| Q1.
What is the usual course that a case takes?
Q2: Why should I choose your law firm?
Q3: What can I do to help you win my case?
Q4: What about medical treatment and mounting
medical bills?
Q5: How does your law firm charge attorney's
fees?
Q6: Who is going to front all the costs
and expenses of the case?
Q7: What happens if we lose the case?
Q8: Will my case have to go to jury trial?
Q9: What if we win at trial and the other
side takes an appeal?
Q1. What
is the usual course that a case takes?
Prosecuting a case is very time consuming.
There are hundreds of things that occur after a lawsuit
is filed and served. The parties engage in discovery.
They send each other written questions to be answered
under oath and they also request production of documents.
This is usually followed by oral depositions of parties,
witnesses, and later, experts. Settlement opportunities
may be presented during litigation. Some cases are ordered
into arbitration or mediation as a step toward jury
trial. Finally, the case is set for jury trial by a
judge. Many cases settle as the time for trial nears.
Most cases resolve within two years.
Q2: Why
should I choose your law firm?
Because we are dedicated, experienced
and professional, we can deliver higher quality legal
services to our clients. We establish a personal one-on-one
relationship with each of our clients. Our goal is to
achieve maximum compensation for each client by settlement
or trial. Our clients are very satisfied with their
experience dealing with our law office.
Q3: What
can I do to help you win my case?
There is plenty to do. You will be in
constant contact with our team. We will need you to
provide information on request. We will need your cooperation
in responding to discovery from the other side. We will
need to meet with you several times during the case,
including preparing you for deposition. As trial approaches
we will be working with you more often. Your cooperation
is an integral part of the successful outcome.
Q4: What
about medical treatment and mounting medical bills?
Our trained staff works with each client
and their individual situation to maximize medical treatment
benefits. If the client is in need of a specialist,
we are ready to help locate one. We contact the important
doctors in the case for their records and opinions.
Our goal is to see that each client gets the medical
treatment they need. Sometimes we are able to a get
an advance from the other side to defray the medical
bills.
Q5: How
does your law firm charge attorney's fees?
We only work on a contingency fee, meaning
that if we do not win, we do not get paid. Serious injury
victims cannot afford to pay an attorney by the hour.
Our contingency fee is in line with other top-quality
lawyers who handle serious personal injury matters.
Q6: Who
is going to front all the costs and expenses of the
case?
Costs must be advanced during the case to hire experts,
conduct discovery and prepare for trial. We advance
all costs and we say so in our retainer agreement. The
client is responsible for reimbursing the costs when
the case settles.
Q7: What
happens if we lose the case?
You are not responsible for the other
side's attorney fees. Sometimes a defendant will seek
court costs. We seldom lose.
Q8: Will
my case have to go to jury trial?
Most cases are settled before trial. The
settlement result is usually reflected in the efforts
of the attorney in preparing the case properly for trial.
More than 95% of our cases settle, but if the settlement
offer is unacceptable, the case proceeds to a jury trial
to obtain justice.
Q9: What
if we win at trial and the other side takes an appeal?
The losing party is entitled to take an
appeal, but that does not mean it is a meritorious one.
We defend the appeal at a slightly higher contingency
fee. Generally, an appeal takes about one year. If we
win the appeal the other side has to pay 10% interest
on the jury verdict.
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