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Category Archives: Attorney-Client Relations
Why Lawyers Pressure Clients to Settle
Lawyers pressure clients to settle all the time. This is not necessarily a bad thing, nor is it necessarily wrong to do — sometimes it is, but more often than not the lawyer truly believes that the settlement he advocates … Continue reading
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Tagged attorney-client, personal injury, plaintiff, pressure, settlement
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Suing an Attorney for Malpractice is Harder Than You Think
Legal malpractice cases are particularly difficult and expensive to pursue. Aside from the inherent difficulty in finding an attorney who accepts legal malpractice cases, the plaintiff essentially needs to prove two cases in order to win: (1) the malpractice case … Continue reading
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Tagged attorney-client, damages, legal malpractice, personal injury, plaintiff, settlement, trial
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Lawyer Win/Loss Records — Why You Can’t Find Them
I’ve been asked on more than one occasion where plaintiffs can look up the win/loss records of lawyers. Usually this is in conjunction with them initially hiring a lawyer or thinking of switching lawyers, the thought being that this would … Continue reading
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Tagged attorney-client, divorce, full disclosure, lawyer, personal injury, settlement, trial
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Can I Fire My Lawyer? Yes, But You May Still Have to Pay Him
Despite having a written contingency fee contract with your lawyer, you can fire him at any time. However, depending on your reasons for firing him, you may still owe him a fee. In most jurisdiction, though not all, if you … Continue reading
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Tagged attorney-client, delays, firing your lawyer, personal injury, plaintiff
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How to Choose a Lawyer - 2 Revealing Questions To Ask
Unless you receive a referral from someone you trust, choosing a lawyer for your personal injury case can be one big crap shoot. Fancy ads or a nice office tell you more about a lawyer’s business acumen than his competence … Continue reading
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Tagged attorney-client, choose a lawyer, personal injury, plaintiff, tips, trial
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Attorney Costs — Reviewing Your Own Lawyer’s Bill
Costs are the expenses your attorney incurs which are directly attributable to your specific case. Almost all personal injury attorney fee contracts require that these costs be reimbursed from your share of the recovery, i.e., the money left over after … Continue reading
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Tagged attorney costs, attorney-client, deposition, personal injury, phone calls, settlement
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Why Won’t Any Lawyer Take My Case?
If you’ve called several lawyers about handling your personal injury case and you haven’t found one who’s interested, it’s usually due to one of three reasons. First, your case sucks. Second, you want to sue someone who local lawyers don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged attorney-client, damages, insurance, personal injury, plaintiff
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5 Ways To Be An Annoying Personal Injury Client
Most personal injury clients don’t try to annoy their lawyers. Unfortunately, some of them just have a knack for it. They are not the “clients from hell,” who lie to their lawyers, threaten frivolous bar complaints, ignore their lawyers’ advice … Continue reading
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Tagged attorney-client, damages, delays, lawsuit, lawyer, loan, personal injury, phone calls, plaintiff
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5 Things You Need to Tell Your Lawyer
You should never withhold information from your lawyer if there is any chance that information could affect your personal injury lawsuit. It is better for your lawyer to receive potentially damaging or embarrassing information from you than from opposing counsel … Continue reading
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Tagged attorney-client, bankruptcy, criminal record, divorce, full disclosure, lawsuit, personal injury, plaintiff, tips
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Lawyer Not Returning Your Phone Calls? Advice From a Lawyer.
Nothing is more frustrating for a client than when his lawyer won’t return his phone calls. Having been guilty of this offense myself on occasion, let me offer some insight into why attorneys do not return calls and advice on … Continue reading
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Tagged attorney-client, personal injury, phone calls, plaintiff, tips
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Why You Should Be Nice to the Paralegal on Your Case
When you hire a personal injury lawyer, he will likely assign your case to a single paralegal in his firm. She (I don’t mean to be sexist using a female pronoun, but most paralegals are women) will be responsible for … Continue reading
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