Marc Pachtman, Esq.

I founded my firm in 1983 with one ideal: to affect people's lives for the better.

Before becoming an attorney, I was a welfare worker. Most of my clients wanted to get off welfare and become productive members of society, and as a caseworker I tried to make changes to help them succeed. But the Welfare system was often unresponsive both to my suggestions, and to my clients’ needs.

I noticed, however, that the people who made important institutional changes to the system were the lawyers who represented my clients in court.

One lawyer would take on a large, impersonal, and unbending institution, and through guts and intelligence, change that institution so that it responded to the people it was supposed to help.

Committed to making a difference, I entered law school in 1978.

I hate to admit it, but the practice of law is a perfect fit with my personality. I love the creativity, the variety and the drama and, yes, the conflict that comes with the profession. I also love being able to help people solve the tough problems that often seem overwhelming to them.

In 1978 the Supreme Court of United States permitted attorneys to advertise their services. This gave the public far more information about how lawyers charge for their services and created a more competitive marketplace for legal services.

I was one of the first attorneys to aggressively use advertising to make people aware of my services and to make legal information available to anyone who needed it over the phone WITHOUT CHARGE. Most people don’t need an attorney and I tell them that. Since the day I started to practice I have personally spoken to thousands of people.

In 1989, I started a program in my community intended to raise peoples’ awareness about mixing alcohol and driving. I’ve done seminars and radio shows to help people with their legal problems.

In the end, whether I'm handling a case against the United States Government or a giant insurance company, it's one lawyer standing by my client, doing everything I can to make sure they’re properly represented.