What Made You Want to Change from Litigating Large Business Disputes to Focusing On Personal Injury Cases? R. Mathew Feller

Well, when I came out of law school I immediately moved to a place called Tonopah, Nevada. And the reason that I was in Tonopah is because the company that I worked for at the time was a big company, and they were taking advantage of the little guys, right. And business litigation is, you know, he who has the most money and can last the longest typically wins. They typically end up on, you know, the better side. And I was out there running, I think I did 19 depositions over two weeks, you know, just crushing the smaller mining operation. You know, putting them out of business, making sure that their contracts don’t hold up, so you know, the company that I was employed with could scoop that stuff up and and make more money, right. I mean, turn there, you know, billion  dollars into two billion instead of the small mom-and-pop shop that’s just doing it to survive. That didn’t sit right with me. I’m always a guy and have always been a guy that stands up for  the little guy. And it didn’t sit right with me and I wanted to be the guy that stood toe-to-toe with big business and toe-to-toe with the bully. And that was not representing the company that  was representing, you know, the little guy that that really needed us. And so I think that’s what drove that decision, and boy, has it been an internal benefit since then. I mean, I can’t tell you how many times you know I’ve shed a tear with a client because of how thankful they are, and that doesn’t occur in big business litigation; it doesn’t occur when you represent big corporations. It does when you represent somebody that’s been injured at no fault  of their own by some big business that decided to cut corners on safety. And so I’m thankful for it, and I think that’s what drove it. It’s just me. I wanted to stand up for the right cause.