Dallas-Fort Worth Personal Injury Lawyers
Dallas-Fort Worth Personal Injury Lawyers
We are a family-run personal injury firm built to stand between hurt people in North Texas and the insurance companies that would rather not pay them. We represent people across the Dallas-Fort Worth area and beyond after car wrecks, truck crashes, and other serious accidents, and our whole job is to take the fight off your plate. If you are here trying to decide who to trust after an accident, this page is where you get to know us before you ever pick up the phone.
Our name is on the door, which means our reputation rides on how we treat you. That is not a slogan for us, it is the reason the firm runs the way it does.
Meet Our Team
PROVEN RESULTS
$13.5 MILLION
Fatality
$1.8 MILLION
Truck Accident
Spinal Injury
$9,500,000
Defective Product
Brain Injury
$6,500,000
Workplace Accident
Head Injury
$10.75 MILLION
Motorcycle Wreck
Head Injury
$864,000
Truck Accident
Spinal Injury
A Family Firm With North Texas Roots
We are family-owned, and we treat the people we represent like family too. The values that run the office are simple ones: work hard, tell the truth, and care about the person behind the case file.
Those values show up in the day-to-day. Our team stays reachable, keeps clients in the loop, and treats a first-time claimant with the same attention as anyone else. We know that most people who call us are having one of the worst weeks of their lives, and we try to make the legal part of it the part they do not have to worry about.
That idea sits behind our guiding promise to clients, which is to make a hard situation better. It is the standard we measure our own work against.
We Treat the Insurance Company as the Opponent It Is
Here is something we will not soften. After an accident, the other side’s insurance company is not a neutral party, and it is not on your side.
Insurers make money by paying claimants as little as possible, and they are very good at it. Adjusters deny valid claims, offer a fraction of what a case is worth, and count on hurt people accepting before they understand the full cost of an injury. We built this firm to do the opposite, by documenting the harm, holding the company to what it owes, and going to court when an offer does not reflect reality.
The Texas Department of Insurance sets rules for how claims are supposed to be handled, and part of our work is holding insurers to them.
We are also candid about which cases we take. We do not sign a case unless we believe we can add real value to it, because taking someone’s case is a promise we intend to keep.
How Do We Build a Case?
We build every case from the ground up, as if it will end in front of a jury. That approach is what gives a settlement its weight, because an insurer takes an offer seriously only when it believes we are ready to try the matter.
The work starts with the facts. We gather the crash report, photographs, witness accounts, and any camera or vehicle data before it disappears, since the proof a claim depends on fades fast after a wreck. From there we turn to the medical picture, working with your doctors so the records clearly connect the injury to the accident and account for the care you still have ahead of you.
Only once that foundation is solid do we put a value on the claim and take it to the insurance company. A number built on documented losses is far harder for an adjuster to wave away than one thrown out early. If the company will not deal fairly, we are prepared to file suit and let the evidence do the talking in court.
That order matters. Rushing to a number before the facts and the medicine are clear is how claims lose value, and it is a mistake we do not make. Doing it right takes more effort up front, and it is the effort our clients hire us for.
Why Won’t We Rush a Serious Case?
We will not rush a serious case because the injury keeps costing you long after the wreck, and a claim settled too early cannot account for that. The worst outcome we see is a person who accepted a quick check and then ran out of money when the surgeries and the missed work kept coming.
A bad injury often has a long tail. Further treatment, care that runs for years, and a permanent limitation that changes what you are able to earn are all costs that arrive later. None of that is visible in the first few weeks, which is exactly when insurers like to close a file.
We generally wait until your treatment has progressed far enough that a doctor can give a real prognosis before we settle. That patience is not delay for its own sake, it is how we make sure the number reflects the full cost of what happened to you. When a case genuinely needs to move faster, we say so, but we will not trade your long-term recovery for a quick resolution that helps the insurer more than it helps you.
What Kind of Cases Do We Handle?
We focus on serious injury claims across North Texas, the kind where the bills are real and the insurer is already digging in. Each type carries its own challenges, and we prepare all of them as though they may end up in front of a jury.
Our practice regularly includes:
- Car accidents on the region’s highways, tollways, and city streets
- Truck and 18-wheeler accidents involving commercial carriers and their defense teams
- Motorcycle accidents that tend to leave riders badly hurt
- Pedestrian accidents and other collisions involving people on foot
- Drunk driving crashes, where we work to hold the impaired driver accountable
- Wrongful death claims when a family loses someone to another’s carelessness
Whatever brought you here, the first step is the same: a free, honest conversation about what happened.
WE WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS
You Can Trust Tate Law Offices, P.C., With Your Case
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Our Promises to You
Talk is cheap in this business, so we put our commitments in plain terms. When we take your case, here is what you can count on from us.
- We will handle the insurance company for you, from the first adjuster call through the final number.
- We will build your case for trial from the start, because that is what makes a settlement offer serious.
- We will pursue payment for your medical bills, your lost income, and the pain the wreck caused you.
- We will help you get medical care even if you do not have health insurance.
- We will help you get your vehicle repaired or replaced.
- We will give you straight answers about where your case stands, even when the news is not what you hoped.
- We will meet you where you are, whether that is our office, your home, or a hospital room.
- We will charge no fee and no case costs unless you collect.
- We will be there for you and your family when you need us, even after the case is closed.
Those promises are the whole reason to hire a firm like ours instead of facing an insurer alone.
You Deal With Our Team, Not a Call Center
When you hire us, you get people who know your case, not a rotating cast of strangers reading from a script. That is one of the real advantages of a family-run firm over the high-volume operations that advertise the loudest.
Our clients tell us the same thing again and again, which is that they were kept informed and could actually reach someone when they had a question. We treat communication as part of the job, not an afterthought, because a hurt person waiting on news is already carrying enough stress. You should never have to wonder what is happening with your own case.
That access does not end at five o’clock. We stay reachable around the clock, since accidents and the worries that follow them do not keep business hours. And it does not end when your case does, because we mean it when we say we are here for you and your family afterward.
The relationship is the point, and it is why so many of the people we represent come back to us and send their friends and relatives our way.
Who Are the Attorneys at Our Firm?
The firm is led by three attorneys who each bring something different to a case. Together they cover the ground a serious injury claim demands.
Tim Tate is the personal injury lawyer whose name the firm carries, with a finance background that shapes how he values and fights over the money in a claim. Chris Rehmet is a former prosecutor who now aims that courtroom experience at insurance companies. Claire Tate Rehmet focuses on the insurance coverage fights that decide so many claims, tracing every policy that might apply.
Each of their backgrounds appears in full on their bio pages. What they share is a habit of preparing every case as if it will be tried.
Where We Work in North Texas
We built the firm around being close to the people we serve. Our offices reach across the region, from Dallas and Fort Worth up through Denton, Sherman, and McKinney, and we handle claims throughout the surrounding counties and statewide in Texas.
That footprint means we know the roads where these crashes happen and the county courts where the cases are heard. Local familiarity is not a marketing line, it is the difference between a lawyer who knows a courthouse and one learning it on your case.
The Texas Judicial Branch sets out how those courts are organized, county by county.
Giving Back Where We Live
Our connection to North Texas does not stop at the office door. Our team gives time to local charities and causes across the communities we serve.
That involvement is part of how we see the work. The people we represent are our neighbors, and we treat their cases with the weight that calls for.
We think a firm should invest in the place it works, so we show up for North Texas beyond the courtroom, supporting the community that has trusted us for years.
Get to Know Us Over a Free Consultation
The best way to judge a firm is to talk to it. If you were hurt in an accident anywhere in North Texas, reach out and see how we approach your situation, with no cost and no pressure to sign anything.
Call Tate Law Offices, PC at (972) 499-4813 any time, day or night, or reach us through our contact page for a free case review. There is no fee unless you collect.
FAQs: About Our Firm
We are a family-owned firm that treats clients like people rather than file numbers, and we are openly hard on insurance companies rather than pretending they are neutral. We also turn down cases we do not believe we can add value to, which means when we take yours, we mean it.
Talking to us costs nothing. The consultation is free, and if we take your case, there is no fee unless you collect. You can learn where you stand before spending a dollar.
Yes. Accidents do not keep business hours, so we are reachable 24 hours a day to talk about your case, even though our offices keep standard weekday hours.
That is exactly what the free consultation is for. Tell us what happened, and we will give you an honest read on your options, with no obligation to hire us.
Usually, yes. It is better to call before you give a statement, but if you already have, stop further contact and let us step in before the insurer uses your words against you.
Sooner is better, because evidence fades and Texas generally allows only two years to file suit under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 16.003. Early involvement lets us protect your claim while the proof still exists.