When people meet Marty Rutberg, they sense that this is a serious man doing serious work... and that?s the way it is. Other lawyers try to impress people with talk about the size of their verdicts and settlements: Marty Rutberg knows his record speaks for itself. So he and his firm focus on the size of the difference they make in people?s lives. Marty sees personal injury law as the ultimate ?helping profession.? He chose to be a personal injury lawyer because it meant he could help make the world a better place, one case and one client at a time. To some, such a statement is just words. To Marty Rutberg, it?s a personal mantra and the cultural foundation of his law firm. To a great degree Marty is the product of his upbringing. He grew up in a modest home in a blue-collar environment. He has never forgotten his roots and the need to protect the rights of people from all walks of life, especially those who have been hurt by someone else?s negligence.