G. Patrick Collins & Associates is Allstate Insurance’s in-house law firm

If you are an Allstate insured and you are sued as a result of a car accident, motorcycle accident, pedestrian accident, because your dogbit someone or because someone was injured on your property, provided the particular incident is a “covered loss,” Allstate will retain an attorney to defend you in the lawsuit.  A “covered loss” is an insurance industry term and means the injured person’s claim is covered under the terms of your insurance policy. 

There is a better than average chance that the attorney Allstate Insurance Company hires to defend you will be from the law firm of G. Patrick Collins & Associates.  G. Patrick Collins & Associates is what is referred to as “captive counsel” meaning their attorneys only do work for Allstate Insurance Company.  In fact G. Patrick Collins & Associates’ law firm letterhead specifically states: “All attorneys are employees of Allstate Insurance Company.”  So if you happen to be at the courthouse and an attorney introduces themselves as the attorney for the defendant and says they are with the law firm of G. Patrick Collins & Associates, the likelihood is extremely high that the attorney is in court defending someone insured by Allstate.

G. Patrick Collins & Associates has offices in Houston, TX and Dallas, TX.  They do not, for some reason, have a law firm web site.

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Hiring a personal injury attorney for a drunk driving accident in Houston?

A good personal injury attorney will tell you and just about any insurance company will reluctantly agree on one thing: drunk driving accident injury claims have a significantly higher settlement value than "regular" accidents (i.e. those that did not involve a drunk driver). The reason drunk driving accident settlements are higher is because insurance companies know that jurors usually have very little sympathy for drunk drivers, particularly drunk drivers who injure and sometimes kill people.

Insurance companies have spent decades refining their claims handling processes to save themselves as much money as possible. I once took a call from a potential client who was hit and injured in a serious car accident caused by a drunk driver on his third DWI offense: the insurance adjuster was telling him the fact that it was their insured's third DWI made his case worth "...a little bit more money, but not much." That was completely false. Insurance adjusters are trained to act quickly to resolve claims that have the potential to cost the insurance company a large settlement. They sometimes achieve this by pressing injured people to sign a release and accept a settlement within a few weeks, sometimes even a few days of a drunk driving accident. 

Don't do it. Talk to an experienced, reputable personal injury attorney if you have been injured in a drunk driving accident in or around Houston. Personally I find it very extremely rewarding to represent people injured by drunk drivers, and any client I have represented in a drunk driving accident will tell you I take a special interest in those cases. Over time I have figured out ways to add additional value to drunk driving accident settlements by quietly gathering evidence early in the case (which I am not discussing here...I'd prefer not to help insurance adjusters work against me!). Don't let yourself be rushed into settling for pennies on the dollar.

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