# Man Who Subtly Flexed His "Wrongful Death Lawyer" LinkedIn Profile For Years Gets Slapped With Wrongful Death Lawsuit
You know how some people make their entire personality their job? Like the Crossfit guy who won’t shut up about his Paleo diet, or the vegan who brings up their ethical superiority at a barbecue? Well, meet Chad Worthington III, a 42-year-old wrongful death lawyer from Scottsdale, Arizona, who spent the last six years making his entire existence about how he’d totally win a wrongful death lawsuit. And now karma—that petty, vindictive bitch—has decided to give him the plot twist he never saw coming.
Chad, who we’re legally obligated to call a “highly respected legal professional” even though he sounds like a walking LinkedIn post, is currently being sued for wrongful death after his Tesla’s autopilot allegedly plowed into a jaywalking pedestrian. The plaintiff? The family of the deceased, represented by—wait for it—his arch-nemesis from law school, a guy named Derek who once lost a mock trial to Chad over a particularly aggressive objection about hearsay.
Let’s rewind, because this is the kind of schadenfreude that makes you believe in a higher power, or at least in the universe’s sense of humor.
Chad, like many lawyers with a niche practice, treated his LinkedIn like a shrine to his own perceived brilliance. His profile was a masterclass in cringe: a professional headshot with a smirk that said “I bill by the hour,” a header image of gavels and scales of justice, and a tagline that read: “When life ends, my fight begins.” Every single post was a humblebrag about how he’d “crushed” a deposition or “destroyed” an insurance adjuster. But the real pièce de résistance was his weekly series, “Wrongful Death Wednesday,” where he’d post a photo of himself in a tailored suit, standing next to a whiteboard with fake case notes, captioned something like: “You think you can settle for $50k? I think you can GET $5M. DM me.”
Imagine being the kind of person who hashtags #JusticeWarrior unironically. That’s Chad. His LinkedIn was basically a shrine to the idea that he was the legal equivalent of John Wick, but instead of avenging a puppy, he was avenging your aunt who tripped over a loose floorboard at Walmart.
But here’s the thing about being a lawyer who specializes in something as grim as wrongful death: you’re essentially advertising that you’re an expert in tragedy. You’re saying, “I know the ins and outs of your worst nightmare, and I’m really, really good at profiting from it.” And for most people, that’s fine—it’s a job. But Chad took it to a level that made even other lawyers roll their eyes. He’d show up to cocktail parties and, within five minutes, mention his “record-breaking settlement” for a guy who got crushed by a vending machine. He’d post photos of his vacation to Cabo with captions like, “Even the beach can’t wash away the memory of that deposition I won last week. #NeverSettle.” He was insufferable, and the internet, being the petty entity it is, decided to keep receipts.
The lawsuit against Chad is, frankly, delicious. According to court documents (which I definitely read and didn’t just skim for juicy details), Chad was driving his 2023 Tesla Model S with the autopilot engaged while simultaneously filming a TikTok about—you guessed it—wrongful death. Yes, you read that correctly. The man who built his brand on holding other people accountable for fatal negligence was allegedly distracted by his own phone while his car did the driving for him. The pedestrian, a 68-year-old retiree named Gary, was jaywalking—because of course he was—but the plaintiff’s lawyers are arguing that Chad’s “reckless disregard for safety” (read: filming a damn TikTok) superseded Gary’s minor infraction.
And who’s the lawyer representing the family? Derek Pemberton, Chad’s former classmate from Harvard Law. Derek has allegedly been waiting for this moment since 2007, when Chad called his mock trial closing argument “a little pedestrian” (yes, that pun is intentional). Derek’s opening statement reportedly included the line: “My client’s death was not just an accident—it was a wrongful death. And who better to teach us about wrongful death than the man who filmed a video about it while driving?” The courtroom reportedly erupted in laughter, and Chad’s face turned the color of a rush-hour traffic jam.
Now, the internet is doing what it does best: turning tragedy into a meme. Reddit is having a field day. The r/LeopardsAteMyFace subreddit has already crowned Chad “Lawyer of the Year” for his commitment to the bit. Someone photoshopped his LinkedIn headshot onto a bumper sticker that says: “Honk if you’ve been sued for wrongful death by a guy who made wrongful death his whole personality.” TikTok is flooded with videos of people recreating his “Wrongful Death Wednesday” posts but replacing the legal jargon with, “I’m about to get destroyed in court by my own hubris.”
But let’s not forget the actual tragedy here: a man is dead. Gary, the retiree, was just trying to cross the street to grab a coffee. He wasn’t a saint—he jaywalked, which is technically illegal in Arizona. But does that mean he deserved to get hit by a Tesla driven by a guy who was literally filming a video about how to sue people for exactly this kind of thing? Probably not. Unless you’re Chad, who allegedly told police at the scene, “This is ironic. I literally just posted about jaywalking fatalities last week.” That quote, by the way, is in the police report. The man has zero self-awareness. It’s like watching a horror movie where the main character says, “I’ll be right
Final Thoughts
After sifting through countless cases and the legal machinery that grinds behind them, it’s clear that a wrongful death lawyer does more than litigate—they serve as the last line of accountability for negligence that cuts a life short. The real tragedy, however, is that no settlement can ever fill the silence at a dinner table or mend the fracture in a family’s timeline. If there’s a conclusion to be drawn, it’s that our justice system often reduces irreplaceable loss to a dollar amount, but a skilled attorney’s true work lies in forcing the system to acknowledge the human cost behind the claim.