Here are the 5 Golden Rules to hiring a great personal injury lawyer.

 

Follow these rules yourself, or contact HigherLegal™ and we will do the work for you, FREE!

 

 

 

 

Research your lawyer’s background before you hire him! 

Would you hire a doctor, dentist or accountant without knowing their background? Of course not! So when it comes to something as important as your case, don’t hire a Los Angeles personal injury lawyer without first doing research on their background.

 

Research your lawyer before you hire him!

• How many times has he won a case like yours at trial?
• How many arbitrations, mediations or settlements has he won?
• Does he participate in the local plaintiff’s lawyer organizations such as the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and the Consumer Attorneys of California?
• What is his Martindale Hubbell peer review rating?
• What is his standing with the California State Bar?
• Is he a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates?
• Has he received any awards from his peers?
• Does he know the local judges?

 

Knowledge is power! Get the power NOW!  

 

HigherLegal™ is the only Los Angeles lawyer referral service that will do the research for you, FREE!

 

Why would we do this for you for FREE?

• HigherLegal™ makes money by finding the very best Los Angeles personal injury attorney for you.
• HigherLegal™ wants to get the best personal injury lawyer it can for you so you will tell your family and friends about us. 
• HigherLegal™ will give back to Los Angeles charities, churches, synagogues, pro bono legal groups and community organizations by following our mission of GIVING BACK when you let us find the best personal injury lawyer in Los Angeles for you.

 

Research is important! You can do a lot research on your own. You can go to the Superior Court to look up cases, you can contact the State Bar, and you can call other lawyers to find out how good the lawyer you are considering is; but it makes more sense to let HigherLegal™ do it for you, for FREE!

 

If you want to do your own research, here are some resources to use:

 

Martindale Hubbell peer review:

www.martindale.com

 

Los Angeles Superior Court:

www.lasuperiorcourt.org

 

Why are we giving you this information? Because HigherLegal™ really wants you to succeed and to hire the very best Los Angeles personal injury lawyer you can for your specific case.

 

Do your research. Knowledge is power!

 

 

 

Your goal is to get as much money for your case as you can.

 

You will maximize your recovery by asking your lawyer these three important questions, but you have to ask them before you hire your lawyer:

 

• Q1:  “What percentage are you charging me?”

 

Personal injury lawyers are paid on a “contingency basis”. That means you do not pay them by the hour, instead they take part (a percentage) of whatever money they get from your case. What people don’t realize is that you can negotiate this percentage with your personal injury lawyer. HigherLegal™ will show you how to negotiate the best deal on attorneys fees you can before you sign your contract.   

 

• Q 2:  “Do you take your fee before or after you deduct costs?”
  
  

This is very important! Most Los Angeles personal injury lawyers do not want you to ask about this because it is the easiest way for you to increase the amount that YOU will receive from your case! 

 

• Q 3:  “Have you ever tried a case like mine before?”

 

This question may not make sense to you, but it will scare the poop out of many Los Angeles personal injury lawyers! It is the fastest way to find out if the Los Angeles personal injury lawyer you are thinking of hiring has actually been inside a courtroom. What most people don’t know is that many Los Angeles personal injury lawyers are big settlement mills that push around paper and then settle your case cheap, without ever going to court! Don’t let that happen to you! HigherLegal™ is the only certified lawyer referral service that specializes in knowing all of the VERY BEST Los Angeles personal injury attorneys.   

 

 

 

The insurance company who will be on the other side of your case is hoping you hire a mediocre or even a bad lawyer. One of the best ways to maximize the recovery in your case is to hire a lawyer who the other side fears the most!

 

HigherLegal™ asks the competition who they think the best Los Angeles personal injury lawyers are. 

 

One of the strategies that you will only find at HigherLegal™ is our in depth research regarding who the defense attorneys fear the most. We ask the lawyers who represent the insurance companies who they fear the most because our goal is to find out who is going to get the best results for you.

 

You could do this on your own. You could call the major insurance companies and their local defense firms to ask them who they think the best Los Angeles personal injury attorneys are, but it makes more sense to let HigherLegal™ do it for you, for FREE!

 

 

 

Here are the two best ways for you to negotiate a GREAT deal:

• Negotiate the fee percentage.
• Negotiate the costs and how they are deducted.

 

THE FEE PERCENTAGE:

Personal injury lawyers usually get paid on a “contingency basis”. That means you do not pay them by the hour, instead they take part (a percentage) of whatever money they recover for you. What people don’t realize is that you can negotiate this percentage. Even the very best lawyers will negotiate. Every Los Angeles personal injury lawyer wants your case if it is a good case. So get the best deal you can! All you have to do is ask. And if they say no, HigherLegal™ will refer you to another top notch personal injury lawyer in order to make sure you get the very best deal you can and maximize your recovery.

 

Contingency fees usually range from between 25% and 50% depending on the type of case, the complexity of the case, the strength of the case, the location where the case is filed, the skill of the lawyer who you hire, the deal you reach regarding costs, and a host of other legal and factual issues. Some cases even have sliding scale recoveries, so the percentage that your lawyer receives adjusts depending on the amount they recover for you. Even still, some fee agreements are governed by state law.

 

Wouldn’t it be nice to have the information you need to negotiate the very best deal you can with your Los Angeles personal injury lawyer? When you let HigherLegal™ be your Los Angeles attorney referral service, that’s exactly what you will get! We are on your side! Unlike the other Los Angeles lawyer referral services, we really do want you to get the best possible deal and maximize your recovery.

 

Why will we do this for you? Because we make money when you let us help you. And the best part is that our service is FREE to you!

 

We may make a little bit less if you negotiate a great deal, but it is the right thing to do, and we think you will tell your family, friends and co-workers about us when we treat you right!

 

THE COSTS:

This is very important! The Los Angeles personal injury lawyer you hire, whether you are referred there by HigherLegal™, by your family, a friend, the phone book, your CPA, or by a neighbor…that personal injury lawyer does not want you to know about the cost issue because it is the easiest way for you to increase the amount you will receive from your case!

 

Here is the issue in a nutshell: In the contingency fee contract you sign with your lawyer, you want the section regarding the reimbursement of costs to state that the attorneys costs will be deducted BEFORE the attorney takes his attorney fees. After your attorney has deducted the amount of costs he spent working up your case (for things such as court fees, deposition costs, expert fees, travel, postage, etc.) your lawyer then calculates his or her contingency fee.

 

Your lawyer on the other hand wants it the other way around. He will want to calculate his attorney fees based on the full amount of the settlement. He will want to take his fee first and then deduct his costs from your portion of the case. If you want to maximize your recovery, you have to ask for the costs to be deducted first.

 

Here’s why: you get more money in your pocket if the costs are deducted first because the attorney fee you pay will be smaller!

 

Here is a simple example: Let’s say your case settles for $100,000 and your lawyer has spent $30,000 in out of pocket costs during the case for items such as court reporters fees, depositions, expert witnesses, copying medical and employment records, travel to depositions, etc.  If your contingency contract states that your lawyer can take his attorneys fee first and if he is on a 40% contingency fee contract, then your lawyer will get $40,000 for his attorneys fee (that’s 40% of the $100,000 settlement) and then he will deduct his costs of $30,000. In this scenario you get $30,000. If however you have a contract where the costs are taken out first, then the $30,000 in costs is deducted from the $100,000 settlement which leaves a balance of $70,000. The attorney fees of 40% are taken out of this $70,000, for an attorney’s fee of only $28,000. You have just saved $12,000 and increased your recovery by 12%!  

 

You want to maximize your recovery.  When you let HigherLegal™ help you, you will maximize your recovery and find the best possible Los Angeles personal injury lawyer. Best of all, it’s all FREE for you.

 

 

 

Your case has a statue of limitations which means it MUST be filed before a certain date or you will lose your right to make a claim.

 

Critical evidence and witness statements have to be gathered and preserved before they are lost.

 

Don’t delay! You must follow the 5 Golden Rules if you want to make sure you hire the very best Los Angeles personal injury lawyer you can. You can take each of these critical steps yourself, but it’s not easy. HigherLegal™ will do it for you if you act now! With 25 years of experience as a top personal injury litigator in Los Angeles, the HigherLegal™ team will get you the results you deserve.

 

Let HigherLegal™ do the work for you, FREE. There is no obligation.   No fee. No cost. Just good honest advice and the best Los Angeles personal injury lawyers! Act quickly!