Monday, October 20, 2008

What to Ask When Selecting a Mesothelioma Lawyer

Since there is a lot of money to be made in a mesothelioma case you have to watch out for scammers. A typical mesothelioma settlement award will be at least $1 million and if the case actually goes to trial the average award is $6 million. Therefore, it is important that people who have mesothelioma be very careful when selecting an attorney and hire a qualified mesothelioma lawyer to represent their case. Here are some questions that should be asked before selecting a mesothelioma attorney:

1. What is your personal experience in representing mesothelioma patients? (Find out how many cases the attorney has actually handled. How many were settled? How many went to trial?)

2. Ask if the mesothelioma lawyer actually intends to handle your case himself. Sometimes they just refer you to another lawyer and collect a fee.

3. Ask how the attorney fee's will be handled. The trial could take many months sometimes even years so it is going to be important to find out how the attorney fee's will be handled. Most of the time these mesothelioma cases the lawyer will only be paid if the case is settled successfully.

4. Find out what is involved in a mesothelioma lawsuit. Get an overview of the process and find out anything that you will need to do. Also this will give you a good sense about the lawyer.

Be careful when selection a mesothelioma lawyer. You want to have a lawyer you can trust and one that will get you the compensation that you deserve.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great Information. Selecting a lawyer is usually very difficult especially if you and your family are going through a rough time.