Follow Your Intuition

After you have compiled all of the facts, you will hopefully have narrowed your list of possible attorneys and have weeded out the ones that do not fit your needs.  Once you have a core group of qualified candidates, you should consider what all they bring to the table as well as how well you feel that they will work with you.  You may have one attorney who has the most experience and a great track record, but that attorney may have a case overload.  This fact can cause you to question if this particular attorney will be able to provide your case as much care as you would like or if the attorney will be available to answer your questions, concerns, and inquiries, which you may desire.  On the other hand, you may have found another attorney with an impressive track record but not quite as much experience with medical malpractice cases as the first.  However, this attorney may have recently just settled a case quite similar to yours for a substantial amount of money.  Then still, your cousin may have introduced you to an attorney who represented them a few years ago and won your cousin’s case, but this attorney only accepts an hourly payment, while the other two work on contingency.  So which attorney do you choose?  It all depends on you and what particular characteristics you place the most value on.  It also depends on which one you feel you have the best connection with.  Thankfully, most attorneys will have a free consultation with you before taking your case, so it would be wise to use that time to learn about the attorney’s credentials, as well as to analyze what type of person they are and whether or not you can work with them, because you are basically trusting them with a substantially important part of your life.