Rensch & Rensch adds physician-attorney to Nebraska injury team

Rensch & Rensch Law has added Mitchell Kohl, M.D., J.D., to its Nebraska personal injury practice as insurers increasingly fight over medical causation, impairment and future care. The Omaha firm says the physician-attorney addition should speed case evaluation and strengthen claims across car crashes, truck wrecks, workers' compensation and medical malpractice.

Why it matters: - Injury claims often turn on disputed medical questions, including whether an accident caused an injury, whether a condition existed before the crash, how permanent an impairment is and what future care will cost. - A physician-attorney can review records, imaging and expert opinions directly, which can reduce reliance on outside experts and potentially speed case evaluation. - Rensch & Rensch says the addition strengthens its ability to handle claims involving disc herniations, traumatic brain injuries and aggravation of preexisting conditions.

What happened: - Rensch & Rensch Law announced the addition of Mitchell Kohl, M.D., J.D., to its trial practice in Omaha and Columbus, Nebraska. - Dr. Kohl will handle car accidents, truck accidents, workers' compensation and medical malpractice matters across Nebraska. - The firm says the hire makes Rensch & Rensch one of the few firms in the region with a doctor-lawyer on staff.

The details: - Dr. Kohl earned his M.D. from Creighton University School of Medicine and was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. - He completed residency training in Family Medicine before earning his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. - He is a Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine. - His prior experience includes work at Colorado's largest personal injury firm, injury and malpractice firms in Detroit and Philadelphia, and service as a Deputy District Attorney in Colorado. - Dr. Kohl has been named to The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40. - Dr. Kohl is a Nebraska native and is returning to the state where he was raised. - Rensch & Rensch says Dr. Kohl is accepting new injury, workers' compensation and medical malpractice matters. - Consultations with the firm are free and confidential, and injury cases are handled on a contingency fee basis. - Dr. Kohl’s practice will focus on car accident claims involving whiplash, disc herniation, concussion and traumatic brain injury. - His truck accident work will center on catastrophic injury claims involving commercial carriers and layered insurance coverage. - His workers' compensation practice will involve impairment ratings, aggravation of preexisting conditions and future medical care.

Between the lines: - The hire signals that injury firms are leaning more heavily on medical expertise as insurers challenge causation and damages. - Rensch & Rensch is using Dr. Kohl’s dual training as both a medical and legal professional to differentiate its trial team in a competitive Nebraska market. - The firm already markets deep trial experience, including more than 100 personal injury cases taken to jury verdict by founding partner Dick Rensch and multiple Nebraska Supreme Court wins by partner Sean P. Rensch. - Rensch & Rensch says the firm has recovered more than $150 million for injured clients over more than 75 years of combined practice.

What's next: - Dr. Kohl will begin handling new matters at the firm immediately. - Rensch & Rensch will continue serving clients across Nebraska from its Omaha and Columbus offices. - The firm says its broader practice will continue to cover car and truck accidents, motorcycle, pedestrian and bicycle injuries, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, workers' compensation and medical malpractice.

The bottom line: - Rensch & Rensch is betting that a physician-attorney can sharpen injury claims where medicine and law collide, especially when insurers contest causation and future care.