Looking for a personal injury attorney is not as easy as you might imagine. Besides the tough situation you are in, you need to ensure that your lawyer is skilled and experienced enough to provide you with the assistance and service you need.
If this is your first time looking for a qualified attorney to help you with your personal injury concerns, this article has compiled the three crucial facts you should know before hiring an attorney.
1. About Their Background and Experience
When you meet with a potential lawyer, they will start asking about your concerns, including personal details. It is your right also to know who you are working with. You need to ask your lawyer questions to assess their knowledge and experience.
If they have not presented themselves yet, there is no harm in asking about the personal injury cases they have worked on over the years. If you want to be more specific, you can ask about cases similar to yours and how it went for them. You can even go as deep as asking how many court trials they have won and lost.
You can also check if they have a support network and other resources to speed up their work, such as medical experts or their team of investigators. More importantly, you need to know if they have ever been suspended from their law practice and why it happened.
2. What They Think About Your Case
Once you have shared your part of the story with your potential lawyer, you have the right to know what they think of your case. Personal injury and RSD injury settlements are different from each other.
They should help you have an idea of how long such cases take before you get answers or whether or not your case would be settled instantly or still go into trial. They should also be able to tell you if they see any potential problems in your case, as well as the estimated value of the settlement.
3. How They Plan to Handle It
They should also provide you with a clear process of how they plan to work on it. Your lawyer should share their detailed plan of the process with you, including the resources they will use and the steps they need to investigate the case.
However, since you are still negotiating, do not expect to get detailed answers from your attorney. A general plan of action and expectations should be enough for you to understand the situation and come up with a decision.
Conclusion
Lawyers are not the only entity allowed to ask questions. Clients looking for qualified lawyers are encouraged to ask questions to help them make the right decision. Since you are not familiar with the field and do not deal with lawyers every day, it is only natural to look for answers. Make sure that you check these three factors before you finalize your decision.
Should you need legal assistance on personal or RSD injury settlements, reach out to us at Ronemus & Vilensky. We are New York’s number one accident and malpractice attorney. We provide affordable legal guidance to victims of injury, medical malpractice, and civil rights violations. Book a free consultation when you dial 212-779-7070.