Tara Reck is the founder and managing attorney at Reck Law PLLC. She has dedicated her entire professional career to helping work injury victims in Washington State. Tara has been practicing as a workers’ compensation attorney and L&I lawyer for nearly 20 years. Throughout her career, she's gotten to know many work injury claimants and their families. That experience taught her a lot about their needs and the challenges they face. The information below will help you get to know our L&I law firm and what we do for work injury victims.

Work Injury and L&I Claim Cases in Washington State

Work injury claimants in Washington State face many challenges after an injury on the job or occupational disease. However, understanding your L&I claim so that you can make good decisions shouldn’t be one of those challenges. Here at Reck Law, we believe in partnering with our clients. We work hard to ensure you understand everything you need to know about your L&I claim: the process, the benefits available, and your role and responsibilities from start to finish.

The Best L&I Claim Outcome Tailored to Your Needs

We respect and treat every injured worker as an individual. Different people have different needs and goals. Every workplace injury and L&I claim is unique. Therefore, the best claim outcome varies significantly for each work injury claimant. That’s why our law firm will manage and handle every claim in a way that’s custom-tailored to you.

We get to know our clients. From our initial consultation and client intake process, through claim administration and litigation, we learn about your life and circumstances. Every workman’s compensation attorney and staff member on our team learns about your individual and family needs. We listen. Then, we collaborate to achieve the best L&I claim outcome for each work injury claimant.

We’re Different: Our Free Consultation & Client Intake Process

Our goal is to represent you and your best interests. Therefore, we need to get to know you. To start, we offer a complimentary 30-minute consultation. Our managing attorney, Tara Reck, handles every consultation directly. During the consultation, she takes time to understand your claim and your reasons for seeking an attorney.

Tara will help you understand the typical claim process. She will guide you and identify where you are in that process. She will also help you spot any existing problems and give you tips for recognizing common issues that arise in workers’ comp claims. Most importantly, Tara will provide you with an honest recommendation. She’ll tell you if you need to hire an attorney. We believe in representing work injury claimants when they need us—not when they don’t. If you do not, we’re happy to just provide information and guidance.

Our Dedicated Staff Will Support You All the Way

Every workers’ compensation attorney and legal staff member at Reck Law is genuinely invested in the work we do. For us, this is not simply a 9 to 5 job. In fact, some of our staff members are injured workers who went through the L&I retraining program to become paralegals during their own claim. Helping work injury claimants is our collective passion. This is why we take a unique approach to everything we do.

We Develop a Case Strategy for Every Client and Claim

Whether you have a state-funded L&I claim or self-insured employer claim—we understand how claims work. We keep close tabs to ensure that your claim is proceeding as it should. Unlike other workers’ compensation law firms, we don’t let claims linger and sit stale for years, and then litigate after things get out of control to try and salvage your benefits.

We understand L&I claims in depth and manage your claim proactively. The reality is that there are a finite number of outcomes for workers’ compensation claims (sometimes referred to as workman’s compensation). We combine the potential outcomes with the specific facts and circumstances in your case. The process allows us to develop the best L&I claim strategy for every client. Using this approach, we can achieve optimal results as efficiently as possible.

Proactive and Strategic L&I Claim Management

The staff members and attorneys at our L&I law firm regularly review state-funded claims through the Claims and Accounts Center. For every self-insured employer claim, we regularly receive and review claim file updates. We know what’s happening in your claim. We work diligently to stay on top of it. In short, we make sure that your claim is moving in the right direction. Then, if problems arise, we can identify them as soon as possible. Our years of experience have taught us how to immediately take corrective actions to get things back on track quickly and effectively.

Furthermore, we actively participate in the vocational process. We attend vocational meetings and help our clients make informed decisions. Moreover, we regularly meet, review, and discuss claims as a team internally. Then, as needed, we update our plan and approach while communicating with our clients.

Our managing attorney, Tara Reck, oversees the entire process and remains hands-on throughout. Consequently, this strategy allows us to frequently anticipate the next steps in the claim process. It helps our clients achieve these next steps without delay. For example, in anticipation of authorization of medical procedures, we urge clients to make appointments or obtain referrals to reduce delays or mitigate wait times.

Collaborating With Our Clients

Our clients are part of our team. Ultimately, our goal is to educate clients throughout the claim process. This way, clients can make informed decisions and help to keep their claim moving forward. We want our clients to understand the big picture. It’s important for us to work together with our clients to achieve good results. Our expertise goes a long way. However, we find that clients who are invested and work collaboratively with us receive significantly better outcomes than those who don’t. As a result, we strive to foster a collaborative relationship with every work injury client we represent.

We are Honest, Straightforward, and Yes–We Might Yell at You

We tell it like it is. In an ideal world, we would have nothing but good news for you. However, that’s not how workers comp works. It’s far from an ideal world. L&I claims are frustrating and difficult. The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) and self-insured companies make unfavorable decisions all the time. We don’t sugarcoat the realities of claims. No matter how difficult or upsetting they may be, we are not afraid of having difficult conversations to ensure our clients understand the challenges and their options. That’s the best way to help clients make good decisions for themselves.

We never lose sight of the big picture. While it’s always necessary to tackle issues as they arise, we never lose sight of the end goal. Our objective is to ensure that claim administration is moving appropriately in the direction most favorable to you.

Not Your Typical Workman’s Compensation and L&I Law Firm

We build on individuals and play as a team. At Reck Law, we recognize that as individuals we all have our own strengths. Rather than taking on “one size fits all” duties within the office, we take on roles and responsibilities that maximize our strengths. The practical effect of this approach is that we work as a unified team on every claim and client we represent. Therefore, because of this team approach, we regularly collaborate to solve problems and efficiently execute strategic plans together.

Workers’ Compensation Law and L&I Claim Cases is All We Do

Reck Law isn’t another big-box law firm with a constantly rotating door of support staff and attorneys. Our attention is not divided among multiple practice areas, some of which may compete with your worker’ compensation interests. Workers’ compensation is all we do. In addition, Tara directly oversees and is involved in every case that the law firm handles. We are here to help.

To learn more about our unique approach to workers’ compensation claims in Washington State, contact Reck Law to schedule a free consultation.