Mark J. Geragos says that he and his colleagues at Geragos & Geragos have more requests for representation than they can manage.
In response to an email question posed by the Law Firm Online Marketing Association's Dean Rotbart on whether G&G initiates discussions with potential clients or merely reponds when contacted, Geragos wrote:
"Dean, we respond to inquiries. We are inundated with more requests for representation than we can adequately handle so we screen the cases."
The question to Geragos and his reply comes amid news headlines that Geragos has been retained to represent two brothers who were injured in a highly publicized late December tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo. While G&G is based in Los Angeles, Geragos's reputation as a 'pit bull' attorney is global in nature.
Many people do wonder to what extent attorneys "chase" clients who themselves are high-profile or who are involved in high-profile cases. While Geragos did not specifically comment on the tiger case, his response to Rotbart does seem to confirm that the brothers or their family initiated the contact with G&G.
Assuming G&G did not go hunting for the tiger case, it speaks all the more to the high valuable personal injury attorneys can place on public visibility, such as that enjoyed by Geragos. Even his decision to respond promptly to Rotbart's questions -- given that LFOMA is a relatively new organization -- displays an advanced media savvy on the lawyer's part.
In addition to his fees for whatever settlement or judgment that Geragos may obtain for the two brothers, the publicity value of the case alone makes the brothers MVCs -- most valuable clients.
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