Documents You Should Have Executed at an Initial Personal Injury Client Meeting
Law school does not always prepare lawyers for the day-to-day realities of a legal practice, however, one key fact to remember is the better prepared you are the first time you meet with a new personal injury client, the better the entire relationship is likely to go. After all, when your organizational skills are apparent to your client, he or she is more apt to trust you—and your legal skills.
If you, as an attorney, have done your due diligence on this new personal injury case, then you have already: checked out the scene of the accident, taken photographs at the scene, gone over the police report with a fine-tooth comb, looked into your client’s prior medical history, and performed an initial background search into both your client and the defendant.
At this point, you are meeting with your client to execute necessary documents, including the following:
In all likelihood, most lawyers will find that the reality of practicing law is somewhat different from the theory of practicing law, unless the attorney has some actual legal experience under his or her belt as a result of a college internship, or a paralegal job while preparing for law school. As an example, most attorneys don’t really understand that the average individual will strongly resist spending money on an attorney unless it is clear that significant consequences will result from failure to do so.
Because of this, it is especially important that a personal injury attorney is fully organized and prepared when meeting a potential personal injury client—and that you are able to show the client the benefits of hiring you.
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