Changing Personal Injury Lawyers

Hello and welcome to my blog!  This blog is for the purpose of offering general legal advice to the public, answering questions received, and providing useful information for people dealing with the aftermath of a car crash or other injury.  THIS IS NOT SPECIFIC LEGAL ADVICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED ON FOR ANY INIDIVIDUAL LEGAL SITUATION.  THIS INFORMATION RELATES EXCLUSIVELY TO NORTH CAROLINA, the only state in which I am licensed to practice law.  As with most things in law, every situation and case is unique, and if you have ANY doubt, please consult myself or another attorney.  If you have a legal question you would like to have answered, please email it to Help@Kisala-law.com, but do NOT include specifics of your case (ie- names of people or parties).  Finally, no question submitted creates an attorney-client relationship, unless there is a signed agreement otherwise.

I have a personal injury lawyer. I am highly dissatisfied with his representation and the handling of my case. What will happen

Asheville, NC

If I fire them, what will happen? What legally will I owe them? Can I hire a attorney before I fire them? How do I fire them? Who should I hire?

Hello Asheville,

Yes, you are free to fire your attorney at any time if you are dissatisfied with their performance.  What will happen depends on some of the specific factors in your situation.  First, it depends whether your case is in the negotiation stage (pre litigation) or in litigation (an already filed lawsuit).  Second, is it a contingency fee case or hourly?  If it is hourly, then you don’t have to do anything; if it is a contingency fee case, then they may be entitled to a portion of the recovery depending on what stage of the case it is.  Third, it depends on the terms of the representation agreement you signed with your attorney.  If it does not mention what will happen in the event of termination, then the lawyer will only be able to recover on a theory of “quantum merit”, which allows them to recover for the work they performed.

My office deals with personal injury cases on a daily basis.  If you find that you have reached your limits of frustration with your current attorney, then we may be able to help you depending on where in the process it is.  You can find more information on our website at http://www.kisala-law.com/personalinjury.html , or on my blog at http://northcarolinacrashattorney.blogspot.com/  .  In any event, please feel free to call our office at 919-321-6569 to set up a free case evaluation, or just email us at Help@Kisala-law.com.  We represent people all throughout the state of North Carolina.  It has been my experience that my office has been consistently able to obtain larger amounts for our clients than any of the previous offer made by the insurance company without an attorney involved because of our ability to negotiate as well as litigate if necessary.  In my experience, even after paying for the representation, my clients end up in better financial position than they were in before they hired us.