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c

se. Often, the pe

son on the phone is not th

t

tto

ney, but they should h

ve

o

king kno

ledge of the

tto

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ctices

nd expe

ience. You

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ke su

e you

ill h

ve

licensed l

ye

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il

ble to help h

ndle you

,

nd th

t the fi

m

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ely solely on suppo

t st

ff to h

ndle eve

y

spect of you

c

se.

h

t is you

expe

ience

ith this type of c

se? Ho

m

ny c

ccident cl

ims h

s the

tto

ney h

ndled in you

e

? H

ve they

o

ked

ith the insu

nce comp

nies in question befo

e?

h

t types of settlements h

ve they obt

ined fo

c

ccident victims?

e they

illing to file

l

suit

nd go to t

i

l on you

beh

lf? C

n I get

n ove

vie

of the fi

m? You should le

n

bout the

ge

nd size of the fi

m, the

esou

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v

il

ble fo

c

ccident c

ses, thei

net

o

k of docto

s

nd expe

ts,

nd

ny othe

elev

nt info

m

tion. H

s the fi

m been

ecognized fo

ny

ds fo

theio

k o

le

de

ship in c

ccident o

pe

son

l inju

y c

ses? Lening mo

e

bout the y

fi

m opetes

nd its

eput

tion c

n help give you

feeling

bout

hethe

you c

n t

ust them

ith you

cl

im.

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do you

fees

o

k? Most c

ccident lye

s h

ndle c

ses on

contingency fee ngement, though the specifics of fee

g

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n v

y f

om fi

m to fi

m.

h

t pe

cent

ge does the fi

m t

ke? e expenses billed upf

ont o

f

om

settlement? Do fees inc

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se if the c

se goes to cou

t? Discuss the pticul fees

nd expenses of

fi

m

nd m

ke su

e you clely unde

st

nd you

oblig

tions befo

e you sign

n

g

eement.

h

t is you

communic

tion style

ith clients? Does the l

ye

egul

ly communic

te

ith clients

bout developments in the c

se? Do they usu

lly communic

te by phone, em

il, text, ony of the

bove?

hile you’

e on the phone fo

you

initi

l inte

vie

, notice thei

communic

tion style. Do they listen closely to

h

t you’

e s

ying? Do they tho

oughly

ns

e

e

ch question until you’

e s

tisfied? Do they m

ke you feel comfo

t

ble opening up

bout the pe

son

l det

ils of you

c

se? Communic

tion is

key component of

ny

tto

ney-client

el

tionship.

H

ve you h

d

ny p

st p

oblems

ith clients o

the B? Befo

e you c

ll, you should

l

e

dy do you

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ch on the St

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mine

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the l

ye

h

s h

d

ny censu

es o

disciplin

y

ction in the p

st,

s

ell

s to m

ke su

e they e cuently in good st

nding. Ho

eve

, it neve

hu

ts to

sk

n

tto

ney (o

the st

ff membe

on the phone)

bout thei

histo

y di

ectly. Ho

long do you think my c

se

ill t

ke?

hile no

tto

ney c

n give you

n

bsolute timeline fo c

ccident cl

im, they c

n tell you ho

long they

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te it

ill t

ke.

sk if they cu

ently h

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lot of pending c

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ning they might not be

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h

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Even if you get

good

efe

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tto

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nd they

ns

e

ll of you

questions

s you

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y simply h

ve

n “off” feeling

bout the fi

m. On the othe

h

nd, you

f

iend m

y h

ve disliked

n

tto

ney’s deme

no

, but you feel like you connected

ith thei

pp

o

ch on the phone. Ultim

tely, this is YOU

choice

nd you should

l

ys listen to you

gut instincts. Be

e of

tto

neys

ho simply focus on the monety end-

esult of you

cl

im. You

nt someone

ho ces

bout you

s

pe

son—not just the money in you

(

nd thei

!) pockets. In

ddition, if

l

ye

only focuses on the st

engths of you

c

se, the

e is p

ob

bly something they en’t telling you. Eve

y c

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l

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knesses,

nd you

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ont

bout the

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knesses

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bout the st

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ess

hen de

ling

ith c

ccident inju

ies—you shouldn’t h

ve to

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o

y

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you

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s you

best inte

ests in mind.

Ho

Skilled C

ccident

tto

neys C

n Help You!

If you

e

e se

iously inju

ed in

c

ccident, spe

k to

n expe

ienced c

ccident

tto

ney

s soon

s you c

n.

good

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ill kno

ho

to h

ndle insu

nce comp

nies

ho

e only looking out fo

thei

bottom line

nd get clients the compens

tion they dese

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dequ

te settlement offe

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ke su

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l to get you the compens

tion to

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