If You're The Victim Of A Car Accident, Protect Yourself By Hiring The Right Personal Injury AttorneyWhen someone else’s careless driving makes you the victim of a car accident, this can be a harrowing experience; it may take you a long time to recover. In addition to having injuries you may have to deal with, there may be significant pain and suffering, and loss of income as well. However, you don’t have to go through this experience alone. If you hire a New York personal injury attorney, you can at least leave most of the details involving negotiations for a settlement or trial to a professional.

Why you need the services of a professional personal injury lawyer

This is one time when you shouldn’t go through the legal process by yourself. The problem is, the insurance companies know that most victims don’t have the legal expertise to negotiate with them successfully, so as to have a fair outcome and compensation for the injuries they have incurred. Because of that, insurance companies offer significantly smaller settlements than victims otherwise might get if those victims try to negotiate by themselves, and may not offer a settlement at all.

However, by hiring a Long Island injury attorney to go to bat for you, you’re putting the insurance company in your case on notice that you have a professional at your disposal. Your lawyer will undertake negotiations for you, and get you a fair settlement so that you have the money you need to take care of what you need to. You may have expenses because of medical costs due to injury, and you should be compensated for that pain and suffering you have endured because of the car crash, a crash that happened through no fault of your own.

Your Nassau County attorney will negotiate with the insurance company for you. Because he or she has the experience and has dealt with insurance companies before, he or she will be able to sidestep any tricks or manipulation the insurance company might try to engage in; that means the settlement you receive will likely be much higher than what you could get on your own.

If you do have to go to trial, it will already be difficult because of the trauma the car accident has caused, but your Suffolk injury attorney will make the process as easy as possible for you. He or she will guide you through the event of the trial, and take care of much of the difficulty for you so that you don’t have to worry about it. As the victim, you can sit back and let your Queens County personal injury lawyer handle most of the stress for you so that you can turn your attention to getting better.

Hiring a personal injury lawyer generally costs you nothing upfront

Although your personal injury attorney does get paid if you win your case, you don’t have to pay any money if you don’t win; instead, your lawyer will take you on contingency and will then collect a percentage of your settlement or award (usually about a third of the total amount) as compensation for services rendered and reimbursement for fees and expenses.

Make sure the personal injury attorney you hire has adequate courtroom experience

When you’re looking for a good personal injury attorney to represent you in the aftermath of your car crash, make sure the one you choose is versed in trial and courtroom proceedings as well as in settlement. Although most attorneys do indeed try to work with insurance companies so that their clients receive fair settlements, a good attorney will not be afraid to go to trial if need be.

Ideally, your New York attorney will be fully versed in courtroom proceedings so that the insurance company knows this and will likely be willing to settle fairly. If the attorney you choose is not versed in courtroom proceedings, the insurance company may know as well and may use it to unfair advantage. After all, if your attorney wants to avoid courtroom proceedings, the insurance company can use that as leverage to settle for less than might be fair.

By hiring a personal injury attorney with courtroom experience, you’ll have the leverage you need to ensure that the insurance company behaves fairly; if not, you can go to court, sure that you have the best possibility of winning your case and being awarded enough money to take care of your needs. Once this has been resolved you can put the accident behind you and move on with life.

For questions about this or any other aspect of the law, feel free to contact me directly at 516.358.6900 or RJaffe@lcjLawFirm.com.

Richard Jaffe, Esq.

Law Office of Cohen & Jaffe, LLP
www.lcjLawFirm.com