{"id":1080,"date":"2016-05-12T11:26:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T16:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crameranderson.com\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2016-05-12T11:26:22","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T16:26:22","slug":"attorney-sochacki-also-helps-community-as-emt-volunteer-and-paramedic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crameranderson.com\/attorney-sochacki-also-helps-community-as-emt-volunteer-and-paramedic\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney Sochacki also helps community as EMT volunteer and paramedic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Attorney Sochacki is also a volunteer EMT and paramedic.<\/p><\/div>\n

Everybody\u2019s heard the line from Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cHenry VI, Part 2\u201d that says, \u201cThe first thing we do, let\u2019s kill all the lawyers.\u201d Woven into those words is the suggestion that qualities inherent to attorneys qualify them for targeting\u2014even though research has shown that the Bard was most likely emphasizing that lawyers are the protectors of the rule of law<\/a>. After all, the character that utters the now famous aspersion works for the leader of a group of rebels.<\/p>\n

Some lawyers go far beyond protecting the rule of law, and Cramer & Anderson Associate Christopher Sochacki, who joined the firm last June and works in the Litchfield office, can be proudly counted among them\u2014and not simply because he traded in a successful career handling insurance defense work for a role more like that of a \u201ccountry lawyer\u201d who helps \u201cpeople around town sort out their problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to handling civil litigation cases that primarily fall into the personal injury and workers\u2019 compensation categories, Attorney Sochacki plays a role that\u2019s as critical and dramatic as anything on a TV rescue drama.<\/p>\n

A certified EMT and Paramedic, Attorney Sochacki works part-time for New Britain Emergency Medical Services<\/a> and volunteers in multiple roles in New Hartford, where he lives with his wife, Julie, and sons Brandon and Sean.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy kids and my wife appreciate that I do this. It\u2019s a good service. It\u2019s my way of feeling that I\u2019m giving back,\u201d Attorney Sochacki says, explaining that both his move to Cramer & Anderson and his work in the emergency services field represent the fulfillment of a need to make more of a difference for people.<\/p>\n

While he works one shift in New Britain every couple of weeks, Attorney Sochacki is deeply involved in serving the Farmington River town he calls home, where he is the Deputy Director Of Emergency Management, and the treasurer and a member of the board of New Hartford Volunteer Ambulance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Attorney Sochacki\u2019s volunteer service with the ambulance corps requires at least one 12-hour shift a month, and as a first responder he\u2019s on the front lines of local emergencies. Outfitted with a pager, a radio at home and even a \u201cjump bag\u201d emergency kit, he says, \u201cI respond and get there before the ambulance does and begin providing care.\u201d<\/p>\n

That can be intense.<\/p>\n

Attorney Sochacki recalls one incident that remains imprinted on his memory: \u201cIt had been a really busy day for New Hartford,\u201d he said in relating how a father called 911 from his vehicle, saying his son had been hurt in a bike accident and he was driving the youth to the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s in a lot of pain,\u201d the man said of his son, \u201cI think I need an ambulance.\u201d When Attorney Sochacki arrived first at the location of the Jeep Cherokee, the father was frantic, saying, \u201cMy son\u2019s in the back and really needs help.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NhvaLogo-test\"\u201cThe youth\u2019s legs were shattered,\u201d Attorney Sochacki said. \u201cOne of his arteries had been cut. I heard the kid actually made this miraculous recovery. We ultimately saved his life that day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a definite perspective builder. It makes you appreciate what you have,\u201d Attorney Sochacki said of his volunteer work in New Hartford and part-time role in New Britain.<\/p>\n

It was his perspective that brought the attorney to Cramer & Anderson. He was working with a national law firm as an insurance defense litigator. \u201cI would represent anybody who was sued,\u201d he said, which meant dealing mostly with insurance companies and not much with the actual clients.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like I wasn\u2019t making a difference for individuals. I was working more for institutions,\u201d Attorney Sochacki said. The day-to-day reality didn\u2019t correlate with the personal \u201cwhy\u201d factor in his career role.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, about seven or eight years ago, he had interacted as part of a case with Cramer & Anderson partner Barry Moller<\/a>, who was working in the Litchfield office.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just loved the feel of the firm, and respected how they did things,\u201d said Attorney Sochacki, who recalled thinking, \u201cIf I ever got the opportunity to test the other side, I would want to do it here.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the opportunity arose to join Cramer & Anderson and help to grow the firm\u2019s civil litigation business, \u201cI jumped at it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In the time he\u2019s been with the firm, Attorney Sochacki has handled homeowners\u2019 disputes with insurance companies, and represented a law firm that had breach of contract dispute with an IT provider. In one current case, he\u2019s representing a homeowner on remodeling project that completely went awry.<\/p>\n

His practice also focuses on personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice, real estate errors and omissions, professional malpractice, and employers\u2019 liability and discrimination. Attorney Sochacki has extensive litigation experience in fire and explosion litigation, emergency management and emergency response consultation and litigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a lawyer, I don\u2019t take every single case,\u201d he says, but on the other side of that equation are lots of people who have legitimate cases but never approach an attorney, including some who simply \u201cfeel fortunate and blessed that they\u2019re not hurt worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of people out there who are wronged but they simply can\u2019t afford to get a lawyer involved necessarily,\u201d Attorney Sochacki said. \u201cTo a lot of people it\u2019s a cost benefit analysis. They think, \u2018Maybe I\u2019m out $5,000 but it\u2019s going to cost me more to get a result.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The bottom line is that anyone who feels wronged should consult with an attorney to discuss the options. \u201cInsurance is there for a reason. The system is here for a reason,\u201d Attorney Sochacki said. \u201cIt\u2019s there to provide you compensation for your troubles, for your pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

When cases do go forward, there\u2019s something important to realize, and Attorney Sochacki keeps a synthesis of this truism in the form of a quote from the late Simon H. Rifkind<\/a>, a celebrated attorney and former Federal District Court Judge.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hold onto it almost as reality check,\u201d the attorney says of the quote, which says, \u201cThe object of a trial is not the ascertainment of truth, but the resolution of a controversy by the principled application of the rules of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not only do attorneys safeguard the rule of law, as Shakespeare understood, but they\u2019re also the experts who know the rules of the game in legal proceedings.<\/p>\n

Attorney Sochacki can be reached in the Litchfield office of Cramer & Anderson\u2014the regional firm with five offices serving western Connecticut\u2014at (860) 567-8718. His email is mailto:csochacki@cramer-anderson.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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