Personal Injury Basics Attorney in Austin, Texas
What is the process of bringing a personal injury lawsuit?
What is the process of bringing a personal injury lawsuit?
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i think the first thing
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any
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prospective personal injury plaintiff
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needs to
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decide
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is
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what lawyer they want to work with and
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that can be
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a difficult decision i think you need to
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interview the lawyer
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you should
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feel some chemistry with the lawyer
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some confidence you have to develop a
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trust relationship that’s the most
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important thing
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and it’s an interview process you should
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ask to speak to some former clients and
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see what that experience was like
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dealing with the law firm you should ask
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about kind of access you’ll have to the
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lawyer to the lawyer’s staff and
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it takes time
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lawyers need time to investigate the
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facts of the case in order to prepare
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the paperwork the what’s called the
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pleading that they present to the court
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to initiate the lawsuit
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once that’s done it takes time
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to get it to the whoever the defendants
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are whoever you’re suing they then need
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time to hire a lawyer they need time for
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that lawyer to prepare a response and so
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the process
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of bringing a personal injury lawsuit
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uh initially
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can involve
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some energy once it’s going you can
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should be able to rely on your lawyer to
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do the heavy lifting so it shouldn’t be
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too much of a burden on the plaintiff
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the plaintiff
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who is the client in the personal injury
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case will eventually have to testify
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probably in a deposition the lawyer will
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prepare
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the client to testify and walk them
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through the process
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and
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attend a settlement conference if that
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occurs um and then finally if it has to
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go to trial
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be prepared to attend the trial that in
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a complex injury case that can take two
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weeks or longer sometimes three or four
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weeks
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but by and large
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the better the case the more likely it’s
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going to resolve prior to trial
Austin, TX personal injury attorney Scott Hendler talks about the process of bringing a personal injury lawsuit.
