Sam C. Mitchell & Associates Launches New Website
We are excited to announce the launch of our newly updated website, scmitchell.com! At Sam C. Mitchell & Associates, we are always striving for new and better ways to serve our clients. With our new site, we hope to create an improved experience for our clients and anyone seeking information on personal injury law, their rights, and what to do after an accident. Visit our new website to learn more about who we are, what we do, and how our dedicated legal team can help you pick up the pieces after a devastating injury or the death of a loved one. We encourage you to get to know our team today. Services We Offer For more than 50 years, our personal injury attorneys have been helping injured individuals and the surviving family members of those wrongfully killed throughout Central and Southern Illinois. We are incredibly passionate about giving back to our community, and this is something we aim to do by providing attentive, personalized legal services to those in need. At our firm, we assist clients who have been impacted in serious, life-altering ways. Our attorneys handle a broad range of personal injury cases, including those involving auto accidents, catastrophic injuries,...
Texting-and-Driving Laws in Illinois
What you need to know about texting and driving laws in Illinois: As of July 2019, if you are using your cellphone, texting, or using another electronic device while driving, you are in violation of Illinois law. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), cellphone use while driving accounts for 1.6 million crashes per year. In 2018 alone, 2,841 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving or caused directly by distracted drivers. Part of the growing problem is that most drivers do not realize just how dangerous checking a text really is while driving. Sending or reading a text takes your eyes off the road for 5 seconds. While driving at 55 miles per hour, you will drive the length of a football field in that amount of time. Now, imagine blindly racing across a football field with other people on it — an obvious danger that no one would willingly do. Illinois Cell Phone Laws It is illegal to use your cellphone while driving in Illinois. The only times you are permitted to use your cell phone is: To report an emergency situation While parked on the shoulder of a roadway While stopped due to normal traffic being...
Looking for an Injury Law Firm? Trust Sam C. Mitchell & Associates
What to look for in a personal injury law firm: You need to know that you can rely on your personal injury attorney after being in a serious accident. How can you choose a reliable legal team, though, when there are so many throughout Illinois who will offer their services to you? At Sam C. Mitchell & Associates, we think it is clear as to why we should be your first choice of legal representation. But don’t just take our word for it. Take a look at some of the many reasons why other people throughout your community have chosen us as their trustworthy legal counselors in the past. Six key reasons to trust Sam C. Mitchell & Associates as your injury law firm in Illinois: Free consultations: Firstly, we are motivated to help people in need, not to pad our own bank accounts. To prove it, we offer free initial consultations to all inquiring clients. We can assess your case without any upfront payments and no obligation to use our services. If you don’t think we’re the right fit for your claim after your consultation, then you are free to continue your search, no questions asked. Committed to integrity: Part of being a successful law...
