The Personal Injury Counsel Editorial Team
The Personal Injury Counsel Editorial Team is a collective of researchers, writers, and editors who produce the educational content on this site. We are not attorneys, and we do not provide legal advice. Our job is to research, explain, and update clear, well-sourced information that helps accident victims understand the basics of personal injury claims.
Editorial team, not a legal team. Members of the editorial team are not licensed attorneys and do not hold themselves out as attorneys. Where a specific article has been reviewed by a licensed attorney from our participating network, that reviewer is identified on the article with their name, bar state, and review date.
Who writes our content
Our editorial team is organized around three roles:
- Researchers gather source material from federal agencies, state statutes, court opinions, safety research organizations, and authoritative secondary sources.
- Writers synthesize research into plain-language articles and explainers focused on motor vehicle accident claims.
- Editors check factual accuracy, verify citations, review for attorney-advertising compliance, and maintain the article through updates and corrections.
We publish under a collective byline — "By the Personal Injury Counsel Editorial Team" — rather than attributing each article to an individual writer. This reflects how our content is produced: every published article is the product of multiple researchers and editors working together, not the opinion of a single author.
What we do not do
- We do not practice law or provide legal advice.
- We do not evaluate specific legal claims, predict case outcomes, or quote settlement amounts tied to any individual's situation.
- We do not fabricate bylines, credentials, bar numbers, photographs, testimonials, or attorney reviewer signatures.
- We do not use AI tools to generate reviewer names, credentials, or endorsements.
How we work with attorneys
Articles that benefit from attorney review — for example, state-specific deadlines, insurance-coverage mechanics, or rules on comparative fault — may be reviewed by a licensed attorney in our participating network. When that happens, the reviewing attorney's full name, state of licensure, bar number where applicable, and review date are shown on the article byline.
If an article does not carry an attorney reviewer byline, it reflects editorial research only and should not be read as attorney-reviewed legal guidance.
Contact the editorial team
To suggest a correction, request a source, or provide feedback on an article, email [email protected]. For our full process documentation, see our Editorial Standards page.