Steven Hilst

Steven Hilst became a personal injury lawyer because he saw how his work could transform the lives of severely injured accident victims or families that have lost loved ones under tragic circumstances. Steven Hilst became a personal injury lawyer because he saw how his work could transform the lives of severely injured accident victims or families that have lost loved ones under tragic circumstances. When Hilst was in law school, he worked for a firm representing businesses and corporations’ interests. He got little satisfaction from that work. But when he took on personal injury cases, he relished his one-on-one contact with clients and the precious opportunity he had to help them pick up the pieces and get their lives back together. Hilst particularly remembers a wrongful death case early in his career where he helped a young woman – an immigrant from India – who was in the U.S. with her husband, an engineer. She was still going to school and was on a student visa when her husband was tragically killed in a parking structure accident resulting from a construction defect. “We were able to get a substantial settlement for the woman whereby she had the financial resources to remain in the country and complete her studies,” Hilst said. “In personal injury law, you see first-hand how you’ve helped someone and how that has helped turn their life around. You meet these people in horrible situations in their life and help them get compensation and monetary support. What could be more satisfying than that?”