Some Things To Check Before You Hire An Attorney To Work On Your Case
Hiring a personal injury lawyer is essential following a road accident.
Unfortunately, not all
lawyers available in the market are knowledgeable in personal injury laws.
There are some...
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Some Things To Check Before You Hire An Attorney To Work On Your Case
Hiring a personal injury lawyer is essential following a road accident.
Unfortunately, not all
lawyers available in the market are knowledgeable in personal injury laws.
There are some things you need to check before you hire an attorney to handle your case:
1.
Is he willing to take up your case on contingency fee?
Foremost, the lawyer should be willing to take up your case on contingency fee.
What this
means is that, he only gets paid a percentage of your settlement claim after successfully proving
your case.
Still, you need to find out if the contingency fee covers the legal fees as well as
other expenses such as costs for obtaining medical records, cost of hiring an expert witness,
deposition fees plus court filing charges.
Hinging on the gravity of the case these costs can
amount up to $10,000 or even more.
A reputable lawyer should be financially stable thus enabling him/her to shoulder all the
expenses p
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