Most injury lawyers offer free consultations — use them as interviews. These ten questions separate seasoned advocates from settlement mills.
The ten questions
- What percentage of your practice is cases like mine?
- Have you taken cases like this to trial, and with what results?
- Who will actually handle my file day to day?
- What is your contingency fee, and does it rise if we go to trial?
- Who pays case costs if we lose?
- What's your honest read on my case's strengths and weaknesses?
- What's a realistic timeline?
- How often will I get updates, and from whom?
- Will you handle the medical liens at the end?
- Can you share references or verdict history?
Listen for honesty
A lawyer who promises a specific dollar figure at the first meeting is selling, not assessing. Careful answers with ranges and conditions are a good sign.
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