Having moved here from NY, I was not aware of Arizona's extremely poor minimum state auto coverages compared to most states, until it was too late. My wife and I were rear ended on I-10 which resulted in a total auto loss and surgery from receiving physical injury, which will never totally recover from, and being the individual that caused the accident had bare coverage, my insurance coverage had to be utilized.
Joe Leal Esquire was referred to me by an acquaintance who had personal experience with him from his own auto accident.
From making the appointment with his office, and the initial consultation with Joe (as he prefers to be called), right through to the final resolve, Joe and his office personnel, Robin & Kim, always kept me informed and up to date on happenings as soon as they occurred. None of these 3 individuals at any time made me feel I was bothering them if I would inquire from time to time with additional questions, were not only professional at all times, but also appeared to genuinely care and to be "down to earth," rare qualities nowadays, especially from a professional entity.
Sadly, there is a 2 year limitation in Arizona for auto accidents to be resolved, and dealing with the insurance companies, they did wait until the full 2 years to do so.
During this ordeal it was bleak that we would receive any financial compensation because my surgery was extremely expensive and bills amassed to over my own auto coverages, which it appeared I would have to cover and in the thousands of dollars! This hardly seemed right being we were the injured party, naturally we were greatly upset, discouraged, and worried during this whole 2 year ordeal!
By the end of the 2 years, and expecting to now be in huge medical debt,
Joe gave us a huge sigh of relief! In short, he had been fighting in our behalf from the very beginning with the auto insurance companies and Medical bills that had piled up, and the result was...we would not owe anyone, and we still received some financial compensation!
Since finding out about Arizona's poor minimum state coverage and with Joe's advice, I have increased our own auto coverage should something like this ever happen in the future. Having learned a hard lesson, I would encourage anyone to increase their coverage for protection from any auto mishap.
I would highly recommend Cole & Leal at Law, and have Joe and his staff represent me anytime!