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Question #6: How Much Does it Cost to Hire You?
A car defect attorney should never make you pay an up-front fee just to consult with you. In addition, you should never pay attorney fees or any investigation costs until compensation is recovered for your injuries.
Be careful with attorneys who “nickel and dime” you for typical office expenses such as ordinary mail, copies, telephone or fax charges.
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Question #7 (Ask Yourself This): Do I Trust the Lawyer?
If you can’t trust the lawyer, don’t hire him. Here are some ways to determine if an attorney is trustworthy:
- If a lawyer tells you how much your case is worth during your consultation, run away. A good lawyer understands the value of the case will depend on a complete investigation and won't create false impressions.
- Has the lawyer ever been disciplined by courts or legal authorities? Ask the lawyer and research this information with the State Bar and on the Internet.
- Some lawyers advertise multi-million-dollar jury verdicts. Find out if any of those verdicts were reversed by a Court of Appeals. That usually means the client did not recover any of that verdict.
- Some lawyers spend millions of dollars on advertising. However, many of these lawyers don’t handle car defect cases themselves, but outsource the work to others for a large fee. If this happens to you, your lawyer ends up being someone different than the one you thought you had hired.
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