Ambulance chaser

Ambulance chaser is a derogatory phrase sometimes used to describe a trial lawyer who specializes in representing accident victims. It typically refers to lawyers who solicit business (sometimes called barratry) from accident victims or their families at the scene of an accident or disaster (or immediately thereafter); figuratively chasing an ambulance from an accident scene to the hospital. It is also possible that they are in a law suit, trying to sue the person(s) that caused the harm In the United States, such conduct violates Rule 7.3 of the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Some bar associations strongly enforce rules against ambulance chasing. For example, the State Bar of California dispatches investigators to large-scale disaster scenes to discourage ambulance chasers, and to catch any who attempt to solicit business from disaster victims at the scene.

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