1st Their action is not guaranteed to win or get money. Even with a good experienced attorney, you can still lose.
a. This is true whether you're a big event, or even have a bad case.
b. No one can predict the outcome of your case, even if you earned all your 'ducks from. "
c. An experienced attorney is a guide and your lawyer. He will do what he can to achieve victory for you. But not every case is worthy of winning, and not every case issuccessful. a lawyer with an impressive list of WINS to lose his credit even tell you that he has the cases. Unfortunately, the risks that all parties if a case goes to court.
2nd The true worth of your case, unknown to each detail of your case has been reviewed by experts.
At the beginning of the year to be the case a., your lawyer will receive all your medical records.
b. He must evaluate liability in your case.
c. He must writeAll medicals and liability.
d. He has his (s) experts evaluate your case, from top to bottom.
e. He must do this legal research to see what similar cases have settled for and what judgments have been made in similar cases.
f. He needs to perform a search on appeal cases to do, to see how the appeals courts have addressed this type of injury.
g. He must know what you have suffered economic losses and what your doctors believe that you need for your futureYears.
3rd You (the customer) are obliged to pay me back for my legal costs, even if you lose your case.
a. This is true. However, lawyers in New York who does not handle medical malpractice and personal injury, most do not ask the customer to litigation expenses are reimbursed for all her if the case is lost.
b. Can you imagine the humiliation to a customer after losing a trial, to tell there, "By the way, now you owe me $ 25,000 for my expenses?"
4th If youand health insurance paid for your medical bills, health insurance in all likelihood, you will share required to report to your health insurance company, most of these bills ... from your share of the settlement, not the lawyer 's.
a. The reason is simple: You were the one who benefits from your insurance company to pay your bills (of course, the hefty premium paid for this performance) to recover any money paid back directly from your share.
b.Their share-that means that you not your money until your insurance company gets their share first. Then and only then check you receive your statement.
5th If you bring an action on behalf of your child, no money, that your child can not be forgiven, to be touched until he or she is 18 years old.
a. To protect your child the money plain and simple.
b. All too often parents, most of whom are well intentioned and some who are not, have tried to grasp,their children money to use for their own purposes and debts. The Courts of New York also refuse any exception to this rule making.
c. Years ago, lawyers were only allowed to invest this money in savings banks where the money laid dormant instead of minimal interest until the child turned 18 years old and it was withdrawn.
d. Nowadays there are usually better investment instruments that the child is to preserve capital, and at the same time generate better returns than usually found in a savings account.
6th If your lawyer screws you make your case or a mistake, he is obliged to make the mistakes and advise you either file a claim against his insurance, or advise you to consult with another attorney.
a. The reason this disclosure is advocated that if a lawyer screws above, the customer usually does not know of the problem until much later. Until then, it may be too late to file a claim against the> Lawyer.
b. The lawyer is no gain or shield himself from such legal wrongdoing.
c. If you make a mistake, own up to it. Say to the customer experience. Advise them of their rights at that point.
7th All lawyers in New York are required to take further legal education classes to keep up to date with legal changes.
a. It makes sense. You do not want to be a lawyer, "who have made the contact with the law, which means that someone who want the current law,and how it applies to your case.
b. In general, a lawyer is required to take 24 credits of classes over a period of two years.
8th "Let's sue everyone we can think of, then we will find out who is really responsible later."
a. If this is your attorney telling you this, I would think twice duties, his or her ability and ethical.
b. If an action against someone without a valid basis to do this began, this could be as frivolous lawsuits, and perhapsSubject of the lawyer and client to sanctions and fines. Make sure you know who you are sued and why.
9th If you have the facts of your case, or on the extent of your injuries are, I'm out of here.
a. When I suggest that you lied about material things can be found on the liability or damages, I will know first on line in court to be removed from your case.
b. You must tell the truth about what happened to you, and how you have disabled your injuries.
10th AlsoIf I tell you, I pay all the costs of the litigation, it may come a time when I will probably ask you to pay for it, otherwise I will not continue on your case.
a. The lawyer says he pays all the costs to the penny.
b. At the end of the case, when and if the money is available, the lawyer is reimbursed for its expenses.
c. In some rare cases I have seen an attorney ask the client directly the costs of their experts come in court, as a result of new informationthat the chances of winning the case are slim to none. In those cases, the lawyer wanted to cut his losses and told the customer, if you do not pay the experts for you, "I ask the Court to release me as your lawyer."
d. The bottom line, ask your lawyer whether this might happen ever.
Comment: I hope this article has with open eyes, certain facts that will treat your injuries must be approached with a New York lawyer, to choose.Remember, the more information you have, the better decisions you will make. If you have any questions, please call Gerry at (at no obligation or cost to you) 516-487-8207.
