How do you know you have chosen the right personal injury law attorney?
People ask me all the time “How do I know I have chosen the right personal injury law attorney?” I always have the same answer; “You know you have chosen the right personal injury law attorney if you feel you have a good understanding of your case and status of your case at all times. You should also understand the process of your personal injury law case from the very beginning.”
Most people have never filed a personal injury case. They don’t understand how it works or how to read their insurance policy. An experienced personal injury law attorney can explain each step, explain the benefits and guide you through the process. All personal injury cases take time, effort and with explaining from the right personal injury law attorney, they can be understandable and manageable. When you’re injured, the last thing you want to worry about is the legal part of your case. Instead, your focus should be on getting the right medical treatment for your personal injuries. Hire an experienced personal injury law attorney to assist you with your personal injuries.
Hiring the right personal injury law attorney is a big decision. You have suffered a personal injury, you’re not experienced in dealing with insurance companies, you don’t really understand the process and you need someone to guide you every step of the way. Most c personal injury law cases can drag on for months and sometimes years. This is because seeking medical treatment takes time, gathering medical bills and medical records take time, reviewing the records take time and submitting a settlement offer and negotiating with the insurance company takes time. You will most likely be with this personal injury law attorney for quite a long time, so it is important to make sure from the beginning you have a good relationship with him/her.
Make sure the personal injury law attorney you decide to hire is easy to talk to, easy to reach by phone, explains your case in a way that you can understand, answers all of your questions so you understand the answer and most of all, cares more about your recovery than settling and getting paid for your personal injury case.
I always tell people; don’t hire the first personal injury law attorney you speak to. Meet and speak to several personal injury law attorneys, interview them, see if you like their personality and if the two of you get along well. Bring a family member along to assist you in interviewing and choosing the right personal injury law attorney. Does the personal injury law attorney make you uncomfortable or comfortable? Also, search the internet to see what other clients are saying about the personal injury law attorney, have they had complaints or are clients saying good things about them? Does the personal injury law attorney deal in a huge volume of cases or do they only accept a few cases to be able to provide more personal service? Look up the name of the personal injury law attorney on the Texas Bar website, www.TexasBar.com, to see if there have been any formal complaints filed against them. Do some research before you hire a personal injury law attorney, www.google.com and/or www.bingcom can tell you a lot. Don’t be fooled by expensive adverting, nice offices or big billboards. Hiring the right personal injury law attorney is a big decision and should not be done with the first one you speak to.
So, the original question of this blog is “How do you know you have chosen the right personal injury law attorney?” But the better question should be, “How do you know you have chosen the Wrong personal injury law attorney?” You’ve chosen the wrong personal injury law attorney when you are asking friends or other attorneys questions about your case, if you are searching for answers on the internet about your personal injury case, or if you find yourself laying awake at night worried about your personal injury case. These are all indicators you have hired the wrong personal injury law attorney.
All of these things should be red flags that you have hired the wrong personal injury law attorney. It is not too late to fire that personal injury law attorney and hire another one. The previous personal injury law attorney may make a claim for some of the work he/she has done, but you are still free to fire them! Always!
Choosing the right personal injury attorney is an important and big decision. Interview them, research them, talk to your family and friends about your decision, and most of all take some time to make the decision.