For 12 years, I worked FOR the insurance companies. Now I work against them — for you.
I spent more than a decade of my legal career defending insurers in car accident and catastrophic trucking cases, including at Lewis Brisbois, one of the largest defense firms in the country. I learned exactly how insurance companies decide what your claim is worth, which tactics they use to pay you less, and how they fight. Now I use every bit of that knowledge against them, for the people they used to pay me to fight against.
Blase’s Story: From the Ballfield to the Courtroom
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a professional baseball player, not an attorney. But like most teenage boys, reality eventually stepped up to the plate. I needed a career that would pay the bills, and baseball wasn’t going to do that. So I chose law school, not because I had a lifelong dream of being a lawyer, but because I wanted to make an honest living without compromising my beliefs.
After graduating from LSU Law, I began my career defending a local insurance company in car accident cases. It didn’t take long to learn the playbook: insurance companies have strategies designed to protect their bottom line, often by minimizing what injured people receive. I also saw the other side – people who exaggerated claims, which taught me how complicated and human this system really is.
In 2008, chasing a bit of adventure, my wife and I moved to Arizona, where I joined a prominent insurance defense firm specializing in catastrophic trucking accidents. That’s where I learned truck cases are a different game entirely. Later, at Lewis Brisbois, a national firm with more than 1,000 lawyers, I defended some of the largest insurers and corporations in the country. It sharpened my understanding of how the other side thinks, and how to beat them at their own game.
In 2011, we came home to Louisiana to be near family. Over the years our family grew to six incredible kids, which is a constant reminder of why family means everything. By 2014, I was ready for a new swing, and I opened my own firm with one goal: to show my kids that hard work, honesty, and doing the right thing can still lead to success.
Today, my wife Erica and I focus exclusively on helping injury victims rebuild after life-changing accidents. I use the same strategies I once saw from the inside – but now, for people, not against them. Helping families get back on their feet is far more rewarding than protecting an insurance company’s profits.
And that’s just my day job. After hours, I’m usually running kids to baseball, dance, or a weekend tournament cheering from the bleachers or coaching from the sidelines. When we finally make it home, there are still cartoon villains to conquer and Lego bandits to chase down. But I wouldn’t change a thing.
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