How To Choose The Right Lawyer

Steven Schwartzapfel

Hiring a lawyer is easy. Hiring the right lawyer takes a little extra work. You see, there is as much difference between individual lawyers as there is between doctors, accountants, or other professionals. Choose carefully! It may be the most important decision you make for you and your family’s financial future!

Here are some questions you might consider asking a law firm before hiring them:

1. How much experience does your firm have in representing personal injury clients?

2. Does the firm have a proven track record of success?

3. Does the firm provide volumes of testimonials from highly satisfied clients attesting to how they would recommend the law firm to their friends, family, and others they love and care about?

4. Does Martindale-Hubbell® rate the firm and its attorneys AV?

5. Have you been recognized as a Super Lawyer or Best Lawyers or named on the list of Top 100 Trial Lawyers?

Here are some questions you might consider asking a law firm before hiring them:

6. Have you ever served as president or officer of any bar association or lectured to attorneys or judges on the law?

7. Have you ever served on a judicial screening committee to qualify a judge?

8. Do you promise to return all calls the same day but in no event later than twenty-four hours?

9. Will you copy me with everything you do on my case?

10. Have you ever been disciplined by the State Bar Association?

Here are some questions you might consider asking a law firm before hiring them:

11. Has anyone ever sued you for legal malpractice?

12. Do you carry a legal malpractice insurance policy?

13. If I am not happy with your firm the first thirty days after I hire you, can I discharge you as my attorney, take my case file and owe you no fee?

14. Why should I hire you to represent me?

Schwartzapfel Lawyers P.C. are personal injury attorneys in New York that fight fraud, injustice and FOR the rights of people who have suffered injuries, accidents, medical malpractice, and more. Learn more about Steven Schwartzapfel, the founder, and why he is dedicated to fighting for the rights of those who can't help themselves.