrogation laws by state, file referral feature, subrogation books, and newsletters are just the tip of the iceberg as far as perks we have to offer our clients. We believe that education is the key to successful subrogating so we work with and educate our clients through every phase of the claim’s life. All of this mixed with aggressive and cost-effective actions are a recipe for successful subrogating and larger recoveries.
For more information on our services, please visit our website at www.mwl-law.com.
