Personal injury attorneys and lawyers, Steven M. Sweat, APC explain the various advantages to hiring a quality personal injury attorney following an auto accident.

1. Glotzer & Sweat, LLP –
Personal Injury Lawyers in
Los Angeles, CA
Top FIVE Reasons
You Need to Hire An
Attorney After A Car
Accident

2. STOP!!
You’ve just been in an accident through no fault of your
own, you were injured and you are wondering?
• Should I retain an attorney? OR
• Should I just contact the other driver’s insurance
company and try to negotiate a settlement for my
medical bills and property damage?
• WHAT ARE THE TOP FIVE THINGS YOU SHOULD
CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING THIS DECISION?

3. 1. Will I be talking to a
person who cares about me?
We’ve heard all the slogans, “like a good
neighbor”, “you’re in good hands” … but, the
reality is that, if you choose to represent
yourself, you will be dealing with a corporate
Insurance Company. Like all corporations, they
are in business to make as much profit as
possible. The way they do this is to either
eliminate or minimize the payments for both
bodily injury and property damage for car
accident claims.

4. 2. Will I know what information
I need to maximize the value
of my claim?
Do you know?
• What a initial and final medical report are and what
information they should contain?
• How medical billing works and the effect of health
insurance payments or coverage have on the
“reasonable of medical services”?
• What a reasonable amount should be for “general
damages” for pain and suffering and what types of
information maximize this value?
All of this should be more straightforward than it is
but, again, you are dealing with “number crunchers” at a
corporate insurance bureaucracy bent on minimizing the
value of the claim.

5. 3. Will I need to pay the lawyer up
front to represent me?
No. Personal injury attorneys, including
Glotzer & Sweat, LLP, usually work on a
“contingent” basis. This means that you
do not pay any up front fees or costs for
legal representation. Our office handles
the property damage repair or
replacement claim for no fees at all and
only collects a percentage of the total
amount recovered as its fee for
representation on the injury claim. This
means you don’t have to come up with
any money up front for attorney’s fees.

6. 4. Will I really end up with
more net money if I get a
lawyer?
The Insurance Resource Council, a non-profit organization financially
supported by the Insurance Industry has done studies which indicate
that, even after accounting for attorney’s fees, parties who are represented
by counsel, on average, net about 3 and ½ times more money from
personal injury settlements.

7. 5. Would I be better off
concentrating on getting back
healthy or hassling with insurance
claims?
Probably the single greatest benefit of
having a legal representative to pursue
your injury claim is peace of mind.
Rather than dealing with claims
adjusters, body shops, vehicle
inspections, repair estimates, medical
billing companies, doctor and hospital
records departments, and all the other
issues that need to be addressed for your
claim, you can concentrate on simply
getting good medical treatment and
feeling better, faster.

8. How do I choose a quality
attorney that cares?
Reputation, experience, results and
compassion. This is what has set
Glotzer & Sweat, LLP apart for the
past 18 years of representing
personal injury victims and their
families throughout California.
For more information call Toll Free
Statewide: 1-866-229-0101 or visit
our website:
http://www.victimslawyer.com