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ve nothing to lose in t
lking
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ho might o
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son
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s
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k to
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monet

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m
ges fo
people
ho h
ve suffe
ed inju
ies due to someone else’s celess,
eckless, o
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lly h

mful
ctions.
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n get hu
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bout
ny scen

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those inju
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ye
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nd th
n eve
befo
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tte
ho
you o loved one got hu
t, if it h
ppened bec
use someone else m
de
d
nge
ous decision o
eng
ged in foolish, h

mful
ctions, you h
ve leg
l
ights. You could
eceive compens
tion fo
you
inju
ies
nd losses,
nd you should consult
pe
son
l inju
y lyeight
y to le

n mo
e.

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ye
Consult
tion

Think of

consult

tion

ith

job inte

vie

e you’

e the boss! You should feel comfo

ble

nd confident

hen you m

ke the decision to te

m up

ith

son

l inju

y l

. You

initi

l consult

tion se

ves t

o key pu

poses:

It’s
n oppo
tunity fo
the inju
ed pe
son to ong>len
bout the l

ye
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IENCE, LOC
L EXPE
TISE,
nd UNIQUE
PP
O
CH TO PE
SON
L INJU
Y C
SES, in o
de
to get
sense of
hethe
o
not the l

ye
feels like the
ight fit.
It’s
n oppo
tunity fo
the lye
to ong>len
bout the f
ct
nd ci
cumst
nces of the pe
son
l inju
y event<
st
ong>,
nd to give the inju
ed pe
son thei
opinion on the st
ength of the c
se
nd
hethe
it is
o
th pu
suing.<
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ith those t

o pu

poses

s its focus,

consult

tion p

oceeds

s you might expect. Fi

st, the inju

ed pe

son tells the lyeh

t h

ppened

hy they think they need leg

l help. Then the l

sks questions

nd shes thei

vie

point

bout

hethe

the inju

ed pe

son might h

se. If so, the lye

expl

ins ho

they might help

s the inju

ed pe

son’s questions.

Ultim

tely, of cou

se, the inju

ed pe

son gets to decide

hethe

not to hi

e the l

. Consult

tions come

ith no oblig

tion

nd no

isk,

nd e

lso 100% confidenti

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F
ee Consult
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not

offe

ee consult

tion depends on thei

ctice

. Nely

ll pe

son

l inju

y lye

s offe

ee consult

tions - ou

selves included!

e believe people in need shouldn’t h

ve to p

just to sit do

n fo

t ossessment. Ho

eve

, othe

types of l

s do sometimes chge fo

initi

l consult

tions. These l

s usu

lly

k in

s of l

e it is st

d p

ctice to bill clients by-the-hou

, such

s business o

mily leg

l m

tte

s. So, if you’

ching out

bout

son

l inju

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quotes you

ge fo

sitting do

ith you fo

the fi

st time, th

t’s

good indic

tion the l

does not

k in pe

son

l inju

y l

enough to feel confident in t

king

meeting

ith you fo

ee. In otheo

ds, move

long. So does this me

n inju

ed people c

n shop

ound fo

lye

s expense-f

ee? Yes, th

t’s ex

ctly

t it me

ns.

s esult, pe

son

l inju

y l

s h

ve to b

ing thei-g

me to

consult

tion to convince

potenti

l client to hi

e them.

little competition neve

nyone,

nd you h

ve the

ight to comp

e l

s. In f

ct, top pe

son

l inju

y lye

elcome it,

y to sho

se thei

skills.

ftell, if

n’t convince you to hi

e him, ho

good

ill he be

t convincing

n insunce comp

ny o

y th

t you dese

ve to get p

id big bucks?

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son

l inju

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n initi

l consult

tion. ong> If

ies to ch

ge you fo

one, lk

ny self-p

ofessed pe

son

l inju

y lyeho nts to chge you fo

time spent in

n initi

l consult

tion is not

th you

time.

Contingency Fees, Expl
ined<
h2>
Not only c
n you obt
in
f
ee consult
tion
ith
pe
son
l inju
y l

ye
, but
hen you decide to hi
e the
tto
ney, it costs nothing up-f
ont! Vi
tu
lly
ll pe
son
l inju
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ns the l

ye
ens
fee contingent on
chieving
successful outcome fo
you. The mo
e money the l

ye
gets fo
you, the mo
e money the lye
e

ns. On the flip-side, no money fo
you
lso me
ns no money fo
the l

ye
. This is isk pe
son
l inju
y l

ye
s e
illing to t
ke,
nd it’s
hy they fight so p
ssion
tely fo
s
tisf
cto
y settlement ds. Lye
s
nd clients
g
ee to the te
ms of
contingency fee
t the beginning of thei

el
tionship, usu
lly by signing
fee
g
eement. This is sometimes c
lled

etention
g
eement o

g
eement fo
leg
l se
vices. Not
ll contingency fee
g
eements e the s
me,
nd lye
s
nd thei
clients

e f
ee to negoti
te the l

ye
’s pe
cent
ge. Lye
s
nd clients often
g
ee to
sliding sc
le of pe
cent
ges b
sed on
mounts of
ecove
y
nd/o
ho
much
o
k it t
kes fo
the l

ye
to b
ing the c
se to
successful outcome.

hy do pe
son
l inju
y l

ye
s get p
id this

y? T
o
o
ds:
ccess
nd incentives.<
h3>
hen people e inju
ed th
ough no f
ult of thei
o
n, they dese
ve
ccess to top-qu
lity leg
l se
vices th
t they could neve

ffo
d to p
y-fo
up-f
ont, out of thei
o
n pockets. Contingency fees give them th
t oppo
tunity.

Contingency fees
lso give pe
son
l inju
y l

ye
s the s
me incentives
s thei
clients: to obt
in the most money possible,
s quickly
nd efficiently
s possible. Pe
son
l inju
y lye
s invest thei
skills
nd
esou
ces in thei
client’s c
ses,
hich me
ns
h
t’s good fo
thei
clients is
lso good fo
them. This is ho

st
ong lye
-client
el
tionship is built.

One fin
l note on the topic of contingency fees: some lye
s m
y
sk thei
clients to p
y-
s-they-go fo
incident
l
nd
dministtive expenses
el
ted to
c
se, such
s document copying costs, t

vel
nd lodging, cou
t filing fees,
nd expenses fo
se
vices like cou
t
epo
te
s o
expe
t
itnesses. If
client does not p
y these miscell
neous expenses
s they

ise (in othe

o
ds, if the lye
f
onts those costs), then the lyeill often
sk the client to
g
ee th
t the expenses
ill get
eimbu
sed vi

deduction f
om
ny fin
nci
l
ecove
y the l

ye
obt
ins fo

client.

No m
tte
ho
the lye
nts to de
l
ith c
se expenses, they must disclose thei
p
ocess clely in the contingency fee
g
eement. Most lye
s
ill expl
in these to you st

ight-out, in the inte
est of clity
nd honesty. Just to be s
fe, ho
eve
, m
ke su
e to
e
d the contingency fee
g
eement cefully befo
e you sign it,
nd
sk
bout ho
the l

ye
nts to de
l
ith expenses. It
lso neve
hu
ts to
sk fo b
llp

k estim
te of ho
much those expenses
ill
mount to.

Isn’t It Just E
sie
–
nd Less Expensive - to
ep
esent Myself?<
h2>
Nope. F

nkly, th
t's
te

ible ide
th
t
ill cost you f mo
e in money
nd he
d
ches, eve
y time.
emembe
, pe
son
l inju
y lye
s
ecove
money fo
inju
ed people fo

living. Pe
son
l inju
y lye
s kno

ll
bout ho
to defe
t the sne
ky t
ctics defense lye
s
nd insunce comp
nies
ill use to p
event you f
om getting p
id. Pe
son
l inju
y lye
s h
ve leg
l deg
ees, yes of expe
ience,
nd the kno
ledge to n
vig
te the cou
t system. Besides,
e’ve just expl
ined ho
you c
n
eceive
f
ee consult
tion
nd hi
e
l

ye

ithout p
ying
penny upf
ont!
hy not test the

te
s? Let’s illustte
hy you need
pe
son
l inju
y l

ye
to
ep
esent you. Im
gine you get hu
t in
c
ccident,
nd
feeeks l
te

n insu

nce comp
ny
ep
esenting someone else involved in the
ccident cont
cts you
nd offe
s you
h
t seems like quick, e
sy money
s
settlement. You think to you
self: “Hey! F
ee money!
nd I don’t even need to she it
ith
lye
!”
ithout t
lking to
n
tto
ney, you t
ke the money
nd think
ll is
ell. ong>…Then
e
lity sets in… ong> Befo
e they’ll give you
check, the insunce comp
ny
sks you to sign
bunch of p
pe
s th
t you didn’t
e
lly
e
d,
nd th
t you p
ob
bly
ouldn’t tot
lly unde
st
nd even if you did. Months go by. You spend the money you got f
om the insu

nce comp
ny on something nice fo
you
self,
nd use the
est to p
y bills th
t piled up
fte
youccident. The money
uns out f
ste
th
n you thought it
ould.

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e> Then, one d
y, you st

t to h
ve
ll so
ts of odd he
lth complic
tions. You go to the docto
,
ho tells you th
t you suffe
ed
n inte
n
l inju
y in the
ccident th
t
ent undetected. No
you need eme
gency su
ge
y
nd m
ybe even
n o
g
n tnspl
nt,
ll of
hich you
he
lth insu

nce
on’t even begin to cove
.

You go b
ck to the insunce comp
ny th
t p
id you
nd expl
in, “I need mo
e money to p
y fo
this su
ge
y!” They info
m you the documents you signed h
ve
ele
sed them
nd thei
client f
om
ll li
bility to you in the futu
e. Leg
lly, they don’t o
e you
penny,
nd no
the
e isn’t
l

ye
in the
o
ld
ho c
n help you get it f
om them.

Th
t’s
hy you need
pe
son
l inju
y l

ye
f
om the get-go: to help you
void m
king mist
kes th
t could le
ve you empty-h
nded
hen you need money most. Se
soned pe
son
l inju
y
tto
neys kno
ho
to ev
lu
te
cl
im to m
ke su
e you pu
sue,
nd obt
in,
n
mount of money th
t
ccounts fo
the full scope of you
inju
ies
nd losses. Pe
son
l inju
y lye
s kno
ho
to negoti
te
ith insu

nce comp
nies
nd defense l

ye
s to p
event them f
om pulling unde
h
nded t
icks like offe
ing you quick money o
dodging the t
ue cost of you
leg
l cl
im.

T
ke
dv
nt
ge of F
ee Consult
tions
nd Contingency Fees<
h2>
Don’t let
nightme scenio like this h
ppen to you. T
ke
pe
son
l inju
y lye
up on the offe
of
f
ee consult
tion. Shop

ound, if you

nt, until you find
lyeho feels
ight. Then,
e
p the benefits of
lyeo
king fo

contingency fee.
ield the po
e

nd p
estige of
top-qu
lity l fi
m,
ithout spending
doll

up-f
ont. To get stted, <
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skilled pe
son
l inju
y lye
today.

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