Personal Injury lawyer
Meaning:
He/she is the lawyer who provides legal services according to laws to persons who have been injured, physically or mentally due to unawareness of another persons or any entity. The personal Injury lawyer practice in court of law according to law known as tort of law.
Some of the examples of Personal Injury claims are following:
1)If a person experience an injury due to a car accident of any vehicle accident
2) Medical Malpractices
3)Slip and fall accidents
4) Product liability
Qualifications for Personal Injury lawyer
To become Personal Injury Lawyer a person must be qualify for practicing law in jurisdiction.
In number of states to achieve this position They also must have to pass the written examiations.
Lawyer 's relation with client
before holding a case the lawyer takes the interview of his client and understands the situation of his client such as:
1) how accident was occured
2) how much he is injured
and then he estimates the legal claims that can be made on his client by law and assess the strenth of that case.
A lawyer can also decline to take case if he believes that it is tresspassing the rules of law and there can not be made any legal claims on that case.
Indemnify
There are number of ways how can actually a lawyer can be paid . one of the most common is contingency fee. It means that lawyer will be paid on a favourable result. In this method Lawyer earns some percentage of client 's fund provided by law only if case is successful .
there are some other types of paying method :
2) hourly fee.
2)flat fee.
Due to high cost of litigation lawyers are rarely retained to work on hourly rates.
Principles
the lawyer should provide thorough representation to clients and their main motive is to obtain just compensation for their client 's losses.
some other main principle for Personal Injury lawyers are given following:
Act in a dignified manner. ...
Respect the court. ...
Not communicate in private. ...
Refuse to act in an illegal manner towards the opposition. ...
Refuse to represent clients who insist on unfair means. ...
Appear in proper dress code. ...
Refuse to appear in front of relations