Law Offices of James Doermann PLLC

James Doermann started his one-man law practice for the same reason he joined the US Marine Corps in 2007.

“I like to protect people,” he says. “I like to fight for the underdog.”

After finishing up at the Citadel, after his time in the Corps, after law school, Doermann found himself working for Ernst & Young, in the Consumer Compliance division. It was a life of travel to big cities and nights in fine hotels. Then one day, while admiring the view from a boardroom on a New York hi-rise, he had his Big Revelation.

“I wasn’t helping anyone,” he remembers. “I wasn’t doing anything that impacted people in a positive way.” attorney in Guilford County, and this is the law firm he started after he began making a name for himself. Now helmed by his son, Andrew Clifford, and distinguished criminal attorney Daniel Harris, the firm of Clifford & Harris remains a Tier 1 law firm according to Best Lawyers: Best Law Firms in NC with a track record of success for both high- and low-profile clients.

So when his wife got a job in Greensboro he came along and hung his shingle.

He handles criminal law, with traffic infractions and DUIs as his bread and butter but with the capacity to handle the most serious of statutory crimes, and he is always available to handle veterans’ advocacy cases. And the former USMC Captain brings to the courtroom the same ethos he learned as a Marine.

“We handle everything from speeding tickets to murder,” says Harris, who spends most of his time in state and federal court.

Finding a good criminal lawyer requires much more than a Google search. Experience, knowledge of the law and courtroom proficiency don’t often translate to internet reviews. The lawyers at Clifford & Harris have decades of combined experience on both the prosecutorial side and in defense of their clients. They’ve helped thousands of businesses and individual clients navigate the precarious corridors of justice.

“We don’t focus on reviews,” Harris says. “We are in the courthouse trying cases and actually defending our clients.”

If you find yourself arrested or the target of a law enforcement investigation, don’t hesitate to contact Clifford & Harris immediately for a vigorous defense. There is simply too much at stake.

“While I was deployed in Iraq,” he says, “I thought a lot about what it means to be an American, and how important it is for people to know those rights we fought for.”

The back of his business card explicitly advises what you should say during an interaction with police: Immediately invoke your Fourth and Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions without your attorney present, do not agree to a search and ask if you are free to go.

“Bottom line,” he says, “the state comes at you with a lot of resources. I see the imbalance of power and the systemic way our institutions can keep people down.”

We are all underdogs when facing the criminal justice system. And like all Marines, James Doermann goes where the fight is.

Nagle & Associates Personal Injury Trial Lawyers

380 Knollwood St. Suite 320 W-S 866.591.9169

336.933.4794

Naglefirm.com just wanted a different type of firm,” says Carl Nagle, principal of Nagle & Associates Personal Injury Trial Lawyers, located inside the Bank of America Building on Knollwood Street in Winston-Salem.

That’s why Nagle & Associates work just one type of case: victims of car accidents, with a specific focus on cases involving significant traumatic injury.

“We don’t handle fender-benders,” he says.

Carl started off on the other side, as a claims adjustor for a major insurance company.

“I did nothing but defend at-fault drivers, their employers and their insurance carriers,” he remembers. “The insurance companies present themselves as benevolent organizations, the umbrella you stand under in the storm. But they make their money from collecting premiums, not paying claims, and they always pay as little as possible.

“I think the best training I ever had was carrying a checkbook for the insurance company,” he says, “seeing how they minimize payments or avoid them altogether.”

It’s staggering, he says, just how much an insurance company will pay a lawyer to defend a case instead of compensating an innocent crash victim.

He also noticed that many personal injury attorneys did not seek the full value of significant injury cases because they did not understand the medical records.

In this disparity he saw opportunity. By knowing their tactics, Nagle can outflank standard claims denials using an intimate knowledge of the law fused with hard, medical-based evidence. He realized that a lawyer who really understood their cases could do much better for their clients. And that understanding begins with a true reckoning of the injuries suffered.

“The rubber hits the road with the medical evidence,” he says. “We have staff with medical expertise and we zero in on that to properly convey the true nature and extent of all injuries to the insurance companies.”

This law firm fully understands traumatic injury and the long-term effects that can result.

Also on staff are three licensed claims adjustors and two retired state troopers to assist with crash investigations and case presentations.

“We handle a lot of truck accidents,” Nagle says, “a lot of commercial vehicle accident cases. A lot of motorcycle cases — bikers like the fact that I’m a fellow rider. I know what happens when a bike begins to skid or how they corner.”

Nagle & Associates differs on one other important way from other personal-injury firms: Their fee structure. While most law forms take more than 33% of a settlement, their fee is 25%. And with seven offices statewide, Nagle & Associates has collected more than $500 million for their clients, all from insurance companies who thought they could pay less.

If you’ve been hurt in a collision and it’s not your fault, let Nagle & Associates handle your claim.

“Without legal representation, you don’t know what you’re entitled to,” Nagle says, “and they certainly won’t tell you what they truly owe.