How an Attorney Should Handle Your Personal Injury Case

After meeting with an Atlanta, Georgia personal injury attorney, your medical records, exhibits, physical evidence, and witness statements should be gathered within the first two or three months after the incident.

Physical evidence could include any products involved, photographs, diagrams, documentary evidence, and other evidence that would be presented at the trial of your case. If you have recuperated from your accident, your Georgia personal injury lawyer should be able to evaluate your claim, and review with you any demand for settlement that is to be made, against the defendant. The attorney should then begin to negotiate the case.

If the case is not settled, your Atlanta personal injury attorney will then explain to you the time involved in litigating your case and the expenses that will be incurred. Most personal injury cases are handled on a contingency basis. This means that the personal injury attorney does not receive a fee, unless the case is won. Most Georgia personal injury attorneys are paid on a contingency basis. This means that there is generally no attorney fee, unless the case is won.

Under Georgia Law, the client is responsible for any expenses in litigation including filing fees and copying charges. Your Georgia personal injury attorney should explain what the expenses would be and provide you with a copy of the expenses when the case is settled.

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