Interviews with Personal Injury Lawyers |
Posted: February 6, 2021 |
A List of Questions to Help You Evaluate Houston Personal Injury Lawyer. When setting up your meeting with attorneys who can represent you, be prepared to ask questions. Print out our interview worksheet and take it with you. Make sure you are comfortable with each answer and write down any specific information so that you can compare the details between the attorneys later. Here is a list of questions and other areas to consult when evaluating personal injury attorneys: 1. Past Client Reviews - Check out independent directories to see what your past personal injury clients are saying 2. Know your part of the state: Have similar cases been tried or resolved in your city or county? Do they have an office near you? 3. Who will be assigned to your case - Make sure all questions you ask are relevant to the specific attorney assigned to your case. It may not be the person you are talking to the first time. 4. Experience with your type of case: How many personal injury cases have your state handled for your type of accident or injury? Do other attorneys refer cases to you? 5. General experience and resources: age, size, experience, connections with doctors and expert witnesses relevant to your case. Awards and leadership roles in organizations can also be good indicators. 6. Good judicial connections: Find out if they participate in the local bar association and contribute to the campaigns. 7. Comfort with going to trial: Find out how many of your cases go to trial and the success rate of those that do. 8. Negotiation skills - ask what kind of settlements they have reached (remember, 95% of personal injury cases are settled without trial) 9. Your personal comfort with the attorney: Are you comfortable talking to them about explicit details of your case? Are your questions answered to your satisfaction? Are they good listeners? Ask how and how often they will contact you about your case. 10. Payment: How do you expect to be paid? Are there fees or terms that would change if the case goes to trial, for example? Are expenses billed separately? What about the costs for expert witnesses and other resources that may be required? 11. Time: Ask specifically when your lawsuit will be filed and how long they anticipate it will take. Make sure they don't have so many cases pending right now that they can't spend adequate time on yours. 12. Your Expected Role: Ask the attorney what expectations they will have of you There may be several things they will expect you to do, but some attorneys may not accept extensive client involvement in a case. 13. Past problems: has the lawyer ever been there? censored or disciplined by any legal or ethics committee in the past? 14. How Disagreements Are Handled: If you and the attorney don't agree to accept an agreement, for example, what happens?
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