Why Do I Need An Attorney?
This is a question that I’ve heard once or twice, and the answer can be complex, but also fact-dependent based on the victim and their particular case. Generally speaking, I freely admit that if I tried to do your job I would probably suck at it. Now, after some experience and training, I could improve. If you want to figure out my job, you’re 100% welcome to do that, just don’t expect a good outcome on your first try. You’ll be up against a professional negotiator with a big fat “denied” stamp on his desk, but if you feel up to the task of figuring out how to be a personal injury lawyer in a few months, that is your prerogative. So if you think so poorly of your cases that you’d let an amateur run them, then by all means, do that. I would just imagine that you’d care enough about the outcomes of them that you’d want a professional with two decades of experience to handle them. I know I would.
Believe me, I’ve heard it all. At this point you might ask, “But they told me they would pay my medical bills, and we can’t guarantee I’ll get my lost income, or anything for pain and suffering, so I still don’t know why or if I need you.” Sure. That’s a way to look at it. Another way to look at it is you probably don’t know how you will get those other things without me.
Sadly, there are no guarantees in any claim, so if you’re looking for those, I can’t help you. What I can tell you is I probably know better how to document your pain and suffering, your lost income, and whatever other losses you might have, in such a way as to increase the likelihood that the carrier would put more value on them. I also present the legitimate threat of a trial (which means expenses on the part of the carrier), which you do not. It is, therefore, simply more probable that I can get reasonable value for your various losses than you can on your own.
Obviously, the gamble is that 1/3 of your recovery that would be my fee. I get it. Nobody likes parting with money. I had an investment advisor that used to say, “You never lose money on an investment you never made.” That applies to injury claims, in a way; you can’t fret over 1/3 of something that you don’t have yet.” My job is to help you maximize your claim value so you feel like you got the benefit of your bargain. Can I guarantee anything? No, obviously I cannot. But what I can say is that I always do my best to make my clients happy. Should you trust me saying that? If you want to. But a better thing to do is look at my Google reviews. Then look at other personal injury attorneys in NC and their Google reviews. I can’t buy that kind of advertising.
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