Owings Mills Attorney Creates Car Accident App

Getting in a car accident is always stressful. You don’t know what to do. You don’t know who to call. You wish there was a magic button you could press that would make everything easier. Well, now that magic button exists.

Owings Mills attorney Michael Freedman has recently developed a free Personal Injury Assistant app, the first of its kind in Maryland, for users of iPhones and Droid. The mobile app helps motorists in car accidents by prompting the user to gather the necessary information and submit the information directly to Freedman’s law office.

“Once you leave the scene of an accident, it is very difficult to recreate what had happened,” said Freedman, who has been practicing law for 45 years. Law offices and insurance companies spend thousands of dollars on accident recreation, and often, their conclusions don’t match, he said.

The Personal Injury Assistant resolves this problem by allowing the user to send photographs, videos, and witness testimonies directly to the Michael Freedman Law Firm. The app also features an “Injury Journal,” an “Accident Intake” section and a list of tips on what to do when involved in an accident.

The app was released about a month ago, and Freedman is pleased with the results so far. Although the app has not yet engendered much additional service for the law firm, it has generated a good deal of publicity, which Freedman finds advantageous.

“This is something that I thought would reestablish ourselves with our client base as being ahead of the field, being creative, being innovative,” Freedman explained.

A self-proclaimed technology junkie, Freedman admits that he is addicted to his iPhone and iPad, and would probably buy newer versions if they were released next month.

“Because I do so much of it, I saw the value of what it could mean in the real world to somebody who had an accident,” said Freedman.

This real-world application is a significant reason why Freedman went forward with the idea after receiving an email from a company that developed personal injury apps. Freedman believes that his app will connect with a younger audience, one that is more attuned with smartphones and mobile apps.

Freedman has even received calls about advancing his app further by making it easier to find and download, as well as creating a mobile webpage for the law firm.

Although Freedman is the first lawyer in Maryland to introduce this technology, he maintains that apps like his will quickly catch on with other law firms.

“Two years from now, every lawyer will have an app,” he predicted, adding that the app was inexpensive to develop.

But for now, Freedman is certain that he has an advantage over his competition and will not be sitting on his hands in the meantime.

“My job, as marketing for the firm, is to keep the edge that we have, keep the fact that we are ahead of everybody else in it,” Freedman said.