Welcome

Since its beginning, the Mark Humphreys Law Firm, has represented individuals and small businesses in their legal needs. In the past, insurance companies have approached Mark and asked him to help them with their legal work. Mark always considers it an honor and humbling for any person or entity to place trust in him to help them with their legal needs. Having said that, Mark has seen that representing an insurance company on just one legal matter would prevent him from helping numerous other individuals or entities who would have a claim against that insurance company and thus declines the representation.

Small businesses and some individuals have the money to pay an attorney on an hourly basis and Mark can and has on numerous occasions worked on an hourly basis. But even those who have the money and who can afford the cost of an attorney do not relish the idea of spending that money. For that reason and because most individuals cannot afford to pay an attorney, Mark handles the majority of his cases on a contingency fee basis. This means that he has the other side pay the attorney fees or that Mark is paid a percentage of what is recovered. Of course this motivates Mark to maximize a recovery for his client. It also helps the individual who is being wronged, to get justice, who might otherwise be wronged and left a victim with no way to "even the playing field".

No One, I repeat, No One, who has a legitimate and worthwhile claim of the type Mark handles, is denied Justice just because they do not have money to hire an attorney. This is true even in the situations where as little as a few hundred dollars is at stake. The majority of our cases have the client recover more than the initial monies at issue. This is true even after all the court expenses and attorney fees have been deducted from the total recovery.

Rather than relate to you a bunch of examples of past results, here is one example that is "typical": Mark recently had elderly lady whose son had died. The son had a $50,000 life insurance policy that named his Mom as the beneficiary. After his death, the Mom applied for the insurance benefits and was denied. The reason for the denial by the insurance company was that the last payment on the policy was 33 days before death and the policy had cancelled after 30 days for non-payment. Marks research into the Texas Insurance Code and Texas Administrative Code showed that 33 days was okay due to the way a national holiday and week-end fell in the calendar month. In the end, Mom recovered over $75,000 after the attorney fees and court expenses had been deducted.

Many cases are larger than this one, but many more are smaller. As of this date, May 20, 2009, Mark has two lawsuits where the client was cheated by a company. One amount is $1460.00 and the other is $1080.00. In each case, we believe the clients will get this money plus some extra and that the companies will pay all attorney fees and expenses.

Each case we take into our office, we believe we can ultimately help the client. The saddest part is telling someone "we cannot help". If this happens, we will explain why and encourage you to talk with another attorney who may have a different opinion. We have found that an explanation goes a long way to making someone feel better about the situation and helps remove lingering doubt or concern about whether or not something can or should be done. You may not always like what Mark has to say, but he will "shoot straight" with you.

If you have a question or concern, call us, you have nothing to lose.