Chapel Hill accident? Chapel Hill lawyer!

This is less of an informational piece than I have routinely been providing, but more of a positional piece that is my opinion, for what that is worth.

I heard through the grapevine that a tragic accident happened here in town and the family of the victim hired a Cary lawyer.  What the what?! Why a Cary lawyer?

If you have an auto accident or slip and fall or dog bite in Chapel Hill, wouldn’t it make sense to hire a Chapel Hill Personal Injury lawyer?

This is of course not to say that out of town lawyers can’t do anything. There are tons of great attorneys out there and they can do marvelous things for their clients.  But in making the decision to hire an attorney, location might be something that is worth considering.

Yeah, I know.  For years I’ve been saying, “Location doesn’t matter!  I can handle any injury claim in NC.”  That is still true.  The converse is true as well: Other attorneys not in Chapel Hill can handle claims here, too.  That’s great.  What I’m arguing is that if you have an injury in Chapel Hill, it makes more sense to have a Chapel Hill attorney than an out of town-er.  Here are a few reasons why:

1) I would assume, though not necessarily always correctly, that if you are injured in Chapel Hill you either live, work, or are a student in Chapel Hill.  That being the case, my proximity to you makes interaction far more convenient.  My Chapel Hill clients drop stuff off all the time, and can often chat with me about their case at a moment’s notice.  Isn’t that worth something?  Conversely, while an out of town attorney could competently handle a case situated here, is it as convenient to stop in and see him?  Not necessarily.

*Before you decide to argue with me about me talking out of the other side of my mouth and asking to be hired for out of town cases, check this out:  It’s a completely separate argument!  While I may not be as close to out of town clients, I do have an overwhelming amount of accessibility to communication.  I answer my own phone, I respond to emails, I return voice mails, I have a mailbox, of course, and I even have a live chat on my website.  If you’ve worked with me before and another attorney, tell me: Who was more accessible?  I bet I win that every time.

2) If you don’t live or work here, then you would benefit from having someone who is local and can bring that familiarity of place to the handling of the case.  Being local I have many helpful connections in town and am likely far more familiar with where your accident happened than an out of town lawyer.  Case in point: I was hired to represent a student who was run over on campus.  When her parents described to me how this happened, I immediately knew the crosswalk involved because I had seen and heard of near misses there myself.  I was able to quickly get footage of the scene at a relevant time and get a favorable disposition for my client.  I’m also in the Orange County Courthouse regularly.  So why would you want an outsider?

I bet in some situations the victim or family live elsewhere, so they get an attorney closer to them, or someone whom they already know.  That’s fine. I get it; I can’t win ’em all.  But to me, if you have an incident leading to an injury in Chapel Hill, then it only makes sense to keep it local and hire a Chapel Hill attorney if you need one.  Namely me.  So do that.

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