What you do in the first two days after a car crash, a slip and fall, or an arrest decides more of your case than almost anything that comes later. Gary Safir, a Michigan personal injury trial lawyer, and Rory Safir, a Florida DUI, criminal defense and personal injury lawyer, walk through what disappears in those 48 hours and what to do before it does.

Gary covers the evidence that is gone once you leave the scene, why a missed concussion diagnosis makes a case harder, how insurance companies call people while they are still in the ER, and how Michigan no-fault benefits work. Rory covers the 10 days to challenge a license suspension after a Florida DUI arrest, implied consent, why the roadside exercises are voluntary, and why the best thing to say after an arrest is nothing until you have talked to a lawyer.

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Gary and Rory Safir sit down with Tennessee trial lawyer Tim Henshaw for the Lost Pilot of the Safir Brothers Lawcast: an unfiltered conversation about trying cases, winning appeals, and the clients lawyers remember.

Gary tells the story of a demand sent in emojis and a client who called months later to say thank you. Rory goes back to his first Baker Act hearing. Tim talks about the scaffold case, practicing in courts without e-filing, and the lawyer he wants to be remembered as.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:10 Who we are
5:26 Rory: the Baker Act hearing
12:26 Gary: the kid and his little brother
20:18 Tim joins
27:34 Tim: the scaffold case
33:00 Gary: the first appeal
37:02 Rory: six months on the defense side
42:07 The problem with LinkedIn
46:23 In-person court
51:43 2,000 lawsuits in a day
56:35 Memes in a deposition
1:03:35 Discovery cuts both ways
1:08:44 Prosecutor or public defender first
1:12:21 Tim’s legacy
1:17:29 Where to find Tim

GUEST
Tim Henshaw, The Henshaw Firm: https://thehenshawfirm.com/attorney/tim-henshaw/
Instagram: @noogalawyer

HOSTS
Gary Safir, Michigan Auto Law: https://getsafir.com/
Rory Safir, Safir Injury and Criminal Defense Law: https://thesafirlawyer.com/

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Gary Safir turns the tables and interviews his brother. Rory Safir is a Florida DUI defense lawyer and one of the few forensic lawyer-scientists in the state, and this episode is about the science under a DUI case: breath tests, blood tests, and the roadside exercises, how each one can go wrong, and why the defense has to understand the instrument as well as the officer does.

Rory talks about how he came to forensic science, what he learned from the lawyers who built this field, and why he wrote the Florida DUI Trial Manual for other lawyers who take these cases. Gary brings the personal injury side, where reading the medical evidence decides the case the same way.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
0:09 Meet the Safir Brothers
0:30 Rory’s forensic science focus
1:12 The science behind DUI testing
2:05 Becoming a lawyer-scientist
3:23 The role of science in DUI defense
4:21 Learning from the best in DUI defense
7:12 The Florida DUI Trial Manual
9:10 How accurate are breath and blood tests?
10:19 What affects DUI test results
13:05 Common pitfalls in DUI defense
15:12 Medical knowledge in personal injury
17:11 Science as defense strategy
21:02 Advice for DUI defense lawyers
23:28 Choosing the right lawyer for your case

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The Safir Brothers Lawcast: two brothers, two states, personal injury and DUI defense. Gary Safir practices personal injury law in Michigan. Rory Safir practices DUI defense, criminal defense and personal injury law in Florida.

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