New York Personal Injury Lawyers

New York Personal Injury Lawyers

By Richard Romando

The primary objective of your New York personal injury lawyer is to focus on protecting your rights and entitlements when you are unable to defend yourself. When an accident occurs and you suffer serious injuries, a lawyer can help you claim for damages or pursue legal actions to recover compensation that you are entitled to.

What New York personal injury lawyers can do

Insurance companies are required by law to reimburse you with any expenses that were incurred during an accident, but there are technicalities that need to be satisfied. For example, the filing of no-fault benefits needs to be done within 30 days, or benefits could be reduced substantially or totally lost.

Your New York personally injury lawyer will make sure that you will not be bullied by the insurance company and that you receive the compensation you deserve. There are New York lawyers who are on standby 24 hours a day to take your calls and answer any inquiries you may need.

Costs of hiring a lawyer

If you do not have the money to pay for the charges, you do not have to worry. In most cases, you would not be charged unless you are able to collect the compensation due you.

The fee, however, is quite steep - usually a third of your claims. This serves as a reimbursement for the expenses that the lawyers incurred to win your case. There are also other expenses involved in a New York personal injury case, such as a filing fee of $500, deposition transcript for another $500, doctor's testimony which could be anywhere from $300 to as high as $2500, process server's fee, investigator's fee, costs of retrieving medical records, and meals, among many others. But a good New York personal injury lawyer will try to keep these expenses to a minimum.

You have to understand, though, that not all cases are accepted. Your lawyer would try and retrace the incident that happened and try to evaluate if the case is worth fighting for. There are cases wherein the gain is too small to compensate for anything, so it does not make much sense to go to court.

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Top 10 Reasons Why You Won't Find A New York Injury Lawyer In The Yellow Pages

Top 10 Reasons Why You Won't Find

A New York Injury Lawyer In The Yellow Pages

By Gerry Oginski

Open any yellow pages book in New York under the heading 'lawyer' and you'll be immediately bombarded with every type of injury and claim you could ever make. Full page ads, double page ads, blazing color, unsightly photos, screaming bold headlines...how does an injured victim choose a lawyer among all this clutter?

Here's a sampling of statements found in current yellow pages ads in the Greater New York Metropolitan area:

"Tough, aggressive, experienced."

What does this mean? That you're a pit bull who knows how to bark and bite?

"Serious trial lawyers for the seriously injured."

What does this mean? That if you're not seriously injured you need a trial lawyer who's not serious?

"Over 70 years combined experience."

What this means is that each attorney has limited experience, but if you pool everybody's experience together, we can make is seem like we've been around for hundreds of years.

"Special consideration for senior citizens."

This is an obvious play for cases involving elderly people. Just what special consideration would this firm give to senior citizens that it doesn't give to all its' clients?

"Experienced in obtaining large cash awards quickly."

Does this mean that this firm never takes cases to trial? The only large awards that are resolved quickly are clear cut on liability, causation and damages. Do I want an attorney who is experienced in obtaining large cash awards slowly? What's the rush? If I rush, isn't there a good chance that I'll get less money for my injuries than I deserve?

"You made a mistake once, now choose the right lawyer."

Guess what type of law this firm practices? Divorce.

"Get the money you deserve!"

OK, sign me up and show me the money. What if I deserve more than you can get for me?

"Call the law firm that never sleeps."

That's an interesting way to distinguish oneself. Being up 24 hours a day, bleary eyed, and tired? If you never sleep, how can you adequately represent injured victims?

Photo of lawyer holding briefcase in one hand,
large cardboard check in other, smiling. Client, on crutches, in a leg cast, looking with total glee at the cardboard check, with her hands open wide as if to exclaim "WOW!"
Give me a break. Believe it or not, this violates the disciplinary rules in the State of New York. It's a no-no.

How about an ad without any name, or address, just an 800 phone number?

No good. Violates the rules. Would you call a 'no-name' law firm?

All these ads make you feel rushed to get your cash.
Sort of makes you feel "lucky" you got hurt, doesn't it?

So, with all of these great lawyer ads, how does a consumer who's been injured pick the right one? Do you have to call each and every one? That would be extremely time consuming and not very effective.

Do you trust the firm because they show pictures of crashed cars and an ambulance nearby? How about the photo of a worker falling in mid-air from a scaffold? Can you relate to him?

Maybe you can relate to the photo of the elderly woman slipping on ice and another photo of her lying on a stretcher in the hospital? Do these illustrations and photos make you all warm and fuzzy about the law firm you're about to call? I personally don't think so.

Here's the top 10 reasons you won't find a New York Injury Lawyer from an ad in the yellow pages:

1. You can't tell one ad apart from the other.

2. The lawyer ads all say the same thing.

"Call me," "Personal attention," "Large Cash Awards," "Lots of experience," "Pick me, ooh, pick me!"

3. Many ads scream at you, without telling you how they can help.

4. Do you call a firm just because they have a larger ad than someone 20 pages into the book?

5. Every ad says that I can talk to a lawyer for free, but what are the fees to handle my case? None of the ads talk about that.

6. Who pays the legal expenses if I don't win my case? Many ads don't tell you.

7. How do I know if one attorney is any better than the other? I can't tell just from an ad.

8. Aren't these ads just trying to sell me their services? "I don't want a salesman, I want a lawyer who knows how to guide me through the legal system."

9. I don't want to go through 40 pages worth of yellow pages ads- I need help now. Maybe I'll go online instead.

10. Do you really want to pick a lawyer they way you choose a plumber?

Gerry Oginski is an experienced New York medical malpractice and personal injury trial attorney and practices exclusively in the State of New York. He has tirelessly represented injured victims in all types of medical malpractice and injury cases in the last 19 years. As a solo practitioner he is able to devote 100% of his time to each individual client. A client is never a file number in his office. Take a look at Gerry's website http://www.oginski-law.com and read his free special reports on malpractice and accident law. Read actual testimony of real doctors in medical malpractice cases. Learn answers to your legal questions. We have over 200 FAQs to the most interesting legal questions. Read about his success stories. Read the latest injury and malpractice news. I guarantee there's something for you. http://www.oginski-law.com 516-487-8207 Also, take a look at Gerry's FREE NY Medical Malpractice video tutorials at http://medicalmalpracticetutorial.blogspot.com/ Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Gerry_Oginski Top 10 Reasons Why You Won't Find A New York Injury Lawyer In The Yellow Pages By Gerry Oginski