Top 10 Reasons To Hire An Experienced Missouri Trial Attorney

1. Leverage.

When you hire a successful trial attorney, you carry a big stick. That is, the threat of your attorney taking the insurance company's insured to trial and winning is the important leverage to have when hiring an attorney to represent you at this critical time in your life. However, if your attorney does not have an ongoing proven track record of taking cases to jury trial and winning, then what you have hired to represent your interests, and the interests of your family, is merely a personal injury case broker with a law degree. That kind of attorney has no real leverage to get your case resolved on favorable grounds to you. And you can bet the insurance companies know who is a threat, and who is not. Most people hope their case will settle long before trial. That's normal, and most cases do settle out of court. However, if you want to maximize the chance of a great settlement, you should hire a proven trial attorney to send the insurance company a message that you will be prepared to go to court if necessary. That's leverage.

2. Practical Experience with Outcomes.

Trial attorneys are experienced with cases like yours and can tell you at the outset whether it is worth your while to pursue legal action. If you are unlikely to prevail at trial, you deserve to know why early on, and your attorney should not incur unnecessary expenses taxed against your settlement. In that situation, a good trial attorney knows methods of alternative dispute resolution such as mediation or arbitration, which could help get your case resolved without the significant risks of trial, and also help you to save time, money, and avoid a lot of anxiety.

3. Attorneys Fees Contingent Upon You Winning.

Most trial attorneys, like Larson Law, who concentrate on personal injury cases work for a contingency fee, which means that if you do not win, you will pay no attorneys' fees. In contingency fee cases, regardless of the outcome, you may be responsible for certain expenses incurred in prosecuting your case that are not directly related to professional attorneys' fees, such as the fees doctors charge for reviewing your records or being interviewed. At Larson Law, we understand you cannot afford to pay expenses when you are hurt and out of work, so all expenses are paid on your behalf, and reimbursement is not expected until the case is resolved.

4. Avoid Dealing with Adjusters and other Headaches.

An experienced attorney and his or her staff can take care of all the paperwork, the phone calls, the bill collection notices, and the expenses of your case, so that you can focus on getting your health back and taking care of your family.

5. A Team of Experts, Investigators, and Paralegals.

When you call a trial practice like Larson Law, you'll have a team of investigators standing ready to obtain and evaluate evidence vital to your case, and a network of experts in fields such as engineering, economics and medicine who are trained to evaluate the evidence in your case and help us to educate a jury. Moreover, in addition to your lawyer, you'll have a staff of paralegals and secretaries trained to organize and coordinate your case, and a law library giving us access to statutes, cases and periodicals throughout the United States and the latest technological innovations for an edge on our opponents.

6. Good Judgment.

A good trial attorney will be more objective about the value of your case than you, because he or she brings a wealth of practical experience to the table. No one truly knows the value of an injury victim's damages. Certainly you don't, and no one expects you to. Thus, where you may be tempted to take what appears to you to be a reasonable settlement offer, your attorney may counsel you that it is in your best interests to wait for a more appropriate offer.

7. Familiarity with the Courthouse, Judges, and Other Attorneys.

An experienced trial attorney calls the courthouse his home. The judges have respect for him, and he can deal most effectively and expediently with opposing counsel. If you are hiring a personal injury who is not a trial attorney, then they may not even know where the courthouse is, and they won't garner any respect from the attorneys on the other side of your case. See item #1, above (Leverage).

8. Finding Insurance.

It is one thing to be able to prove that your damages are significant, and it is another thing to find a means to collect money for those damages. A good trial attorney can do both. We can help you sort through the maze of insurance coverages and determine the applicability of insurance policies with liability coverage, uninsured motorist coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, umbrella or excess coverage, and a host of other types of insurance coverages that many lawyers know nothing about.

9. Larger Settlements.

A trial attorney is motivated to zealously advocate your case, and because their fee is contingent upon you winning, a trial attorney wants to obtain for you the best settlement possible, and as early in the litigation process as possible.

10. Larger Verdicts.

If a trial becomes necessary, a personal injury lawyer who is a trial attorney knows how to utilize the rules of evidence to present your case in a court of law to achieve the best possible jury verdict in your favor.

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